A first(and prolly last) We had no idea what it was

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Hi All,
Found this hair/wig curler and 3 cent piece last week at a friends site. The curler is almost a spitting image of ones that some archeologists dug at Mt. Vernon(nice article called “boiling,baking,and curling 18th century wigs “ on there site explains
the whole process) I found the lil slither of the 3 center first, then my buddy found they other part soon after. Just dumb luck I guess.
Best of luck to all
 

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Hi All,
Found this hair/wig curler and 3 cent piece last week at a friends site. The curler is almost a spitting image of ones that some archeologists dug at Mt. Vernon(nice article called “boiling,baking,and curling 18th century wigs “ on there site explains
the whole process) I found the lil slither of the 3 center first, then my buddy found they other part soon after. Just dumb luck I guess.
Best of luck to all
great saves and really love that 3 center
 

Always an extra thrill to find the rest of something broken, I've done it 5 times with arrowheads in the last 2 years. Congrats on your finds!
 

Always an extra thrill to find the rest of something broken, I've done it 5 times with arrowheads in the last 2 years. Congrats on your finds!
Mx , thanks, have never done it with arrowheads, were you sifting?
 

Mx , thanks, have never done it with arrowheads, were you sifting?
No, just eyeballing. One of them was this big Elko. I found the base 8-10 years ago and the tip last year in the sand dunes.
 

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No, just eyeballing. One of them was this big Elko. I found the base 8-10 years ago and the tip last year in the sand dunes.
Dang that’s pretty! You topped me in the luck department!
 

I'm shocked that you were able to find both parts of that trime. Great coin...great find!
 

Hi All,
Found this hair/wig curler and 3 cent piece last week at a friends site. The curler is almost a spitting image of ones that some archeologists dug at Mt. Vernon(nice article called “boiling,baking,and curling 18th century wigs “ on there site explains
the whole process) I found the lil slither of the 3 center first, then my buddy found they other part soon after. Just dumb luck I guess.
Best of luck to all
I found one and in trying to figure out if it was a coin or a token broke it right in half! I tried to bend it to test its strength. After that I stopped doing field inspections. Everything can wait till I get home now. I glued it back together and put it in the coin jacket! Wasn't funny at the time. Congrats!
 

"and prolly last"... last what ? ? ?

Time you dont know what ya got ? ? ?

Dont get out much then do ya :)
 

"and prolly last"... last what ? ? ?

Time you dont know what ya got ? ? ?

Dont get out much then do ya :)
ARC, All that was in reference to the 18th century wig curler, what I had initially intended to be the focus item of the thread, but the coin eclipsed it lol. No one I showed it to had a clue what it was and , prolly last as in I highly doubt I will find another.
 

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I found one and in trying to figure out if it was a coin or a token broke it right in half! I tried to bend it to test its strength. After that I stopped doing field inspections. Everything can wait till I get home now. I glued it back together and put it in the coin jacket! Wasn't funny at the time. Congrats!
Hunting Deer, thanks, I would of saw no humor in it either! I’ve done that with 2 piece buttons before, just crumble in your hand...
 

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