Back at Gatsby mansion again , Silver, Relics, coins

[RelicMaster777]

I usually go to this site every day for my detecting fix for a hour or two as it's only 1/2 mile from me. After finding the 1 reale last month I have really slowed down my search method and it is really paying off. There is a lot more to find than I though after going home many times be skunked. The finds now are not jumping out at me like they used to and you really have to work the area slow. I have never found a modern silver coin there, but I have found a Spanish 1 reale and a 1/2 reale.
This site definitely dates from the early 1800's and earlier. All the flat buttons I'm digging are early.
Anyway this is my forth large copper from there and about my thirtieth buttons.
All find were from the last four days a good week except when I found the silver medallion I left right after that. The next day when I went back to do some more hunting I found that my shovel was missing, I must of forgot it there the day before and it was nowhere to be found.
All hunts Nox 800, Field 1 & 2



The signal for this was a barely audible signal and not repeatable but clean. Could not even pinpoint very well. Had to use all metal. I was surprised when this popped out at 11in. It was a 19-21 on the nox 800, field 2
1839 Large Cent


This Silver medallion was not to deep and was a screaming 30-31
It's from Germany and has some nice weight, looks like a anniversary coin medallion from the town of
WEIL IM SCHONBUCH Germany marked 835 on the frame, nice patina on the coin.


fist year 1859 fatty IHP


buttons, buttons ,buttons

 

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[CRUSADER]

Agreed, lovely patina on the silver medallion Plus an interesting find.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice saves. Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice relic hunt and two cool old coppers...Congratulations!

 

[Whyme]

Wow those are some awesome finds! Really like that medallion.

 

[against the wind]

I do miss my Eastern New York hunts.
Congratulations on some excellent finds.

 

[washingtonian]

Very cool silver medallion! Haven't seen one of those before.

 

[A2coins]

Holy moly The Great Gatsby!!!!!! Strikes again. Those are some really amazing finds

 

[DocBeav]

Hey that's cool! Great finds! I lived near Schonbuch when I was stationed in Germany!

 

[Rookster]

Nice day.Congrats.

 

[VTColonialDigger]

Really great coins and relics!

 

[Westfront]

Nice finds Relic Master!
Crusader informed me on the medaillon you found. I did some research on what looks like an anniversary medal like you supposed.
Unfortunately there is not much to find, but the general appearance is late 20thC. That matches the 800 year anniversary of Weil i. Schönbuch.
The house on the medal is the former city hall of Weil called 'Monkshouse'. This house was demolished and new built in 1688. The celebration of the 800 year anniversary of the town and the 300 year anniversary of the town hall is mentioned in a book of historical monuments of the county 1990. Thats reason enough to mint a medal in this historic town. How it got over the pond, who knows....

zeitreise bb - Weil im Schönbuch - Rathaus

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice finds Relic Master!
Crusader informed me on the medaillon you found. I did some research on what looks like an anniversary medal like you supposed.
Unfortunately there is not much to find, but the general appearance is late 20thC. That matches the 800 year anniversary of Weil i. Schönbuch.
The house on the medal is the former city hall of Weil called 'Monkshouse'. This house was demolished and new built in 1688. The celebration of the 800 year anniversary of the town and the 300 year anniversary of the town hall is mentioned in a book of historical monuments of the county 1990. Thats reason enough to mint a medal in this historic town. How it got over the pond, who knows....

zeitreise bb - Weil im Schönbuch - Rathaus

 

[RelicMaster777]

Thanks CRUSADER and Westfront. I gathered some of the same info. What I gathered the town was burnt down at some point and all that was left was 'Monkshouse' I could not find any info or images on the medallion ether. But I did find one image of what looks like a brass anniversary coin from 1988, defiantly not as nice as the one I found. I did translate the back and it says something like ' First 1188 Anniversary expected' I could not get a clear translate. Thank you so much guys for the help and research. Will never know it got to the mansion and it would of been very cool if it was a hundred years old, But hey I'm very very happy with it. Cheers

 

[BLK HOLE]

Man you had a killer hunt! Congrats on the awesome finds

 

[Westfront]

Thanks CRUSADER and Westfront. I gathered some of the same info. What I gathered the town was burnt down at some point and all that was left was 'Monkshouse' I could not find any info or images on the medallion ether. But I did find one image of what looks like a brass anniversary coin from 1988, defiantly not as nice as the one I found. I did translate the back and it says something like ' First 1188 Anniversary expected' I could not get a clear translate. Thank you so much guys for the help and research. Will never know it got to the mansion and it would of been very cool if it was a hundred years old, But hey I'm very very happy with it. Cheers

The reverse reads Weil im Schönbuch, first mentioned in the documents 1188. The official age of a village is defined with the first entry in the documents. Usually a sale or donation to or from the church. The church and the monks house were part of a monastery once, hence the name. There were barns included to collect the tenth part and the monastery was surrounded by a wall to keep the poor population from taking the stuff they brought in over day, back at night. It happend regulary but the monks didn't identify the farmers. The town was burnt down 1559 and all houses exept the rectory burnt down.
Weil is way older than the the first entry. There are roman homesteads around and the excavations show the germanic tribe of the Alemanni settled shortly after the romans left.
Hope this helps a bit with the history.