Barber Dimes, indians, Military medal!

[zaxfire69]

Hello everyone . The hunted out park in town gave up some goodies! I found 2 barber dimes 1912 D and a 1905 O, a 1936 D Washington quarter that I wish was in better condition, 2 Indian head pennies and about 4 wheats. The highlight of the day was finding the complete National Guard Medal from 1914! I have another that is a little different than this one, but they are the only two to come out of the park to my knowledge. In 1914 there was a National Guard Encampment here that lasted a little over a week or so. The medal says "NatL Guard Encampment Natches, Ms 1914. Very excited to find this one. Had a great day detecting!

 

[Sawyer]

You might check to see if there is a National Guard Museum in your area, they would probably be thrilled to have the medals and you could get a tax write off. You could also consider loaning them for display. Either way a lot of folks would see something historical they would have never seen before. Great finds, Congrats to you!

 

[SilverDreams]

Great finds! Love the silver and the medal.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

It's really cool you have not only the medal, but the matching watch fob to go with it. Those would look great in a display with a photo of the encampment if you could find one.

 

[zaxfire69]

It's really cool you have not only the medal, but the matching watch fob to go with it. Those would look great in a display with a photo of the encampment if you could find one.

Only bad thing about this Nola Ken. The only pictures I was able to find are on Micro Film from a local newspaper from the time. I have them somewhere. I must find them. I want to do some more research and see if I could find more information on the encampment. There isn't any history of it on the internet. Just the Micro film I found at the local library. That is a great Idea.

 

[detroitdigger]

Sweet finds.