Civil War and 1750s french settlement finds.....

[j.d. in the usa]

Civil War and 1750's french settlement finds.....

hey guys here a few finds from a couple spots I need help Id'ing a few... some i have posted before others were found this week and today...
i need the coin ID'd, the ring is def. an early French trade ring got that ID'd earlier... there's a large object with brass and rust hopefully someone can ID that piece, Im pretty sure i Have the french settlement pinpointed there lots of iron i have to dig out there.
if you can ID or date the spur that would be helpful... one piece is a button type with "1 DR M " and GR or GB with a crown on the reverse I need that ID'd too!!!!!!!!!! thanks jd

 

[Old River]

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Very nice finds. Congrats.....

 

[Hardy]

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FANTASTIC RELICS YOU GOT THERE JD, LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE FOUND A HONEY HOLE AND A GOOD ONE

 

[j.d. in the usa]

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thanks Hardy

 

[Nana40]

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Geeze, I dunno, JD, but those look like some exciting finds! I'm sure someone here can ID those for ya.

Nana

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Hey JD, awesome finds! The 1 DR.M looks to be an apothecary weight, 1 Drachma. The coin was already IDed on another forum but I will restate it is a German Jetton made in Nurenberg by the moneyor Hans Krauwincell around 1586. Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[johnreb1980]

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Great finds.

 

[fortbball9]

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Awesome finds-----Congrats!!!!!!

fortbball9

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

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That looks like a fascinating place you have there. Nice assortment of objects. Leave it to you to find a 16th century Jetton in the good ole U S of A.
Chris

 

[BuckleBoy]

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That looks like a fascinating place you have there. Nice assortment of objects. Leave it to you to find a 16th century Jetton in the good ole U S of A.
Chris

In Missouri.

 

[allen]

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way to go on alot of good looking finds...

 

[kdismuke1]

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NICE FINDS. BEST OF LUCK.

 

[warsawdaddy]

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Terrific finds,JD.I must have missed that phone call,huh?

 

[spanishsilver]

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Looks like one of those relics is a spur and the other is a stirrup. Nice finds

 

[txkickergirl]

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thats a great place you got to hunt there, just think what else is there.

 

[tsgman]

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[quot=Colonial Copper Zeus link=topic=201200.msg1426049#msg1426049 date=1226925189]
That looks like a fascinating place you have there. Nice assortment of objects. Leave it to you to find a 16th century Jetton in the good ole U S of A.
Chris
[/quote]

Missouri's first settlements were made by the French, the oldest town in Missouri is French. Good luck with the new site JD!


The First Settlements

The first resident of Missouri was the French Jesuit Priest, Father Gabriel Marest. In the fall of 1700, he accompanied a band of Kaskaskia Indians to the west bank of the Mississippi. Here they constructed cabins, a chapel, and a primitive fort. The following spring a group of French traders joined Father Marest at the settlement. The settlement was eventually abandoned when the settlers moved to a safer site.

The first permanent settlement in Missouri would be St. Genevieve, established in 1750 by French Canadian farmers. The settlers here grew wheat, tobacco, cotton, flax and corn, and brought slaves in to work the fields. The population grew from 23 in 1752, to 691 in 1772, but a great flood washed the town away in 1785, forcing them to rebuild.

St. Louis, the second of Missouri's permanent settlements, was founded in 1764. St. Louis found its beginning in its present location because the founder of the City, Pierre Laclede Liguest, wanted a site to establish his fur trading post that would not be subject to flooding, yet would have a central location. The city grew slowly, yet steadily, and by 1700 the population reached 500.
By Rickie Lazzerini
Historian

 

[j.d. in the usa]

Re: Civil War and 1750's french settlement finds.....

Thanks for the info Tim...

warsaw most of the pieces were found at the Indian Village/ French trading post .. i told you about im not allowed to take other there I didnt post the Indian relics found there yet...

I was scratching my head trying to figure out why something like that would be here when i posted it i never thought it would be that old and i found this info online apparently the French by the 16th century used to collect Jetons like we collect coins... so apparently and plausably a Frenchman who collected them lost some here in Mo... sometime between 1700-1750 thats the only thing I can think of why it was there nothing modern has ever been found this site.

 

[jmann2424]

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great finds civil war relics are always my fav

 

[RELICDUDE07]

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Great finds !!!!Alot of trade at the indian villages in your area. Never know what might turn up next ....

 

[berkshire mike]

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Wow you find liberty seated (and bust) coins as often as I find wheaties. Heck you didn't even mention it.