My oldest find in northern Illinois. 15 years ago.

[Merf]

Found this 8 inches deep in a farm field . North of sycamore Illinois. The 1870 platt map just showed a building there. I suspect it was a trappers cabin. Franklin hall

 

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[Merf]

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Found this 8 inches deep in a farm field . North of sycamore Illinois. The 1870 platt map just showed a building there. I suspect it was a trappers cabin. Franklin hallView attachment 2144473

Swedish 1 or coin

 

[dognose]

great find
congratulations

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Congratulations on a 1700s coin outa Illinois!

 

[ModernMiner]

Merf ,
You are on fire lately. 👍
Congrats on that 1700’s beauty.
-MM-

 

[Merf]

Merf ,
You are on fire lately. 👍
Congrats on that 1700’s beauty.
-MM-

Thanks MM. I need to rephrase my post. That was found about 15 years ago.

 

[Gare]

That's a good one Merf