halfdime
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A few weeks ago, I found and posted a ring I found in my mother's yard. My grandfather built there in 1941 and my Dad grew up there so any relics found date only that far back. It was part of a 25 acre farm, so older farm relics were always possible but everything I've found in sixteen years of detecting was lost within the last 80 years. That includes this ring, and I finally solved the mystery of it. The J stands for John, my Dad's brother, and I got the story last night. It is a saddle, as some have pointed out, and Uncle John got it from a Roy Rogers club in exchange for X number of cereal box tops! He lost it in conjunction with a "tussle" that turned into an actual fight; his opponent actually received some tissue damage from the ring. This annoyed the victim's mother, who marched up to the house and complained to my grandmother
. The neighbor was a Halfhill, and I found one of those lucky tokens with the Halfhill name on it years ago. Also in my mother's yard. The Halfhills must have spent quite a lot of time playing in our yard.... I'll be mailing this ring to my uncle, who now lives in Virginia, and hopefully he'll take better care of it going forward!
. The neighbor was a Halfhill, and I found one of those lucky tokens with the Halfhill name on it years ago. Also in my mother's yard. The Halfhills must have spent quite a lot of time playing in our yard.... I'll be mailing this ring to my uncle, who now lives in Virginia, and hopefully he'll take better care of it going forward!
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