Something A Bit Unusual

[sharpshooter]

One thing I love about this hobby is you never know what you might find hiding in the ground. I found this small copper plate yesterday while detecting. At nearly 10 inches deep; I could tell it's been sleeping a long, long time. At first, thinking it was junk, I almost threw it away, but noticed some engraving so I cleaned it up to see what I had found. It was extremely dirty and encrusted. Once the dirt and crust was removed, I rubbed it with black shoe polish to bring out the engraving. After much effort, I'm still not sure what it is I've found. Maybe a copper Christmas Card? It's always rewarding to find something here that predates statehood. And yes, I'm going back later in the week to see if I can find the rest of it.

Your Thoughts?

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

I love those "almost threw it out" finds. I found this hand engraved "thingy" a few years back. If you look closely, you will see the initials HVB on the top of the circle. The Bates family owned the land from the 1680s to the late 1800's.


Nice find!

 

[sharpshooter]

Thank you all for the replies.

A special Thanks to PBK for the info on Boasen.
I'll certainly do some more research on him to see what I can find out.

Take Care

 

[Lowbatts]

Just wondering it that says "Xmas" and if so when that term came to be?

 

[stoney56]

Can you tell us exactly what it says, especially on the upper third? Does it have something to do with Happy New Year 1901? I can see the 1901, but below it seems to say Merry Christmas 1900. Thanks!

My 1st thought was it said something about Baptism 1901.

 

[vpone]

awesome find - i love stuff like that - it really brings you closer to the history, in this case the actual person that made it - very cool find

take care,

vp

 

[OPUS1]

Very cool find, a piece of history caught time time.

HH