US Navy Good Conduct Medal!

[Shark27]

I set out this morning to check out some yard sales and brought my detector along just in case I came across some interesting areas. As luck would have it there wasn't many yard sales but my journey did bring me over to an older part of town and I noticed a bus stop that had the bench still sitting over some grass and dirt, unlike the modern ones that were concrete filled. I pulled over and decided to detect it, boy am I glad I did! Here are my finds from an area that was about 20'x8'.

1934 Australian Large Penny
1940 Mercury Dime
1941 Wheat Penny
(2) 1941 S Wheat Pennies
1952 S Wheat Penny
1959 D Roosevelt Dime

An unknown token (has a crown on it, with no date)
A cool old brass whistle that says " ACME Thunderer Made in England" on the front
A silver "Cat" medallion
A large brass hoop or ring item

and the best find of the day; A US Navy Good Conduct Medal that read (Front) "United States Navy" (center) "Constitution" and the (back) reads "Fidelity, Zeal, Obedience" and is marked "Samuel Green Garner 1938"!

Enjoy the pics!

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds man.

That medal is real cool

hH Jer

 

[Chocadog]

Love that penny, there has got to be a great story behind this find

 

[Tigger]

If you want to find Samuel Garner's family, the San Diego Library has a great genealogy area with city directories and obit indexes for the newspapers. PM me if you're interested and I can give you more info.
Tigger

 

[Snake Eyes]

Great Finds

I'd research that medal more! There could be some interesting history there