William H Harrison Medal Found North of the Border!

[romeo-1]

Interesting find today. It's a William H. Harrison Presidential campaign medal. These were handed out in the US leading up to the 1840 presidential election. More interesting that it was found in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Also managed 2 tombacs and 35 musketballs. Fun couple hours!

 

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[eyemustdigtreasure]

Very Cool Find...!
You may have a different variety of the token...!
See the differences on the Obverse side,
where the Collar is turned UP on your non-dug example pic,
and he's wearing Shoulder Decoration (what do they call them?), but not on yours....
You may have a very rare item there, buddy...!

 

[Elvis]

Awesome finds!!!

 

[islamoradamark]

Thats cool and all those musket balls

 

[romeo-1]

Rough shape but identifiable nonetheless.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Florida Finder]

Sounds like a great hunt!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very nice piece of history - congrats !

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great find. I like that Harrison campaign token.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

such a fun hunt and amazing find so far north

 

[Relicific]

Nice token you don’t see too many posted from Canada

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very nice finds, love the US campaign medal.
Now that's a lot of musket balls, I wonder if they were practice shooting in the area?
Dave

 

[Tony in SC]

Must be a good spot? Finding the token is odd!

 

[romeo-1]

Very nice finds, love the US campaign medal.
Now that's a lot of musket balls, I wonder if they were practice shooting in the area?
Dave

Given the area, history and my limited research thus far indicates there may have been a skirmish here in the mid 1700s. First indication of that is the presence of British, French and pistol shot balls.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Given the area, history and my limited research thus far indicates there may have been a skirmish here in the mid 1700s. First indication of that is the presence of British, French and pistol shot balls.

Wow, that sounds like a great area to investigate further.