steve in so la
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Civil War memorial
Some years back I was detecting an old ranch that was the site of an Civil War fort. It was great, digging many bullets, buttons and misc things. One item that held my feelings for it was an 1838 seated dime. Ordinarily, it would be unremarkable except this one had a hole in it for wearing on a necklace. If you take the year 1838 and and subtract it from the middle of the war, 1864, you get 26.
Now for a soldier to wear this it must have been a sweet heart's age or a wife's age. Either way it was very important. Today I still wear this dime on my key chain in memorial to them.
Steve in so la
Some years back I was detecting an old ranch that was the site of an Civil War fort. It was great, digging many bullets, buttons and misc things. One item that held my feelings for it was an 1838 seated dime. Ordinarily, it would be unremarkable except this one had a hole in it for wearing on a necklace. If you take the year 1838 and and subtract it from the middle of the war, 1864, you get 26.
Now for a soldier to wear this it must have been a sweet heart's age or a wife's age. Either way it was very important. Today I still wear this dime on my key chain in memorial to them.
Steve in so la