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While detecting the woods behind my house this afternoon I got a 99 on my ace 400. I figured a big piece of iron, and swung in the opposite direction. It still hit 99 with no jumping around. I popped the plug and scanned it, it was still in the hole and hitting 99. I put the pinpointer in still expecting iron but nothing. I started pulling dirt out with the lesche and realized I had popped it out. At this point I got excited as the target was smallish. Once I recovered it with the pinpointed I thought at first it was a silver dollar in a bezel of some sort. Once I got home cleaned it up and did some research I discovered it is an 1849 Punjab campaign medal. It was awarded to an English officer named Christopher Magnay. Pretty crazy to find in Maine. 1121171439.jpg

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That’s freakin awesome. Especially being able to tie it to a name. Congrats!
 
Wow how cool is that!!

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Awesome find, congrats! Makes me wonder if there was an old homestead in those woods.
 
That is absolutely an extraordinary find! Thanks for the Wiki link Triplet! Not a lot of them produced, and then not many awarded to Anglos, so its a rare and beautiful trophy find you got there Gardinerdigger!...I doubt we will ever see another one found by anybody!
 
gardinerdigger said:
While detecting the woods behind my house this afternoon I got a 99 on my ace 400. I figured a big piece of iron, and swung in the opposite direction. It still hit 99 with no jumping around. I popped the plug and scanned it, it was still in the hole and hitting 99. I put the pinpointer in still expecting iron but nothing. I started pulling dirt out with the lesche and realized I had popped it out. At this point I got excited as the target was smallish. Once I recovered it with the pinpointed I thought at first it was a silver dollar in a bezel of some sort. Once I got home cleaned it up and did some research I discovered it is an 1849 Punjab campaign medal. It was awarded to an English officer named Christopher Magnay. Pretty crazy to find in Maine. View attachment 400116

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great find. was it silver?
 
AWESOME ! Probably one of a kind find. Looks to be silver---? I would submit your find/story to Garretts find of the month contest, you could win a AT Pro pointer. I am sure that is one of the most awesome finds out there. Good luck Mark
 
Thanks everyone! It is silver, and very heavy. The area I found it in has a long and varied uses. In the general area I've found several coppers including kg 2's and early large cents as well as 2 1 reales. There have also been a lot of cool relics such as shoe buckles and such. I'm thinking there may have been a ferry and some sort of tavern as it is on the water.
 
Outstanding find - how did you determine which soldier it was awarded to - is it engraved? Congrats.
 
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