Eastender
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I got out detecting for 7 hours today. I spent most of it picking through a colonial foundation debris of broken bricks and forged nails. I relied upon the 1830s Coastal Survey Map and tried to stay within the original boundaries of the earliest homestead. It expanded through the years but all that remains is the foundation pit in the woods. It has yielded a couple of nice finds in the past. It's a stingy site that doesn't give much of interest and I may be done with it. It did recently give me an 1835 half dime which is why I returned. It is interesting to see the porcelain and pottery fragments in this mix.
Toward the end of the day I left the foundation pit and walked along an old dirt road next to a bay estuary. When I found the 10 cash coin (upside down in the photo) it was such a tease, thinking that I found an old British or American large copper. Although I have found two 1700's cash coins nearby, it seems like a strange find. It's a commemorative coin celebrating the founding of the Chinese Republic.
The 1970 Knickerbocker medal does make sense as this property was home to a large wooded camp between 1954 - 2008. Founded in 1881 in NY, they call themselves the oldest after-school program in the country. It's an upper-crust club whose past members include: "Over 4,500 New Yorkers have been members of the Knickerbocker Greys Cadet Corps over the past 136 years, including Nelson and David Rockefeller, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Pierpont Morgan Hamilton, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., John Lindsay, and Lowell Thomas." This medal is for 100%, but the cadet who lost it should be docked 10% for losing it!
Going back to this area tomorrow and skipping the colonial nit-picking.
Toward the end of the day I left the foundation pit and walked along an old dirt road next to a bay estuary. When I found the 10 cash coin (upside down in the photo) it was such a tease, thinking that I found an old British or American large copper. Although I have found two 1700's cash coins nearby, it seems like a strange find. It's a commemorative coin celebrating the founding of the Chinese Republic.
The 1970 Knickerbocker medal does make sense as this property was home to a large wooded camp between 1954 - 2008. Founded in 1881 in NY, they call themselves the oldest after-school program in the country. It's an upper-crust club whose past members include: "Over 4,500 New Yorkers have been members of the Knickerbocker Greys Cadet Corps over the past 136 years, including Nelson and David Rockefeller, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Pierpont Morgan Hamilton, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., John Lindsay, and Lowell Thomas." This medal is for 100%, but the cadet who lost it should be docked 10% for losing it!
Going back to this area tomorrow and skipping the colonial nit-picking.
