skelly
Full Member
I was hunting a bygone boy scout camp last week when I dug the ultimate scout accomplishment, an Eagle Scout medal. The scout camp operated from 1930 to 1960 and is now a county recreation park. I found several other, more common, scout pins and some old coinage but then I got a pretty good hit on my DFX and was surprised to dig the scroll part of the scout badge. I swung my detector again and about a foot away got a similar hit. This time I dug the eagle! Wow! I was a boy scout and know how special the Eagle Scout award is. This one is made of sterling silver and cleaned up nicely but the red, white and blue ribbon was long gone. I learned that this style of eagle medal was used by the BSA from 1955 to 1969, right in the time frame the camp was in operation. I only wish that the scout would have engraved his name on the back of the medal. It would have been an honor to return it to its owner.