Geologyhound
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I made several more short trips to the site of a former 1861 house along the line of Morgan’s raid from the Civil War. The excavator had been removed along with the pile of concrete rubble from pad demolition. They also had scraped off about 4 inches from a margin around where the house used to be. Unfortunately, they also dug out all but about a foot of what used to be underneath the front porch.
The first afternoon I stopped the car, thought better of it, and then pulled forward another 5 feet. Within a couple feet of my back tire my first target was an IHP followed by a billiard token a foot away - both right next to the front porch strip. The bell and 1863 Civil War token were in the scraped area off the same corner of the house. The 1853 large cent and another IHP were in a disturbed area off the other side of the house. The duplicate billiard token was in a collapsed portion of the excavation wall.
The horse buggy shaft tip was across the road. My last afternoon there I was going around a former garage or barn when I found the 1918 wheat penny, which had been shot by a bullet.
After letting the tokens and coins dry out for a bit, I was very pleasantly surprised when I cleaned the dirt off to find I had an 1873 and, better yet, an 1868 in excellent condition. There is even still a diamond showing on the ribbon down the neck line of the 1868!
Initially, I thought the military token was another IHP. But I was rather pleased to find out it is a relatively rare 1863 token.
I don’t know what the odd ring shaped thing is with the smaller ring protruding. But I can tell that the smaller ring portion has been twisted 90°.
The first afternoon I stopped the car, thought better of it, and then pulled forward another 5 feet. Within a couple feet of my back tire my first target was an IHP followed by a billiard token a foot away - both right next to the front porch strip. The bell and 1863 Civil War token were in the scraped area off the same corner of the house. The 1853 large cent and another IHP were in a disturbed area off the other side of the house. The duplicate billiard token was in a collapsed portion of the excavation wall.
The horse buggy shaft tip was across the road. My last afternoon there I was going around a former garage or barn when I found the 1918 wheat penny, which had been shot by a bullet.
After letting the tokens and coins dry out for a bit, I was very pleasantly surprised when I cleaned the dirt off to find I had an 1873 and, better yet, an 1868 in excellent condition. There is even still a diamond showing on the ribbon down the neck line of the 1868!
Initially, I thought the military token was another IHP. But I was rather pleased to find out it is a relatively rare 1863 token.
I don’t know what the odd ring shaped thing is with the smaller ring protruding. But I can tell that the smaller ring portion has been twisted 90°.
