Although I was water fishing the early part of the week, yesterday and today I fished with the F 75 LTD and did manage to make a couple of silver coin finds, a neat Military pin, a what could be Drill Instructor whistle and a couple of other curios....along with a couple bucks in clad and cents. The 2 silvers, 45 Merc and 59d Washington, put me at 97 silver coins for the year. Except for the stains, the Merc is in really nice shape. My highlight find for the week, though, is the Military pin. On the front it reads, "Rock Of The Marne-July 14-18-1918-For Our Country-Not Ourselves" It apparently commemorates a WW 1 battle near Chateau-Thireey France on the Marne river. At the time the newly formed 3rd Division, (now The 3rd Infantry Division) took the brunt and held back what was to be the last German offensive of WW 1. That battle pretty much ended the war. All the finds came from the sides of a now blocked off road bed. Although some grass is growing, digging was a mix of dirt and gravel. Nothing was all that deep. My hunting patch even got a shot of rain. Un-fortunately, not enough and as much as just a few miles away. Everyone have a great weekend. HH jim tn
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This week in review.
- Thread starter jim tn
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Wonderful! what an impresive find!
To think, men were fighting and dying in awful conditions back them, and you found something that was a part of that,,. Thank you for the history lesson of that period. Say, did ya hear about the guy who caught the World Record inland Stripe on a homemade Alabama rig and was disqualified for it? I'll hopefully be catching some great inland salmon here this weekend... you can watch the fun on the Muskegon web cam of the channel. You have plenty of time to break 100 silvers for the year...I'm pulling for you on that...but really wishing you'd find a gold coin soon!
Mud
To think, men were fighting and dying in awful conditions back them, and you found something that was a part of that,,. Thank you for the history lesson of that period. Say, did ya hear about the guy who caught the World Record inland Stripe on a homemade Alabama rig and was disqualified for it? I'll hopefully be catching some great inland salmon here this weekend... you can watch the fun on the Muskegon web cam of the channel. You have plenty of time to break 100 silvers for the year...I'm pulling for you on that...but really wishing you'd find a gold coin soon!Mud
Yup, Mud, the pin was a neat and interesting find. The little I mentioned was just a capsule overview of how it came to be. Lots of good history reading surrounding the "Rock Of The Marne." You know, mud, I do feel there is a gold coin out there for me. Pastor Tom, you've got the detector for good finds. It is just a matter of getting the coil over a piece of silver and such can come from some unusual and off the beaten path places. Thanks gmanlight. HH jim tn
Jim that is a fine week in review. Some nice silver and when you dig up some lost history. I had a very good friend that was a WW1 vet and he was always interesting to talk to about the what was going on when he was a young man. How things have changed. Thanks for your posts Jim they are appreciated.......Z
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Nice hunt for sure. Great job. cch