A peice of Maine history

[jt70]

Went out in my yard again tonight. The black flies were absolutely relentless. I got an awesome mid 80s vdi about 5 feet from a big tree. I started to dig an got into a huge root. signal still very strong in the hole right under the root of course. i dug and scraped and dug some more. I took me 20 -30 mins to unearth a 4"x6" or so hunk of rusty corroded metal. Black flies had dinner on me while i was pre occupied. I almost went inside it was so bad but since i was only a few feet from the tree i told myself "ok just to the tree and thats it"

a couple of feet away i got another mid 80s strong signal and i thought........... its the other half of the junk i just dug up. But curiosity is a killer for me, so I hit the dirt..couple of inches down i got this "medal"? Keychain? coin someone drilled a hole in? I am still not sure but it comemorates the first stretch of turnpike toll highway into maine from Kittery to Portland. I googled it and this first peice was finished in 1947. Cool huh? I love it!

 

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[Nana40]

Very COOL! 8)


Nana

 

[Getty]

way cool.very nice dig

 

[bmanofnbc]

Now that's something you don't find every day...How big is it?

 

[jt70]

It is about the size of a modern half dollar coin.

thanks for the praise once again.

JT

 

[DEEP NORTH WOODS]

Thats a great find! im sure it is also worth a few bucks, any idea on it age?

 

[lonewolfe]

Great find!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[lobsterman]

thats a cool find, but it all went downhill since then , it should have read... welcome to Maine, now leave your money, turn around and go home .
why do we have a tourist season if they don't allow us to shoot them

 

[SilverDreams]

Very cool find!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Very nice! HH, Mike

 

[cheese]

Nice! It's a watch fob. I found one almost identical in size and shape, but commemorating a different occasion.

 

[Wayne from Maine]

Now I got to be looking for one of these!