bergie
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Fun day all around. I met up with "Submerged" from the forum here in the Hudson Valley area of NY. You've seen some of his great posts of colonial coin finds (which I had the pleasure of seeing up close). We hiked the exact trail noted by historical marker where Benedict Arnold fled to the Hudson River just ahead of Gen. Washington to be picked up by the British ship "Vulture" (interestingly enough). For those who don't recall his treason, he was in charge of West Point and was trying to give it to the British for $. We hiked about 1/4 mile to the Hudson and no luck with colonial stuff but there on the cliffs above the river in the middle of nowhere I found a 1926 Merc (no camera handy right now for photos) and a really worn down Merc that's about half the size of normal (weird thing is that worn down one gives me a nickel sound, any idea why?). We then went to the coolest mansion house overlooking the Hudson with spectacular views of West Point and the Hudson from the other side (east) of the river. It's now owned by a religious org. but was owned in the early 1900s by Col. Jacob Ruppert, who owned the Yankees and built Yankee stadium in 1923. We learned all this when we asked permission. They handed us a history of the place, it's a 40 room mansion you'd see in the movies. Cooler yet, they took us in a big room with a large wood table in the middle covered by plastic and it was the table at which Babe Ruth signed his first Yankee contract. Ruppert bought the Yankees for $450,000 in 1914 and he also served 4 terms in Congress in the late 1800s and early 1900s. It said at this house he had one of the world's largest collections of monkeys, peacocks and wild birds. After all that, I found a 1955 wheatie and submerged found a newer quarter, but it was a very cool place to visit. Fun day all around...
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