Scottdavid
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Hi everyone,
Today and yesterday, I found 2 coins (I think they are King George half-cents, probably from the Faithful Steward) and what looks like an old silver pendant, bracelet charm, or earring -- at Coin Beach in Rehoboth, DE. The finds were fairly close to where you access the beach, about 4 inches down in the sand, where the sand is black yielding better hits. Waves have been pounding the beach over the past few days and all these finds were where the ocean met the dunes that have been carved away, almost at the very edge.
If anyone can help me identify what the pendant or charm is (really I don't even know if it's silver), that would be great. In the picture you can see that the front of it, has an I in a square-like imprint - which I think from my research is a London date stamp for silver - they used different letters of the alphabet depending on the year it was struck and different fonts of letters. The best I can determine is this I corresponds to a strike date in the mid-1700s, consistent with the timing of Faithful Steward if it was on that ship. I haven't cleaned it but under the encrustation on the bottom of the front I'm wondering if there's something else imprinted. On the back which is slightly concave, the I is repeated at the top, and then something illegible that either looks like a 4 or an A underneath the line. This piece is really fascinating me.
I'm a new hunter, have always had a passion for history and stories and being connected with the past. I decided to rent a detector on this vacation and now I'm obsessed with learning more. My detector was a Garrett Ace 200. Any support with this mystery would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Scott
Today and yesterday, I found 2 coins (I think they are King George half-cents, probably from the Faithful Steward) and what looks like an old silver pendant, bracelet charm, or earring -- at Coin Beach in Rehoboth, DE. The finds were fairly close to where you access the beach, about 4 inches down in the sand, where the sand is black yielding better hits. Waves have been pounding the beach over the past few days and all these finds were where the ocean met the dunes that have been carved away, almost at the very edge.
If anyone can help me identify what the pendant or charm is (really I don't even know if it's silver), that would be great. In the picture you can see that the front of it, has an I in a square-like imprint - which I think from my research is a London date stamp for silver - they used different letters of the alphabet depending on the year it was struck and different fonts of letters. The best I can determine is this I corresponds to a strike date in the mid-1700s, consistent with the timing of Faithful Steward if it was on that ship. I haven't cleaned it but under the encrustation on the bottom of the front I'm wondering if there's something else imprinted. On the back which is slightly concave, the I is repeated at the top, and then something illegible that either looks like a 4 or an A underneath the line. This piece is really fascinating me.
I'm a new hunter, have always had a passion for history and stories and being connected with the past. I decided to rent a detector on this vacation and now I'm obsessed with learning more. My detector was a Garrett Ace 200. Any support with this mystery would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Scott
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