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After 4 previous hunts, I finally found a few things yesterday worth showing everyone. 
This site just came available to me on May 1, so I detected it yesterday for about 4hrs before the rain moved in. A few interesting items popped up; the first find was 1816 Wellington Halfpenny. This coin is very thin and the details area not clear, obviously a copy made sometime in the 1820s or 30s. The porcelain doll heads and the bronze ‘Ministry of Housing Ontario’ plate were eyeball finds I found discarded under the back porch. I also found a couple of one-piece tombac buttons, a 1940 George Penny and few modern pennies. Something I found interesting about this site, was that the original horse stable was still being used, but as a garage for a car. The stable still had the feed trough and a spot where the horse would’ve been tied up. 
I’m going to head back here again next weekend before the grass gets too tall to get the coil close to the ground.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Dave
Wellington Half Penny Token ‘Montreal’ 1816
Lower Canada (what is now Quebec) had the greatest number and variety of tokens in circulation. The Wellington tokens, a series of halfpenny and penny tokens with a bust of the Duke of Wellington, appeared in about 1814. They were popular, and many varieties were issued locally after 1825. In 1825, a halfpenny of Irish design was imported; its popularity resulted in its being imitated in brass, copies of which are very plentiful. In 1832, an anonymous halfpenny of English design appeared and was extensively imitated in brass. Counterfeits of worn-out English and Irish George III coppers also circulated in large numbers. These counterfeits were called “blacksmith tokens” as they were popularly believed to have been struck by a Montreal blacksmith to pay for his drink. This period ended in 1835, when the banks refused to accept such nondescript copper, except by weight. Upper Canada (what is now Ontario) first used local tokens after 1812, when a series of lightweight halfpennies was issued in memory of Sir Isaac Brock. These were superseded after 1825 by a series of tokens with a sloop on one side and various designs (e.g., plow, keg, crossed shovels over an anvil) on the other. In 1822, Lesslie & Sons issued a copper Two Penny token. The firm also issued halfpennies from 1824 to 1830.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for municipal affairs and housing in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Department of Municipal Affairs was established in 1934 by the Department of Municipal Affairs Act, which was passed in 1935. It inherited the municipal administrative and regulatory functions which had briefly been the responsibility of the Ontario Municipal Board. Initially, it was responsible for supervising the affairs of the municipalities whose real property tax-revenue base had collapsed during the Depression. After The Second World War, it became more involved in the provision of administrative and financial advice and support to municipalities. In April 1972, the department was dissolved, with most of its functions being transferred to the newly created Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs, but with the assessment function being given to the Ministry of Revenue. In 1973, the Ministry of Housing was established by The Ministry of Housing Act, inheriting the Plans Administration Branch from the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs, as well as the Ontario Housing Corporation from the Ministry of Revenue.
This site just came available to me on May 1, so I detected it yesterday for about 4hrs before the rain moved in. A few interesting items popped up; the first find was 1816 Wellington Halfpenny. This coin is very thin and the details area not clear, obviously a copy made sometime in the 1820s or 30s. The porcelain doll heads and the bronze ‘Ministry of Housing Ontario’ plate were eyeball finds I found discarded under the back porch. I also found a couple of one-piece tombac buttons, a 1940 George Penny and few modern pennies. Something I found interesting about this site, was that the original horse stable was still being used, but as a garage for a car. The stable still had the feed trough and a spot where the horse would’ve been tied up. I’m going to head back here again next weekend before the grass gets too tall to get the coil close to the ground.
Hope everyone has a great week!
Dave
Wellington Half Penny Token ‘Montreal’ 1816
Lower Canada (what is now Quebec) had the greatest number and variety of tokens in circulation. The Wellington tokens, a series of halfpenny and penny tokens with a bust of the Duke of Wellington, appeared in about 1814. They were popular, and many varieties were issued locally after 1825. In 1825, a halfpenny of Irish design was imported; its popularity resulted in its being imitated in brass, copies of which are very plentiful. In 1832, an anonymous halfpenny of English design appeared and was extensively imitated in brass. Counterfeits of worn-out English and Irish George III coppers also circulated in large numbers. These counterfeits were called “blacksmith tokens” as they were popularly believed to have been struck by a Montreal blacksmith to pay for his drink. This period ended in 1835, when the banks refused to accept such nondescript copper, except by weight. Upper Canada (what is now Ontario) first used local tokens after 1812, when a series of lightweight halfpennies was issued in memory of Sir Isaac Brock. These were superseded after 1825 by a series of tokens with a sloop on one side and various designs (e.g., plow, keg, crossed shovels over an anvil) on the other. In 1822, Lesslie & Sons issued a copper Two Penny token. The firm also issued halfpennies from 1824 to 1830.
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Ontario)
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for municipal affairs and housing in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Department of Municipal Affairs was established in 1934 by the Department of Municipal Affairs Act, which was passed in 1935. It inherited the municipal administrative and regulatory functions which had briefly been the responsibility of the Ontario Municipal Board. Initially, it was responsible for supervising the affairs of the municipalities whose real property tax-revenue base had collapsed during the Depression. After The Second World War, it became more involved in the provision of administrative and financial advice and support to municipalities. In April 1972, the department was dissolved, with most of its functions being transferred to the newly created Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs, but with the assessment function being given to the Ministry of Revenue. In 1973, the Ministry of Housing was established by The Ministry of Housing Act, inheriting the Plans Administration Branch from the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs, as well as the Ontario Housing Corporation from the Ministry of Revenue.
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