johnnyi
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- new jersey
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- minelab, white's xlt, deus xp, fisher aquanaut, white's twin box
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
I know it's lewd...but it's probably 150 years old
First, if this is too risque, despite its age, I'll understand if it must be removed. Assuming you're still here to help i.d. it, and are not offended by 150 year old pornography, here's what I know.
I've only heard of one other of these being found; the other being both halves, the male and female reclining in a clam shell. Mine was found on a the loctation of a Civil War Union recruiting and training site (on the bottom of the Delaware canal), while the other I've seen was found at a southern Civil War encampment also.
The reverse is a clam shell, and is so realistic that when I swung my coil over the soil I thought it was a fresh water clam and kept looking for the detected object. The inside was encrusted with soil also, and it wasn't until I knocked the dirt out that I realized what it was (sort of!)
It seems to be made of pewter or a similar alloy that could withstand years under water (it is not aluminum, and it has all the surface characturistics of a pewter 1830's token I found in the canal also). It was found among numerous Civil War objects, i.e. 1860's indian heads, seated's, and large cents, pewter spoons with initials carved into them, belt parts, buttons, the usual. Beyond possibly being able to date it, and the fact that it seems to be a form of early pornography, I have no idea of its history or purpose, who made it, or anything else other than it possibly was just a funny pocket piece?
First, if this is too risque, despite its age, I'll understand if it must be removed. Assuming you're still here to help i.d. it, and are not offended by 150 year old pornography, here's what I know.
I've only heard of one other of these being found; the other being both halves, the male and female reclining in a clam shell. Mine was found on a the loctation of a Civil War Union recruiting and training site (on the bottom of the Delaware canal), while the other I've seen was found at a southern Civil War encampment also.
The reverse is a clam shell, and is so realistic that when I swung my coil over the soil I thought it was a fresh water clam and kept looking for the detected object. The inside was encrusted with soil also, and it wasn't until I knocked the dirt out that I realized what it was (sort of!)
It seems to be made of pewter or a similar alloy that could withstand years under water (it is not aluminum, and it has all the surface characturistics of a pewter 1830's token I found in the canal also). It was found among numerous Civil War objects, i.e. 1860's indian heads, seated's, and large cents, pewter spoons with initials carved into them, belt parts, buttons, the usual. Beyond possibly being able to date it, and the fact that it seems to be a form of early pornography, I have no idea of its history or purpose, who made it, or anything else other than it possibly was just a funny pocket piece?
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