prolab69
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- Oct 8, 2007
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Was poking around in my front yard, I knew there was some history there, but just didnt know how much. The house was built about 1930, but theres much evidence of an earier structure. Ive been detecting for about 6-7 years but never thought my oldest coin would be right under my feet, so to speak. earlier today I found a religeous medal dated 1830 so after dinner I decided to see what else was out there. This LC was about 8-9 inches down giving me a strong tone one way, and a very weak one the other. Seems to be A 1820 with the 20 over the 19, I hope everyone can see my estimations from the photos. Also found a 1918s mercury dime, silver plated spoon PAT>1877 and a squashed little bell.
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Ok, so I spent about 3 more hours in my yard. (which now looks like swiss cheese!) found 3 more bells, plenty of wheats, an 18k gold ring, a whatch casing, and this one merc. so I guess thats it for the silver here, maybe ill try again in a few more days.
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Ok, so I spent about 3 more hours in my yard. (which now looks like swiss cheese!) found 3 more bells, plenty of wheats, an 18k gold ring, a whatch casing, and this one merc. so I guess thats it for the silver here, maybe ill try again in a few more days.
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Check this link about your medal with 1830 date. The date is commemorative. I'm not saying your medal isn't old....judging by your other find it most certainly is but it may not date all the way back to 1830. Scroll down a little. It says in the link that the first of these medals were struck in 1832. They continued to be made up until the present. 
