A couple of very unusual finds today

[Lodge Scent]

Picked up a hardly used 11” coil for my Deus for a great price. Decided to give it a shot at one of my cellar hole sites that will soon be developed with houses. I was focusing on deep targets and dug a good bit of deep iron. But I did manage a couple of unusual finds. The first was this small brass case.

https://i.imgur.com/KFeJTJg.jpg

I could hear something rattling inside of it but I couldn’t open it. When I got home I had to peel back a corner of the case to reveal the object in side. It was this 1 inch tall bronze religious statue. Without too much work, Google revealed it is a Saint Anthony pocket shrine. I had never heard of such a thing.

https://i.imgur.com/uGwyzpV.jpg

The other unusual find took a bit longer to figure out. I thought I had dug a killer KG III halfpenny.

https://i.imgur.com/Ex8X4zB.jpg

When I got home and started removing dirt from the reverse, I was left scratching my head wondering what the heck it was. Turns out it is an 1813 Half Stiver. I had never heard of such a thing. The reverse says “ Colonies of Essequebo & Demarary Token”. It is now part of Guyana.

https://i.imgur.com/8lUUQKT.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/2RUdAV4.jpg

The rest of the morning's digs:

https://i.imgur.com/SRkfOyL.jpg


Jeff

[Digger_O'Dell]

Those are some amazing finds, way to go! :clapping:

[Digger Don]

That coin is a stunner. AWESOME find!! :perfect10:

[fyrffytr1]

Beats my 55 Belgium 50 centime coin found yesterday. I have never seen either of the two pieces you found before.

[chief5709]

That coin is in great shape. Never seen or heard of it before. Congrats!

[OxShoeDrew]

Holy crow, Jeff!! A real stunner of a coin... or token... or whatever...I love it!!!:lol::envious:

[Lodge Scent]

Those are some amazing finds, way to go! :clapping:


That coin is a stunner. AWESOME find!! :perfect10:


Beats my 55 Belgium 50 centime coin found yesterday. I have never seen either of the two pieces you found before.


That coin is in great shape. Never seen or heard of it before. Congrats!


Holy crow, Jeff!! A real stunner of a coin... or token... or whatever...I love it!!!:lol::envious:

Thanks Gents!

A little research shows that those KG III Stivers get dug up now and then. Our comrades in Canada seem to find them a bit more often then us here in the states.

Saint Anthony is supposed to be the patron Saint of lost objects. It's a bit ironic someone lost a Saint Anthony object ;)

[CTTodd]

Boy that's a heck of a start with the new coil. Very nice

[Lodge Scent]

The little statue was deep Todd and I missed it on many previous hunts at this site, but the KG Token wasn't all that deep. It was surrounded by a couple pieces of iron. I think it just hit it from the right angle this time.

[MangoAve]

Pretty unique find with that pocket shrine. Grats on the half stiver. I hadn't hear of either as well. The front does look almost the same as a KG3. Prob we do tend to forget that England and Spain used to rule a bunch of different places back in the 17 and 1800s... and they would have a monetary system with the same ruler.

[BTV Digger]

Most excellent finds Jeff! That's about as good a copper as you can expect to dig for sure. It would be interesting to see who "T.W." is (initials below the bust). Perhaps the coin designer? Congrats.

John

[aloldstuff]

New coil seems to be working just fine. Love that Stiver, never seen one before. :congrats:

[calabash digger]

WOW to say the least.

[Mr. Digger]

Missed this post originally and glad I came across it. What a cool coin!

[Full Metal Digger]

Not sure how I missed this one but that is an amazing coin! Congratulations on yet another great save. Best wishes and HH Dave.

[The Rebel]

Love the coin but the pocket shrine is awesome. I'd carry that on all of your hunts for now on for good luck.

[Noah]

I agree with The Rebel. I'd carry it with me. After all, it's a fun memento.
With all the iron and junk, I'd be tempted to dig out all the dirt and sift it through a screen! :congrats:

[Rogue Relic Hunter]

very nice. congrats! :detecting:

[del]

Nice finds as usual Jeff and congrats on the 11 inch coil acquisition , I remember George finding a pocket shrine before with some religious figure inside (it might have been St. Anthony) . The coin is in exceptional shape and a very sweet find !:clapping:



I'd carry that on all of your hunts for now on for good luck.

now there is a thought .