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    Found this In My House!

    A few weeks after my son cleaned his room and found three indian head pennies in a dresser (I'm not kidding) my wife cleaned out another dresser given to us when my father-in-law passed away. This is what she found....
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    was his father in the Grand army of the republic Drew?? thats a very cool piece of history
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    Dan, His great, great grandfather. We already had his discharge paper hanging on the wall. Now we found his hat pin. We have some pics of the guy too. He is wearing an officer's hat in one pic but it doesn't have that pin on it.
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    That realy is great history. It would be nice to see the picture of him. Great find even if it wasn't with the detector.

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    Awesome piece to have | | | | |
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    Nice find for being in the house. Are you going to frame it and hang it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff link=topic=9719.msg109070#msg109070 date=1334844045
    Nice find for being in the house. Are you going to frame it and hang it?
    It might sit in that box a few more years
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    Awesome, totaly Awesome! Love finding history, love it! Thanks so much for sharing!
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    Thats a great piece of history Drew |
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    wow ! get it and all the pictures and letters and find out how much you should insure them for !
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