After an expensive trip to the auto repair garage today, I was ready for a hunt and some peace of mind this evening. It was dark, cold, windy and a mix of snow and rain but I didn't care, I got dressed in my best MD weather gear and went for it. Had a great time for about 1.5 hrs and made a few nice finds. Here are the finds, a few relics, two tags with the initials WS 4 and SW 5, the SW 5 tag has a deer or a rabbit in the center. A 5 gram weight without any hallmarks, probably used at home and not in a business and a piece that I can not remember the name of, has to do with ammunition.
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Obverse of a local beer token from the mid to late 1800s. I scratched it near the 3 O clock position, certainly gives a sickly gut feeling when that happens! Fortunately I have a few of these. I was trying to pinpoint without using the PP feature and thought it was a piece of foil, I was experimenting and ouch!
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Reverse of the beer token.
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A nice surprise, obverse of a 1740 silver 3 Kreuzer coin from the Duke of Bavaria and Holy Roman Emporer, Carl Albrecht VII or AKA Charles Albert VII. First silver find of 2007.
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Reverse of the 1740, double headed Austrian eagle, center is the Bavarian Coat of Arms under the Habsburg reign, denomination (3) @ 7 O clock, (K) @ 5 O clock and date of 1740 @ the 4 O clock position. HH, Mike
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