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| Enameled Flag Lapel Pin Find. |
Given the conditions and situation, I decided to hunt modern this morning.
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| Lapel Flag Pin. |
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| Odd 10K Ring. |
Any ideas on this one? The two odd symbols or designs shown center repeat around the ring.
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| Same Ring Showing 10K Stamp. |
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The first colonial site in Maryland has been found.Much like the famous Jamestown fort, which marked the first permanent English settlement in what would become the United States, its exact location had been lost.
The original 150 colonists, including many English Catholics fleeing Protestant persecution back home, had arrived at St. Mary’s on two ships, the Ark and the Dove, in late March 1634, Parno said...
White wrote that the colonists, “to avoid all occasion of dislike, and colour of wrong,” purchased from the local Yaocomaco Indians the land for 30 miles around, paying with axes, hoes, cloth and hatchets.
The Yaocomaco Indians tolerated the newcomers, he wrote, because the Indians had enemies: The “Sasquasahannockes … [who] come sometimes upon them, and waste and spoile them and their country.”
And the archaeology hinted that the fort may have been built around several existing native dwellings, Parno said.
The Yaocomaco people lived on both sides of the St. Mary’s River. The arrangement was that they would be allowed to stay on the east side with the colonists until the Indians’ crops there were harvested. Then they would move to the west side.
“Some few Indians are here to stay by us till next yeare,” Father White wrote. “Then the land is wholy to be ours alone.”...
Here is the link for more about that.
Archaeologists find earliest colonial site in Maryland after nearly 90-year search - Baltimore Sun
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DJ sent me the above picture showing two finds brought to the McClarty Museum for help with ID. They are described as a silver artifact and a bronze coin found north of the museum. No other information was provided.
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No significant change in beach conditions is expected for at least several days.
At least it is beautiful weather for being out.
Happy hunting,
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