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The find was made on Friday 13 February during excavation for an attenuation tank..
Early assessments from the Archaeology team suggest the cannon may date from the 17th to 18th century...
Initial observations indicate the cannon had been decommissioned, with the nozzle deliberately capped. Archaeologists believe it was likely repurposed as a mooring post, a common practice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before being pushed into the dock area prior to it being infilled in the 1930s.
Here i the link for more about that.
Historic cannon unearthed during Queen’s Gardens transformation works – Hull CC News
You've probably noticed how many hoards are discovered as the result of either construction projects, garden or farm work.
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The Great Kentucky Gold Hoard is a hoard of more than 700 gold coins unearthed in an undisclosed part of Kentucky, United States, in the 2020s by a man on his own land. The finder of the hoard has remained anonymous.
There were a total of more than 800 Civil War–era coins, of which over 700 were gold coins.
The coins were found in a cornfield in Kentucky sometime before 2023; the exact location was not revealed. The person who found the hoard requested anonymity and sources say that he is a man. Many of the coins were found in the ground with pieces of a cloth bag and one of the coins was damaged from farm equipment. There were a total of 800 Civil War –era coins in the hoard and 700 of them were gold coins...
based on the dating of the hoard, the cache was buried in advance of Morgan's Raid, a major offensive through Kentucky into the Midwest by Confederate general John Hunt Morgan in June–July 1863...
Here is the link for more about that.
Great Kentucky Hoard - Wikipedia
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How much is there to know about pennies? Let's narrow it down 1982 pennies.
What is there to now? Actually there is quite a lot to know.
1982 cents can have a D, S or no mint mark. They can be bronze or zinc. They can be a bronze or zinc. They can be classified as red, brown, or red-brown. And there are seven error varieties. And they can be anywhere from good to mint state. That gives a large number of possible combinations.
Here is a link to a site that tell you all the things to look for and how to identify the different states and varieties.
1982 Cent Value: Mint Varieties, Rarity, And Current Prices - Coins Value
Just yesterday I picked a very nice example that was sitting around and looked at it closely and noticed a long curled 2 at the end of the date. That is a feature of the "small date" variety. And that is why I looked at the above linked site.
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Looks like a little bump in the surf is coming Sunday/Monday. Take a look at the wind and surf shift just before the increase. We've seen that kind of shift several times lately just before an increased surf.
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