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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 7870864, member: 10461&quot;]While your skepticism is well-founded- especially as regards the coin, which looks suspect- the <i>story</i> itself is not automatically implausible. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen replica Spanish cobs that were found here (as well as real ones), and myself once dug a reproduction of an 18th century military button on one site where I had also found a very rare and definitely authentic War of 1812 belt plate.&nbsp; (I suspect the repro button was lost by a reenactor during the 250th anniversary reenactments in 1992 of a nearby 1742 battle).</p><p><br /></p><p>So reproduction items <i>do</i> make it into the ground, and get found by detectorists, occasionally.&nbsp; Not saying that&#039;s definitely the case here, but it does and can happen (albeit not terribly often).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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