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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 399938, member: 4367&quot;]If you ever get a chance to metal detect or dig around old foundations of buildings.&nbsp; Keep an eye open for coins under large rocks or wooden beams which supported the buildings.&nbsp; I&#039;m talking about really old homesteads, barns, etc.&nbsp; The 18th/19th century builder often placed coins under these based upon an ancient practice called &#039;Foundation Sacrifice&#039; where horrific (by todays standards) ceremonial practices took the lives of many who were slain and entombed under the structure to appease the gods.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22foundation+sacrifice%22&amp;btnG=Google+Search" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=%22foundation+sacrifice%22&amp;btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;q=&quot;foundation+sacrifice&quot;&amp;btnG=Google+Search</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rpgmud.com/WorldBuilding/Mythopoets/tmm-Worship.html#Heading175" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rpgmud.com/WorldBuilding/Mythopoets/tmm-Worship.html#Heading175" rel="nofollow">http://www.rpgmud.com/WorldBuilding/Mythopoets/tmm-Worship.html#Heading175</a></p><p><br /></p><p>While the days of using human victims and animals are long gone the superstitions still remain like knocking on wood, black cats, and crossing ones fingers.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even today the occasional builder may stash a coin or something with special meaning within the bricks or wooden timbers of the structure they are building.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a silver dollar which was found south of here (Buffalo Gap, SD) a few years ago under a wooden (seal) which was partially buried, it had been part of a foundation on a 19th century building that burned down in the 1930s or so.&nbsp; It&#039;s been cleaned (soaked in water for a few days to remove the grime) but not harshly scrubbed.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.jabpublish.com/1897mor1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Was it a Foundation Sacrifice?&nbsp; Who knows, but it was the only numismatic item I found after searching with my detector for a few hours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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