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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3256396, member: 10461"]I wouldn't have known if it hadn't been for my metal detecting past.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's a nice lead seal I found on a Revolutionary War site outside of Charleston, SC. It has an inscription in Dutch and was used on cloth from the city of Leyden (Leiden).</p><p><br /></p><p>Usually seals like this did not survive so intact when they were opened. I think it is unusual for the two halves to have pried apart so easily and for that connecting piece to have remained attached to both halves.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]855636[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found a worn-out Spanish colonial silver 1-real coin near that seal. It had a Mexico City mintmark and dated to the 1770s (Charles III). The date was worn off, the coin was slightly bent and holed, and someone had crudely carved the initials "S D" into it, but it was a very interesting find. Got some nice buttons on that site, too. It was an interesting place, and very fun to detect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3256396, member: 10461"]I wouldn't have known if it hadn't been for my metal detecting past. Here's a nice lead seal I found on a Revolutionary War site outside of Charleston, SC. It has an inscription in Dutch and was used on cloth from the city of Leyden (Leiden). Usually seals like this did not survive so intact when they were opened. I think it is unusual for the two halves to have pried apart so easily and for that connecting piece to have remained attached to both halves. [ATTACH=full]855636[/ATTACH] I found a worn-out Spanish colonial silver 1-real coin near that seal. It had a Mexico City mintmark and dated to the 1770s (Charles III). The date was worn off, the coin was slightly bent and holed, and someone had crudely carved the initials "S D" into it, but it was a very interesting find. Got some nice buttons on that site, too. It was an interesting place, and very fun to detect.[/QUOTE]
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