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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 6593218, member: 10461&quot;]Yeah, I had a drawer full of mysterious &quot;junk&quot;.&nbsp; One piece later turned out to be part of a Rev War era (or slightly earlier) Brown Bess musket.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another turned out to be what would become my most internationally famous find.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Moral of the story- don&#039;t toss those &quot;mystery junk&quot; items unless you&#039;re absolutely <i>sure</i> they&#039;re modern trash.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Below: the Ming Dynasty Chinese medallion I dug in NC.&nbsp; Sat in my “junk” drawer for a decade before I posted it online.&nbsp; Then Dr. Lee happened to see it.&nbsp; Long story.&nbsp; Much of it was mentioned later in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Discovered-America-Peopling-Americas/dp/006223675X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Who-Discovered-America-Peopling-Americas/dp/006223675X" rel="nofollow">this book</a> by Gavin Menzies.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/asiawindposter-jpg.1125760/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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