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Message:: [QUOTE="Kman413, post: 1328961, member: 34480"]Hi,Also I would like to add. I live in Maspeth, New York. Settled in 1635. I wrote a story on the "Roman Coins" for Treasure Lost & Found. Were I live there are 29 cemetries located here. In 1870 a law was pasted that no more burials could take place in New York City. What was to be known as the "Cemetary Expressway". All the graves that were not in church yards were removed and brought here to Maspeth. The Mapatchie Indian name for Maspeth is "Place of bad water".  You can read this on a site "Juniper Berry" a local newsletter. If you can't find it, contact me and I will send you the Wed Site.Back to the coins, in my story I explained what I think happened to the coins. From 1635 to the present many people came from other counties, they brought with them many items and there were no banks. But you can be sure there were thiefs. So, it was common for them to bury their expensive items. Back then, a simple cold could kill you. Or they just became old and forgot about them. If you read my sites. I found two gold coins in an old milk jar. One twenty dollar & one ten dollar coin. I've been hunting for over twenty years and have found many items all up & down the East coast. So of the best coins I found were on the East side of New York were the tentaments are, These are 6 & 8 family houses. They used to run a wash line across the yards to dry the wash. Many a coin, ring, or other great item fell from the pockets. I found Civil War tokens, silver coins and a few gold coins over the years. I hope this gives you an idea what those guys & girls are doing wearing headphones and swinging a metal detector. And I didn't even touch on the beach finds. That's another story.Regards,Steve Kelly[/QUOTE]

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