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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 3996729, member: 101265&quot;]5 years ago I was metal detecting the homesite of the infamous Daniel McGirts who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. But he became a turncoat and joined the Brits. After the war ended he could not go home and he got a land grant from the Spanish, moved to NE Florida and started a plantation. Later he became a highway man and a pirate. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found a 1700s axe head, a Victorian lady’s mesh coin purse made of silver and overlaid with gold. </p><p>Then I found what I thought was a copper slug. However there was a faint bust of a man, some letters and the date 1783. </p><p>A Georvis Triumphos the only true token honoring George Washington for winning the war. 1783 is when we signed the treaty with England and there are other token honoring him but while 1783 is stamped on them they were made later. </p><p><br /></p><p>The name means George Triumphed and it was minted in England. They claimed they didn’t know what Washington looked like and so used the bust of George III who LOST THE WAR. </p><p><br /></p><p>It was known to have been used in Virginia, South Carolina and Bermuda and BELIEVED to have been used in Florida but there was no proof. At the same time I found mine another detectorist found one in St Augustine and we are jointly credited for our finds. [ATTACH=full]1052239[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1052240[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1052241[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1052242[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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