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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 24489396, member: 10461&quot;]Every year around the first day of summer, <i>my</i> maternal grandfather would throw a big grandchildren’s birthday party for all, at his farm in the NC mountains, which was a magical place.</p><p><br /></p><p>One year (‘79, as I recall) they took this big, long old horse trough and filled it with white sand from the riverbanks.&nbsp; Prior to our arrival, into that sand had gone dozens and dozens of Bicentennial Ike dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>Granddaddy stood by with a stopwatch.&nbsp; Each grandchild was given an allotted time to dig as many Ikes out of the sand as he or she could, before time ran out.&nbsp; The littler kids were given a bit longer on the clock.&nbsp; I was the second-oldest, so I didn’t get as long.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still think I found about 16-20 Ikes.&nbsp; A fair amount of money to me in those days.&nbsp; I didn’t mind their hefty weight one bit- not then.</p><p><br /></p><p>It’s a very fond memory.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below: Granddaddy.&nbsp; Dr. Logan T. Robertson (1916-1987)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/203538/medals-united-states-champion-paper-co-silver-ww2-deployment-medal-presented-to-logan-robertson-1942" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.colleconline.com/en/items/203538/medals-united-states-champion-paper-co-silver-ww2-deployment-medal-presented-to-logan-robertson-1942" rel="nofollow">I have a numismatic souvenir of him.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551021[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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