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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 4998701, member: 101265&quot;]Metal detecting has been very good to me. I’ve found coins and relics from a number of countries and a range of years. But the best coin (so far) was a 1783 Georvis Triumphos . I was allowed to hunt the homesite of Daniel McGirt/ McGirts / McGirth who was an officer in the Revolutionary Army. But he became a turncoat and joined the British and could not go home after the war ended. He received a land grant from the King of Spain and moved to NE Florida and started a plantation and later became a pirate and highwayman.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found 3 notable items there. An axe head dating to the 1700s, a gold and silver Victorian Lady’s and what I thought was a copper slug. But I did note lettering, a man’s bust and the date 1783. I posted pictures on a metal detecting forum and immediately got responses identifying it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought the identification was BS but it seems it wasn’t. </p><p><br /></p><p>1783 is the year we signed the treaty with England ending the war. The name means George Triumphs and was to honor George Washington. HOWEVER it was minted in England and they claimed they didn’t know what Washington looked like so they used the bust of King George who LOST the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: there are a number of Washington tokens with the date 1783 but this is the only one actually minted that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>ithad a limited distribution it was known to have been used in Virginia, Georgia and Jamaica and RUMORED to have been used in Florida. But my find and another by another detectorist in St Augustineconfirmedits used own here. [ATTACH=full]1200107[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1200108[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1200110[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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