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1842 six pence - 4/6/2004 7:13:40 PM    Kim   Posts: 199 Joined: 2/25/2004 Status: offline Hi All I thought you might like to see an 1842 sixpence and a 1920 three pence. I will post some 1800 pennys in the near future. These were found while detecting over the years. Regards Kim Attachment (1) Post #: 1

RE: 1842 six pence - 4/6/2004 8:22:59 PM    maineahh62   Posts: 108 Joined: 3/13/2004 From: Maine Status: offline hello kim, the last time i remember hearing anything about sixpence or three pence was in a nursury ryme that i cant quite remember, nice pieces, i am always on the look out for coins in my bottle hunts, back in the day when folks didnt have a bank to go to they some times buried there money, i am always hopeful i will find an old mason jar buried in the ground full of old coins, thank you for shareing your coins. _____________________________ Timothy McKinnon (in reply to Kim) Post #: 2

RE: 1842 six pence - 4/6/2004 9:29:18 PM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Tim, I visited the coin/stamp shop at Woodfords corners in Portland last year. The owner told a story about a man who would come in every month or so with a gold eagle for over a year. He finally asked the guy where he was getting the coins. The man explained that he found a coffee sized can full of them hanging within a wall of the old home he was renovating in Limerick! _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Kim) Post #: 3

RE: 1842 six pence - 4/6/2004 9:43:08 PM    maineahh62   Posts: 108 Joined: 3/13/2004 From: Maine Status: offline hey norm, boy that would be a thrilling find even if it turned out to be not as valuable as hoped, the moments inbetween finding it and then seeing what it is are the best, a natural high one might say, i would love to stumble across a old cabin with the inside left as it was 100-200 years ago, a time capsule if you will, my mind goes nuts just trying to imagine what would be there. < Message edited by maineahh62 -- 4/6/2004 10:13:44 PM > _____________________________ Timothy McKinnon (in reply to Kim) Post #: 4

RE: 1842 six pence - 4/9/2004 7:03:59 AM    Maine Digger   Posts: 823 Joined: 2/4/2004 From: Augusta, Maine Status: offline Tim, our house here in Westbrook is c. 1830, while renavating, we've found letters in the walls from 1837. In one, a daughter who lives in Thorndike, gives an account of what she has done chore-wise. "We put new husks in the mattress, put up some nice apple perserves, sewed to shirts..." That along with discussion of people who died from 'the bloody croup', it's quite a look at daily life back then. On top of that we found a child's or small man's pillbox hat - hand sewn with leather brim. I'll send you some scans of the letter if you like and a pic of the hat. And Mike, if you're reading this, I haven't forgotten, I'll get you the same _____________________________ Norm Miller (in reply to Kim) Post #: 5

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