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| New England Shilling To Be Sold March 26. |
If you like old coins you'll love looking at the article linked below. On March 26 Stack’s-Bowers, in conjunction with the Whitman Baltimore Expo, will be offering a collection of colonial and early American coins such as those shown here.
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| Confederate Half Dollar A Real Rarity |
The auction starts with one of just eight Noe 1-A NE Shillings in private hands, graded PCGS EF45. The coin is a high-quality example of the earliest coinage struck on the North-American continent in what today is the United States.
To the left you see another great example - one of just four original 1861 Confederate Half Dollars struck in April of 1861.
The article shows a number of truly great coins like those shown here, but if you'd like to see even more, go to the auction catalog (See link below).
Here is the link or the article.
http://news.coinupdate.com/henry-p-kendall-foundation-collection-preview-4740/
And here is the auction catalog or some very enjoyable browsing.
http://media.stacksbowers.com/VirtualCatalogs/2015/Stacks-Bowers-Galleries/Mar2015-Baltimore/SBG_Mar2015_Balt_Kendall_Catalog_LR.pdf
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In the past I've encouraged researching your family roots. I've found that by doing that not only did I learn more about who my ancestors were and where I came from, but also in the process learned a lot more about local history and located good new detecting sites, some of which were on my ancestor's properties but also some that were not.
The first place I ever did any metal detecting was at the site of an old house where my grandmother once lived as a child. There was a standing stone chimney and some other remains of the house, but not much. I remember seeing the well. That was over fifty years ago. I hadn't thought of that much, but it was my very first metal detecting outing. It was a great site too, even though I didn't fully appreciate it at the time.
The detector, as I remember it, was maybe a Radio Shack model. I don't think it would detect much more than iron. And we did find some iron pieces, but not much else. I'd love to be able to go back in time and do the same site now as it was then with a good detector and with a lot more knowledge.
Funny that I never thought about it much before, but that was the very beginning of my metal detecting. I didn't get seriously into detecting until years later. We didn't use that old detector much after that one outing. I don't think it would detect coins, and we gave up on it. But thank you grandma! She never knew what a journey she started me on.
Anyhow I've encouraged you before to dig into your family tree, and if possible, go hunt some of the sites where you grew up or where your parents or grandparents lived. Digging up a piece of personal history can be very meaningful.
It is now possible to dig into your roots in another way. Ancestry.com offers a DNA testing service. For $99 you receive a kit in the mail. Follow the instructions, mail it in and then receive the results back in the mail.
The kit comes with a tube which you fill with spit. It takes a good bit. Then you ship it back to be analyzed.
The results include data such as the following example from their online ad.
They will also connect you with others who share your genetic line if you want them to. You can specify how private you want to be and if your name is to be made know to others or not.
They will, however, if requested by law enforcement, provide your DNA to them. Even if you haven't committed a crime or anything, you might not want your results out there. I guess it is also possible that you might learn something that you don't care to know. Think about it before doing it. If you do decide to do it, it might be a lot of fun.
Read more about here. Otherwise browse ancestry.com DNA.
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We have a two to three foot surf today but a really nice tide.
Happy Spring,
TreasureGuide@Comcast.net
