German and Italian prisoners of war began arriving in the United States in 1942 after beleaguered Britain could no longer take care of them in the manner required by the Geneva Convention.
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Husband and wife find metal detecting a rewarding hobby
It was a rare day when they didn’t find a silver dollar or an Indian head penny or two. He has found two-cent pieces, three-cent pieces, seated Liberty coins and even a coin called a half-dime which was in use before the nickel was coined. Numerous class rings have been found
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Staffordshire Hoard gold may have been a king’s ransom
Michael Wood, an expert in the Anglo-Saxon era, said his best guess was that the treasure found in a field near Brownhills, had formed part of a payment “beyond belief” made to Penda by the Northumbrian king Oswald.
An army led by Penda had besieged Oswald’s forces at Stirling in 654 and the ransom was paid to end that siege.
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Largest Stash of Gold Coins Found in UK
“I put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little radial, a little bronze Roman coin very, very small, about the size of my fingernail,” Crisp said.
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The Top Ten Rarest $10 Liberty Head Gold Coins
Ten coins are from Philadelphia and at least one or two are probably not all that familiar to even the most advanced collector of Liberty Head gold. Most of these dates have very low original mintage figures (one, the 1875, has a mintage of just 100 business strikes!) and nearly all have remarkably low survival rates. To qualify for this list, an issue requires a total population of under 50-60 coins.
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US vet’s dog tags found on old Italian battlefield
A retired police inspector’s newly acquired metal detecting hobby helped him find dog tags and other items belonging to a Texas World War II veteran who was wounded on an Italian battlefield.
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May Club Hunt
Hi Guys, I want to comment everyone who put the coin hunt on, you all did a ‘great’ job & everyone had a fine time.. Chuck & Mary Thomas P.S. For some reason I failed to get a cancellation notice of the June meeting, please send my e-mails to freedomtree@q.com
