Been gone for a week, see what I found and post a coin
1630Boston
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I was paving a highway in the 'country' 50 miles from Boston and found some interesting things in the woods along the highway. 
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The first thing I found in the woods was this rock.
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Post a coin from the 1600's or 1700's if you have one
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Interesting historical artifact.... I am not familiar with that event, will check it out. Thanks for the pictures. Someone should MD around that area, likely an old coin or two has been lost there. Cheers, RickO
The second thing I found, 20 miles away from the above 'rock',
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[still 50 miles from Boston].
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was this small family cemetery from the 1800's & 1900's, tucked away in the woods.
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post a coin from the 1800's or 1900's
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Awesome pictures of then and now.
Interesting history in those woods.... I recall finding a couple of old burial grounds in the mountains here in the Catskills. Area was settled in the mid to late 1600's, and things have changed over the centuries. Cheers, RickO
Agree. It would be really cool to find a pine tree shilling.
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Very interesting pics and history.
Wouldn't it be nice to have a medal struck for Redemption Rock for the 350th anniversary in 2026?
Those are some neat finds. I was out in that region the other day and close to where I live now was a site of some of the battles from Phillip's war.
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I found a week S mm.
I'm gone !
From the 1700’s… check!
Rock monuments are cool, and here's a couple 1700's coins....
I love history and that's pretty cool. Here's a coin from the 1600's.
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Love the Catskills, I heard there’s still some gold around there.
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@Ownerofawheatiehorde... No gold that I have heard of.... Seems what little may have been found many years ago, was quickly depleted. Do not know of any modern finds... Cheers, RickO
Upstate New York: Home to Buffalo wings, Niagara Falls and a gangster’s buried treasure?
Yes, legend has it that the Catskills town of Phoenicia conceals a trove of money, bonds and jewels that once belonged to a New York City bootlegger named Dutch Schultz. The criminal’s riches have been hunted for nearly 90 years, but after a recent breakthrough, two intrepid men believe they’re about to hit the jackpot.
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1774 Spanish coin - I actually found this in a Coin-Star machine, believe it or not!
