Well, once again, the federal-era foundation site yields yet another pre-1820 coin. This time, after about two hours of deep digging and as the sun sets and the mosquitoes set upon me, a coin is located in the side wall to make the dig worthwhile. I ran the detector along the upper walls and heard a good signal near where I knew some tin scrap was lying on the surface. It sounded too good to ignore so I dug into the wall and the coin simply dropped down in front of me as shown in this
blurry video.
This is the 13-star variety of the 1817 which is less rare than the 15-star. In 1817, the Mississippi territory was divided into the Mississippi and Alabama territories. The first Seminole War was begun in this year and the first school for the deaf was established in Connecticut. An interesting year.
