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  1. Jan 2

    I am on the hunt for a copy of this book (this one is from the library but I *must* own it). I cannot find it anywhere and the publisher doesn’t exist anymore. I’ve never seen it in a Maine bookstore either. Can’t find authors contact. Other ideas?

  2. 27 Dec 2018

    The gravestone of Revolutionary War General Samuel McCobb (1744-1791) and a detail from the stone of Major Samuel Denny (1689-1772) , Mogul of the Lower Kennebec! These are located in the New Town Cemetery in Arrowsic, Maine.

  3. 31 Dec 2018

    This is Civil War 2nd Army Corps heel Plate I found in Westbrook, Maine. I expect someone kept his army boots and lost the plate sometime after the war.

  4. 30 Dec 2018

    I found these along the Sheepscot River in Wiscasset, Maine. One is an Abraham Riker of NY "Hard Times" token from the 1830s. The back says "Millions for defense, not one cent for tribute." Used during a currency shortage.

  5. 27 Dec 2018

    a well preserved little Spanish half Real I found in the Stroudwater area of Portland. I think it was minted in Mexico City. It is a lot easier to find Spanish silver from this era than American.

  6. 31 Dec 2018

    Here is a relic of 1920s Portland, Maine I found along the Stroudwater. Harold Andrews was the first Maine causality of WW I. I think The American Legion post is still there on the corner of Deering St and Avon.

  7. 31 Dec 2018

    An English 1797 Twopence "Cartwheel." I found it out in Stroudwater by the jetport. It weighs two ounces. If there were 240 pennys in a Pound, then 1 Pound (£) worth of these would weigh 15 pounds (lbs!)

  8. Dec 31

    Photograph I took of the road block in Starks, Maine the weekend of Hempstock 2001.

  9. Jan 1

    Dug out of a barn, Feb 1st,1823 Copy of the American Advocate& General Advertiser published in Hallowell. It contains a printed copy of The Treaty of Ghent. John Holmes, the Senator from Alfred, was a principal author of the treaty.

  10. 30 Dec 2018

    I found the glass bottle and stoneware shard in the Little River in Lebanon, Maine. The bottle has a pontil and was half full of Balm of Gilead buds and covered with water plants when I found it.

  11. 26 Dec 2018

    Here is my Portland Glass collection. PG made a variety of glass products on the Portland waterfront from 1863-1873. The little glass lump in the front is slang from the original factory site.

  12. Dec 31
  13. Jan 2

    Low tide, Fore River by the Coast Guard station in South Portland, Maine. There is a lot of old crap buried in the mud.

  14. 29 Dec 2018

    Hunting for old stuff at low tide next to the Coast Guard station in Ferry Village. Nice view of Portland. What was this wooden thing? Something to do with sewage or shipbuilding is my uneducated guess.

  15. 29 Dec 2018

    A part of my local history library. I get the majority of my detecting ideas from books, either my own or sources found at Maine Historical's Brown Research Library.

  16. 29 Dec 2018

    A George II 1749 English farthing I found in Westbrook, Maine. Lots of colonial stuff in Westbrook.

  17. 27 Dec 2018

    Portland Stoneware Company planters. These were buried in a landscaping waste pile behind a cemetery in Southern Maine. Excavated with permission, of course!

  18. Jan 3
  19. Jan 3

    Last night, we witnessed when took the Oath of Office to become our 75th Governor. She is also Maine's 1st female to hold this office. Today, Washington DC will become slightly more representative of the population of America. 2019 is our year!

  20. Jan 1
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    We're bringing our 10 year old daughter to witness tomorrow!

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