Way off topic

Geno wrote: Any idea why some of those are cut Nappy? :confused1

Those are bits like 1 bit 2 bits a dollar....civil war money....and earlier.

Were they made that way or did someone cut them up to make smaller amounts of money?

Geno wrote: Were they made that way or did someone cut them up to make smaller amounts of money?

Somebody would cut them.....I have only seen Spanish coins that were cut up..... I have never seen any U.S. coins cut but that doesn't mean they weren't.
You have most likely seen some cowboy movies where they would buy a drink and pay by bits...4 bits a dollar.

nappypappy wrote:

GT 14 wrote: I have a detector, and my son and I use it at the beach every year. Need to branch out but the digging is so easy in the sand.

That sounds like a good time....not much sand here just good o dirt......

Yea I like easy digging.

Geno wrote: Dad's would be better, the house is over 200 years old.

Can you tell me any of the history of your dads house...like anybody famous live there or stay there at anytime or anything happen there that I may of heard of.
It looks like a great place from what I could see in the pictures....lots of chimney's lot of open ground.
I guess I have way to many questions or maybe I am being to nosey but I have been talking to a owner of a farm here that has been in his family since 1807 and he still lives there.....plus there are several family grave yards and one slave grave yard......neat stuff even if I don't get permission to dig there.

Maybe I need to bring mine down and we can dig the yard up . :farty

GT 14 wrote: Maybe I need to bring mine down and we can dig the yard up . :farty

Sounds like you got a plan....

I'll ask him. :faint

The house was built by President Buchanan, before he became president. If I remember right, I'll have to double check with Dad, he built it as a wedding present for a cousin of his.

Geno wrote: I'll ask him. :faint

The house was built by President Buchanan, before he became president. If I remember right, I'll have to double check with Dad, he built it as a wedding present for a cousin of his.

Now that's some History... :rolleyes

nappypappy wrote:

Geno wrote: I'll ask him. :faint

The house was built by President Buchanan, before he became president. If I remember right, I'll have to double check with Dad, he built it as a wedding present for a cousin of his.

Now that's some History... :rolleyes

That is some cool history......