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A self-described “treasure hunter” has a collection that has made Washington a site for discovering and rediscovering treasure and treasured possessions. Pictures of his unburied treasure included a Spanish silver real coin from the 18th century and an epaulette from the 19th century. Proving treasure doesn’t have to be relic aged was a class ring, belonging to a soldier deployed in Iraq, who recovered his ring as a result of local Junius Swain’s discovery.
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43279
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Stephen Farrell recently became the new reference specialist and archivist at the George H. and Laura E. Brown Library in Washington, N.C.The library has recently installed a new archive now open to the public.The library is celebrating its 111th birthday this year and will be extending information access for collections in the archives via the internet. Among the many precious artifacts is a set of blood stained gloves worn by Col. John C. Lamb during battle in the Civil War.
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