Record #:

37381

Author(s):

Debnam, Matt

Abstract:

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.

Source:

Washington the Magazine (NoCar F264.W3 W37), Vol. 8 Issue 3, May/June 2019, p40-43 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Relics; Relics--Beaufort County; Civil War; Archaeology; Outer Banks; Historians; Brown Library--Washington NC; Military uniforms