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Post by foxholefrank on Mar 14, 2008 13:28:39 GMT -5
;D OK TROOPS, I WAS SEARCHING OFF THE SIDE OF A TRAIL WHERE THE JAPANESE MADE AN ASSAULT ON THE 45TH PS. THE AREA HAD BEEN CLEARED AND BURNED EVERY YEAR TO KEEP THE GRASS DOWN. I THOUGHT MY EYES WERE SEEING THINGS WHEN I SPOTTED THIS CIGARETTE CASE OPENED AND WITH 3 COINS NEXT TO IT. THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND WAS THESE METAL DETECTOR ADDS YOU SEE OF THE GREAT TREASURES YOU WILL FIND IF YOU BUY THEIR PRODUCT.. I MEAN THIS VIEW WAS ALMOST STAGED AND ALL OF THE RELICS HAD JUST WASHED OUT OF THE SOIL. I GUESS MY CAMERA WAS NOT WITH ME AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT TO SHOW YOU WANT I'M TALKING ABOUT. ITS A SILVER WASHED METAL CASE ,JEWELED FINISH INSIDE,AND SHOWED SOME YEARS OF BEING BURNED IN THE GRASS FIRES. THE 3 COINS WERE PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH COINS 1937,39 & 40.THERE ARE 3 SMALL KANA SYMBOLS THAT I NEED TO GET DECIPHERED. MAYBE THIS SON OF NIPPON WAS A COIN COLLECTOR OR WAS IT A SCOUT WHO LIBERATED THIS CASE SMOKES AND ALL. SORRY ,WHO EVER LOST IT DIDN'T LEAVE EVEN A BUTT. REALLY WAS A GREAT FIND AND I HAVE HOPES THAT THE KANA SYMBOLS WILL TELL MORE. REMEMBER BATAAN, FOXHOLEFRANK
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Post by VeeVee on Mar 14, 2008 16:02:11 GMT -5
Here's a clearer shot of the cigarette case. It looks like it has a crossed Japanese flags design. Maybe it fell off an attacking Japanese soldier.
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