Image Credit : Szczecin Search Group Association
Posted on 02/01/2024 7:28:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The detectorists were conducting a survey to find relics from WW2, in particular, traces of the Battle of Szczec, fought between the Soviet Red Army and the Wehrmacht...
According to a press announcement by PAP, Detectorists from the Szczecin Search Group Association have found 70 coins deposited in a heavily corroded metal can buried at a depth of approximately 15 to 20 cm’s. The total discovery has been estimated to be worth 100,000 zloty, which is over 24,000 US dollars based on current conversion rates.
A preliminary study of the coins has already identified a Liberty Head double eagle, also known as a Coronet double eagle, which is an American twenty-dollar gold piece designed by Mint of the United States Chief Engraver, James B. Longacre. The coin has the motto “In God We Trust”, which is a Type III that circulated between 1877 to 1907.
Also identified are ten dollar Indian Head eagle gold coins dated to 1912, which was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and circulated between 1907 to 1933.
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Perhaps hidden during the communist era and maybe whoever did it died and failed to tell anyone.
100,000 zloty!!
So money does grow on trees.
From what I recall, the Wehrmacht was ready to surrender Stettin but the SS and Hitler Youth attacked the Soviets after a truce had been agreed. This led to the Soviets giving the city over to a few days of raping and pillaging when the city was finally taken.
And all I get are pull-tabs and foil. Gotta keep diggin’ though!
Lots of European men would travel to the US, work for a few years then go home, buy a farm and marry the girl next door.
I also appreciate and enjoy your posts. Please carry on!
When America was great!
Her ya think!?? Lol... Btt!!
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Cool.
Usually, they discover thousands of pounds of un-exploded ordnance.
And not in a good way, at times. :^) One of my old teachers did cold war intel work in Europe (nothing too lofty) and he and his buds had their favorite bars. Their usual place was owned by a former German soldier who described his experience trying to dig a basement. The backhoe brought up an unexploded bomb. Uh, he shut down the machine and called the bomb squad. Oh, and kissed his backhoe goodbye. :^)
Or couldn't recover the loot for another reason. The Reich and the USSR made a joint operation in the dismemberment of Poland.
Thanks!
Perhaps it was pay for the American troops fighting in Russia against the reds back in 1920. They did pay in cash back then.
No the Soviets raped and pillaged the civilian population as a general rule. They were utter ruthless in their treatment of German civilians.
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