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While metal detecting around a home listed on the National Historic Register, we were searching for coins—but ended up finding something entirely unexpected. Using our Minelab Equinox 800 and CTX3030, ...
U.S. Rep. Barbara B. Kennelly wants state residents to put aside some coins — to buy other coins. Kennelly, D-1st District, has introduced federal legislation that would direct the secretary … ...
BOSTON — A 220-year-old time capsule containing coins, ... The capsule is more than a century older than a 113-year-old one discovered inside a lion atop Boston's Old State House last year.
In 1770, just outside the Old State House’s walls, British troops killed five Colonists in what would become known as the Boston Massacre. Not long after, on July 18, 1776, the first ...
Another centuries-old time capsule is being unearthed, this time at the new State House by a Museum of Fine Arts Conservator. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu ...