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This 13 5/8th inch Philadelphia Charger was unearthed in one piece in the early 1970s in Little Egg Harbor. It was found in a turn of the century bottle dump on the property of an early dwelling. Apparently this c1825 charger was discarded about 1900 - 1910 and remained in the ground for 60 -70 years. When a creek beach was expanded to create a larger play area for some children, the dump was disturbed and this charged popped out of the ground whole with not as much as a glaze flake of damage. It was buried under a small tree.