Apport
It is believed that items can be transferred from one location to another by means not yet understood by modern science. This is referred to as an apport. In this particular case an item not only transferred from one place to another but also from one time period to another.
I have experienced several situations over the years where items have appeared out of thin air, an old gauze bandage and some small stones which fell from a ceiling. But the most remarkable case was when working a military cemetery while investigating the Canadian National Exhibition. The cemetery dated to 1864 and was used for military burials from the new fort (Stanley) barracks which was built to replace Fort York.
My brother Paul, a team medium, a member of the CNE archives and I were working the location. The first thing the medium pointed out was that the trees surrounding the area were extremely straight as if standing at attention. He also detected a problem. The site was a battle field were many had died in 1813 when the American’s attacked York. Many were buried where they fell and yet there was no marker to their history or sacrifice. There was a great injustice as they later placed a cemetery on top of this ground.
While he spoke about how they felt, an object came out of thin air and struck Paul hard in the back. We searched the immediate area and discovered a coin. The coin was sent to a coin dealer for authentication and historical information. It was reported as a Breton 960 Lower Canada 1812 Tiffin Half Penny token. These were made of copper of between 8.2 and 8.6 grams.
On the obverse is a bust of King George the 3rd surrounded by a wreath. On the reverse is an image of Britannia who symbolizes British patriotism, and on this particular coin she is holding the scales of justice. Most of these coins were designed and struck by Thomas Holliday.
The hole punched through the coin was most likely so the coin could be worn as a necklace; however, one historian did tell me that soldiers’ uniforms were in such bad condition back then that they would punch holes in their coins and tie them on a string around their wrist so they wouldn’t lose them.
One couldn’t argue with the symbolism of the injustice of dumping a cemetery on top of a battle field without the acknowledgement of those who had previously died and lady justice with her scales and blindfold on the coin.
