3 Silver Coins and a Watzit

[Daniel in NC]

I went out Saturday with my uncle to try and find a Union Encampment...we never found it. It was raining pretty hard ad we didn't get to hunt much. I did get permission to hunt an old abandoned house and I found this whatzit. It has what looks like a symbol of a Chrysanthemum on the front. Is is a box to but primers in, a pill box or a compact. I opened it hoping there would be a goild coin in it like JD's but no luck there. I went to the old faithful site on Sunday morning an pulled out this Standing Liberty Quarter...it worn pretty bad and there is no date but is has an "S" mintmark an "M"...is the M for the designer Morgan? The Barber Dimes are 1899 and 1903...These are the first dimes that I have found there and both are Barbers on the same day.

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[sabertooth]

NIce coins...The whatzit looks like an old snuff box to me. Ladies and Gentlemen used them to carry snuff, which was a fashionable vice in the 1700- early 1900s. Maybe it was for those pinchers who desired a sneeze once and again.

Saber

 

[The Seeker]

That is a nice compact, it's an early one . But would you no it ,no gold coin....nothing like going back to old reliable and pull some old silver coins out.....Keep posting........Seeker

 

[Getty]

Great finds daniel!! The M on the front of the coin is for the designer,Hermon A.MacNeil.WTG!!

 

[Daniel in NC]

Great finds daniel!! The M on the front of the coin is for the designer,Hermon A.MacNeil.WTG!!

Thanks, I wasn't sure.

 

[AK in KY]

Nice coins!! My vote is for a pill box. HH

AK in KY

 

[JerV3]

Nice silver Daniel. I found a beat up standing liberty last weekend also. I'll take them though. There harder to find than barber quarters. I think atleast. Keep looking for the camp. You may have been right near it.

HH Jer

 

[renegade_7]

Still nice coins even though they are old. Nice going.

 

[Leon]

Wow!, very nice finds, WTG!!!
That 1903 Barber looks to have some great detail under the crud...
Not a clue as to what the original purpose of the compact/pill-box thingy would be...
Good luck on getting a positive ID, & Happy hunting~

 

[hollowpointred]

too bad that 1903 barber is not an S . great finds especially the SLQ. for some reason you dont see many of them dug.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Wow, Daniel, that's a lot of old silver. Congratulations on a great hunt.

 

[tsgman]

Great coins! Tsgman

 

[treasurekidd]

Nice coins! My vote is for a snuff tin, for what it's worth. Sounds like you've got a great "old reliable" spot there! HH!

 

[groundfisher]

Your backup site [ old faithful ]sure gave up some nice silver. I bet that made your rainy day a bit brighter. Hope the weather clears for ya so you and your uncle can get out and find that encampment. HH!

 

[Snee]

Very nice!

 

[Nana40]

Awesome finds Daniel!

Congrats!

 

[trk5capt]

DAN, Nice Finds Congrats. trk5capt... 8)