Another token with the Safari

[Ray in CA]

I've been hitting this spot next to the railroad tracks in town, which used to be the back area to an old hotel. It's a strip of wild grassy area about 20' wide by 100' long, and owned by the railroad. This is where I found the aluminum Washington tax token the other day. Lots of old pottery shard is strewn along this stretch of ground.

Yesterday I went over there again and came out with this badly damaged aluminum token. It obviously went through a fire (many buildings in our town burned down by fire) and is very difficult to read. On the top of the obverse I believe it says L. & B., and in the middle and bottom it says Little Falls, Wash., which is what the town was first named up until 1913. On the obverse it says at the top "Good For" and at the bottom it reads "AT THE B__ __ ("BAR"??). I can't read the middle of the obverse so I don't know what this token was good for. But I think it may have been a bar token, which would make sense since it was found on old hotel grounds. I'll have to research a little to see if there was actually a business by the name of L.&B. in town.

The next item I'm not sure what it is. It too is aluminum, and I'm guessing it's some sort of luggage or baggage tag or some other type of tag related to travel on trains. The fact that it was found on hotel grounds, which was also right next to the old train station, leads me to speculate this is what it may been used for.

These are about the only two significant finds for Saturday. Still wondering where the seated and barber dimes are hiding in my town!!!!

Ray

 

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[Mackaydon]

Yes, I note that your town boomed between 1906 and 1912, and was said to be the largest town between Tacoma and Portland. The town had two hotels, an opera house, hospital, city band, many stores, and five saloons; perhaps one of those saloons was 'yours'. Knowing the town began in the 1870's when the railroad arrived gives you some time period for this token.
Don....

 

[seger98]

Nice finds!

 

[Ray in CA]

Thanks, Seger!

Mackaydon, yes, there is a lot of history here in my town. I know there has to be silver here somewhere, I just have to get over it. I've been over four old lots, and have only scored a lone 1903 Indian. I'm beginning to think someone has picked this town pretty clean at one time.

On a positive note, I do have permission to go up north a ways and detect two late 1800s houses with the owner. I'm gonna let him use my Tesoro Silver uMax and together we're gonna see if we can coax a silver or two. He also has a 1905 house here in town that he'll be moving into in a month, and we'll detect that together as well.

I actually did have one silver find from yesterday that I forgot to post. It's the handle end of a silver plated over copper knife or fork made by 1847 Rogers Bros. company. It rang in at +31/+32 on the Safari, which is the low copper range on my detector.

Ray

 

[Mackaydon]

Rogers Brothers can trace its beginning to the 1820's. They were a manufacturer of silver plate flatware and hollowware. Their most popular line perhaps was the 1847 Rogers Bros. flatware. The name Rogers Bros. was first used in 1847. In 1898, they became part of the International Silver Company. 1847 Rogers Bros Silver Plate is still being produced today.
Source: http://www.silvercollecting.com/silvermarksR.html
Don..

 

[RONC(OR)]

And I thought mine was beat up still a nice find congrats

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Definitely a saloon token, ya dun good!

 

[John (Ma)]

those are some pretty neat finds.

 

[Nana40]

Neat token, Ray! Good luck at the new sites too!

Nana

 

[Ray in CA]

Thanks, folks!

Yes, tomorrow I leave early in the morning to arrive at the late 1800s house sites. The owner is meeting me there and hopefully between the two of us we'll get a keeper or two.

My silver goal this year is not so much to find as many silver coins as possible, but to find two of which I have never found before: a seated dime and a barber quarter.

Hopefully I'll have something worthy to post for you folks tomorrow night.

Ray