Chainmail purse, and tokens 26,27, & 28 for the year!

[IAMZIM]

Had a good day both detecting and sifting. I started out sifting in an old dump, 1890's-1900's, and found doll parts, clay marbles, a few cool bottles, bottle stoppers, most of which were Lea & Perrins bottle stoppers. Found a really cool toy car, and then the hairs on my arms stood up when I pulled out a chainmail purse! It just ended up being full of dirt! LOL! Still cool tho! Best finds sifting were a neat silver plated watch fob, and best of all my 26th token of the year. (Henery Martin 204 w. Daly st. Walkerville, Mont. good for 5C drink) token is an EV8 which is $125-$250 in value! I got tired of digging so I went out to another spot to do some detecting and in an 6 foot area I found a 1897 barber dime, a 1890 seated dime, and a 1851(I think) seated half dime, Then REALLY deep at 8 inches I dug a really "iffy" signal, and dug up two really nice pictoral tokens! 27 & 28 for the year. (Good for a drink G & C) they have a dove with a olive branch on the back of them! I have dug more tokens this year than any other coin, it is really crazy! Later, I found a Anaconda Mining Co. tool tag for a lamp, these are also hard to come by. Now it is trying to snow, and I may be done for the year, but at least I felt like I went out with a BANG Haha! Thanks for looking! Oh, and if anyone can give me info on the little clay bear I found, let me know, I am putting it in the what'sit section. Thanks for looking! Forgot about the ring, I found so much today lol! It is marked 18k, but looks like someone got ripped off!!

 

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[dirtyhands59701]

Amazing finds! I have yet to find my first token. I think I would have a heart attack if I found that many treasures in a days time!

 

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[l2hunt]

what a variety of cool items

 

[Showtime2385]

wow awesome finds, id be tickled finding just a portion of that!

 

[baylorhall]

Awesome finds! I'm curious---what kind of research leads you to old dumps? I'd give anything for a chance to sift through something like that! Nice job

 

[IAMZIM]

Thanks all for the posts, sorry I have'nt gotten back till today, worked a 50hr week and have been exausted!! I get my token values for Montana tokens from the "Montana token collectors reference" book. I have a token from Wyoming and have no clue of the value lol! I also have a freind who is an expert on tokens from Montana that I go to when I find one that is not listed.

What a great post! I'm like a kid in a candy store looking at all those recoveries. Not sure which one I like the best.
I love finding tokens too. Where do you find the rarity and values of tokens? Is it a book or website?

Congrats to you!
-MM-

 

[IAMZIM]

Awesome finds! I'm curious---what kind of research leads you to old dumps? I'd give anything for a chance to sift through something like that! Nice job

In my case, it was blind luck, I kind of stumbled upon several dumps at a site that I have permission to detect near the edge of town, (Butte). I also stumbled upon another dump in an unrelated area, where I pan for gold. It is MUCH tougher to find stuff of value in it, but when I do, it is alot of times killer!

 

[detroitdigger]

Looks like you had rewarding day of digging! Congrats!

 

[idahotokens]

MM--
The "estimated value" for that token came from Rubick's Montana Trade Tokens book. And, it is just that: Rubick's estimate. Tokens do not have enough of a marketplace to have a "catalog value" like coins do. So you have to rely on the estimates of state token catalog authors (where there are catalogs for a given state), eBay actual sales (some tokens never appear there and most others only rarely), opinions of others, gut feel, etc. So, what most trade token collectors do is find a specialty area of interest and, over time, build up expertise. If you are interested in learning about trade tokens from a certain area, go to TokenCatalog.com and look around. Be aware that the site generally does not have rarity or value information.
John in the Great 208

What a great post! I'm like a kid in a candy store looking at all those recoveries. Not sure which one I like the best.
I love finding tokens too. Where do you find the rarity and values of tokens? Is it a book or website?

Congrats to you!
-MM-

 

[Underground316]

Great bag o goods..I love old toys

 

[texasred777]

Sometime in 1980,1981, or 1982 (like it matters), I found what I think is a coin purse that looks like yours. A lot of the bottom was missing, but the upper part had about an inch of the chain mail still on the clasp. I believe I still have it (somewhere). If I find it, I'll see if there are any markings on the clasp. I never thought it being a chain mail purse; but evidently that's what it is. I found while detecting in the yard where I lived at the time.