Coin spill/pocket dump. Flying eagle, 3 IHP, 1874 dime, and more.

[VTSwinger]

First target at a new sight was the flying eagle followed by the ornate ball (any ID info would be great). I foolishly moved further away for the next hour or so with nothing to show for it and returned to the little hot spot I had found right off the bat. Turned out the flying eagle cent was dropped along with 4 other coins, 3 IHPs and a 1874 Canadian dime as well as a ring of 10 Skelton keys, mystery lens item, and a ID tag for the Rowe's hotel. This was a local hotel that ran from 1874 - 1889. All of these items were in a 10x10 area at the bottom of a rocky embankment, I can only assume that the owner of these items slipped and fell dumping the contents of their pockets. Thank you clumsy stranger, your spill made my day and taught me some local history. I hope the losses of these items didn't cause you too much grief.

 

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[robertk]

Wow! Very cool finds!

 

[Groundhogg]

Really cool finds. Can't wait to see what the lens thing is. Keep us posted.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Leaving the hot spot to go elsewhere😂; human nature. I used to do the same thing fishing. Catch a few and walk around the lake. Didn’t stay where the fish were! Those keys are a great find. Congrats

 

[Jeff H]

Love the key "spill" !

 

[scruggs]

You did great! Love the coins and skeleton keys!

 

[VTSwinger]

Really cool finds. Can't wait to see what the lens thing is. Keep us posted.

It's a folding magnifier used for viewing cloth weave, print registration, and other fine details of flat objects.

 

[Lenrac2]

Awesome finds! That little magnifier is so cool!

 

[Nathan W]

Dang the skeleton key motherload nice!

 

[oldmxrat]

That was a fantastic hunt you had, congrats!

 

[diggingthe1]

Hotel tags are so cool!! Great finds!!!

 

[pepperj]

It's a folding magnifier used for viewing cloth weave, print registration, and other fine details of flat objects.

That would be sitting right on the desk viewing my keepers.

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the spill, keys and viewer.
Top shelf hunt.

 

[BLK HOLE]

That is very cool! Congrats

 

[ben ohio]

Great day of detecting great finds about 45 years ago at a old school built in 1861 3 story school.This was in the 70s useing a coinmaster 5 geb first of the kind minerlized ground to about 3 inches. We found gallons of indians one thing I found a lot of there was printing press letters and a magnifier just like yours. If you lube the hinges it will last forever mine has.Thanks for making an old mans day.

 

[CanSlawKing]

I found a couple of Rowe's Hotels.
One in Burlington, VT, whose name was changed to "The Sherwood Hotel" around 1900:

Burlington, Vermont - Early 20th-century Postcard Views

Another in Camillus, NY, which held a meeting in 1852 that some people consider to be the first meeting of the Republican Party:

Were the ‘roots’ of the Republican Party started under a Syracuse elm tree?

Local legend has it that the plans of the early GOP were made by Horace Greeley, Vivus W. Smith and Thurlow Weed under a Syracuse Elm on June 17, 1854.

www.syracuse.com

 

[VTSwinger]

Hotel tags are so cool!! Great finds!!!

Are you familiar with them?! Am I right to assume this was for room 9? Seems like a lot of keys for one hotel room... Or would it be set #9 of keys that and employee would have.

 

[VTSwinger]

That would be sitting right on the desk viewing my keepers.

If only it opened!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Now that's what I call a pocket spill!!! What a great selection of finds. The key ring is something else...wow!

 

[Digger RJ]

First target at a new sight was the flying eagle followed by the ornate ball (any ID info would be great). I foolishly moved further away for the next hour or so with nothing to show for it and returned to the little hot spot I had found right off the bat. Turned out the flying eagle cent was dropped along with 4 other coins, 3 IHPs and a 1874 Canadian dime as well as a ring of 10 Skelton keys, mystery lens item, and a ID tag for the Rowe's hotel. This was a local hotel that ran from 1874 - 1889. All of these items were in a 10x10 area at the bottom of a rocky embankment, I can only assume that the owner of these items slipped and fell dumping the contents of their pockets. Thank you clumsy stranger, your spill made my day and taught me some local history. I hope the losses of these items didn't cause you too much grief.View attachment 2092860View attachment 2092861View attachment 2092862View attachment 2092863View attachment 2092864View attachment 2092865View attachment 2092866View attachment 2092871

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!! That ring of skeleton keys is Very Cool!!!