First day with new cibola!

[erbdigger]

Upgraded to the cibola from ace 250 and today was my first day out. Went to a house that was built in the late 1800s and I had hit it pretty hard in the past with my ace. I figured the cibola, If better and deeper, would find me something I had missed. I dug a lot of trash and some cool relics but the best find was my first trade token! I was ecstatic! I can't seem to find the cafe it was for although. I know it is from around the late 1800s BC that's when the gas boom of Muncie was. It was dubbed "magic city" because of the amount of natural gas. I thought it was pretty cool!

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Congratulations on the cool find, and welcome to the Tesoro family!

 

[david680]

Great find, fellow Hoosier! Love those old tokens!

 

[david680]

TokenCatalog.com

Can't find it here, but I'm sure they would like pics of this token for the catalog. Idahotokens here on TN can help you get them posted there.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool token!

 

[dirtlooter]

nice token

 

[alwayssearching]

Great token..

Congrats

 

[Brian W]

First off very nice token..I like finding things that you have to research..I started with the Cibola and it goes pretty deep.... I dug a farthing at 11 inches...what I have found is that at max depth it is a small circle to pick up the target...so I just moved slower and listened more carefully.. And I was impressed at the relics I have recovered... I picked up a lot of iron...but not a big deal because I don't mind digging iron,because there is the chance something is being masked by the iron.

 

[treblehunter]

Cool token!

 

[erbdigger]

Thanks everyone! I called a local historical society and they have never seen the token before. The address on the token is no longer there. A round-a-bout is over its old place.

 

[idahotokens]

Nice find! Your piece is not on TokenCatalog.com and I would encourage you to post it there. I can do it with your permission. It is also not in the Grant listing of IN trade tokens from 2008. It appears to be made of aluminum - if that is correct it is probably from the 1900s as that material was not in common use until then. A search of Muncie city directories should provide some information on the Magic City Cafe, or at least what businesses were at that address.
John in the Great 208

 

[erbdigger]

If you would, i would be fine with you posting them to the catalog! Thanks!