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[Silver Saver]

At first I thought it was a trade token because of the shape, then saw the seated and thought play money? With hopes high, upon cleaning revealed a seated dime love token! A 2 for 1 crossed off the bucket list.

Found it at a small intersection street tearout this last week. It was loaded with square nails too, but the seated was the only good find I made there. It was very shallow not masked.

My first thought is the letter(s) between the K & D is 2 "L" but I'm not sure. Could also be 2 I, U, or just symbols to seperate KD. Any insight?

 

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[Tesorodeoro]

D2. Only reason it wasn't masked was because it was very shallow, close to surface.

Thank you. Great find by the way. I would personally superglue it to a silver ring for display purposes. That can always be removed with acetone.
Did you ever definitely decipher the engraving?

 

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[Silver Saver]

Thank you. Great find by the way. I would personally superglue it to a silver ring for display purposes. That can always be removed with acetone.
Did you ever definitely decipher the engraving?

That is a great idea and would look awesome. Definitively, no. But I'm leaning toward what @sandchip said. It makes sense and looks correct.

I still say to turn it over, where it looks like "Ella" or "Cilla"(short for Priscilla). Ella seems most feasible to me.

Ella in old english style. The "A" makes more sense than an incompete "K". And also the base of the letters all line up this way. So I'm going with that!

 

[missouribornandbreed]

Congratulations ,My first thought would be a token.But you never know.Great find.When I get a chance to metal detect I dig up everything. I have a Garrett 150.And proud of it.

 

[High Plains Prospectors]

OMG! That is a definite bucket list item. Never found one but hope to some day!

 

[Colonial Digger]

Awesome find and recovery , still on my bucket list for a love token

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

WOW! Congrats!