Five years and still no answer!!

[john glassman]

Five year's and still no answer!!

I found oval this pewter oval token of some sort at early french site . The area had eight old cellarhole's that gone that the people had abandoned in the early 1850 . The oval token has piece missing where you can see horse hair cut marks in the lower half . Any thought's!!!

 

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[Montana Jim]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

How large is it?

How thick it is?

What makes you think it's a "token" ?

Did they make pewter tokens?

It looks like the missing piece might have had a loop for something... watch fob?

It looks like slag... those are my thoughts...

 

[Rob66]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

looking at it closely I think I see growth patterns on it like those found on rocks. Certain iron and coal compressed. How do you know it is pewter? And explain the cut horse hair please.

What was the reading on it when you found it and can you disc it out with iron?
Thanks Rob

 

[blurr]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

I found oval this pewter oval token of some sort at early french site . The area had eight old cellarhole's that gone that the people had abandoned in the early 1850 . The oval token has piece missing where you can see horse hair cut marks in the lower half . Any thought's!!!

I really don't see much detail at all. Looks like a piece of slag like Jim said. Can you see more detail than what the pictures show? If so could you give some more information? If not, I don't know what it is or how anyone can ID your item.

John

 

[john glassman]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

The oval pewter token is about three inches long and and inch and half across and five millameter's thick . You can see the cut mark's in the upper right corner. There is a faint bust of man face that is facing to the left dead center of the first pic of the oval token ps this coin was found three inches away from the token!!!

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

a rock with some scratches?

 

[Functional]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

If you can see something on there that doesn't show up due to limitations of lighting and or photography, try a simple "pencil rub". Just lay item on flat surface, lay paper over it and secure paper with tape, then rub gently with pencil to bring up the different contours in the item.

If Dick Tracey can do it, you can too.

F.

 

[DCMatt]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

I think it's part of a tin ingot. Tin was widely used in the 1800's for all kinds of stuff - cheap and easily malleable. Also used for solder...

DCMatt

 

[sniffer]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

probably a piece of slag from the blacksmith shop, it pooled on the ground and took the form of what it landed on, too big and irregular to be a token

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

I agree, too irregular and too thick for a token, unless there really is a face on it but I cant see it. The horsehair lines are probly cut marks made by someone for some unknown reason.

 

[Arizona Bob]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

Changing the image to negative does reveal an outline of head & eyes (if I squint really hard).

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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I just was doing that also when you posted Bob....But it looks like slag to me also.

 

[Arizona Bob]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

Yeah Gypsy, it might be slag.

I was just trying to see if I could see what John was seeing.

Whew! My "seeing" comment could be in a song....

 

[romeo-1]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

I've squinted and strained but cannot see a face...maybe someone can photoshop the outline of the face...looks like slag to me...

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

Its one of those magic eye tokens I can see it Honestly its there but probably a trick of the eye. Its slag.

 

[PLUMB50]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

DARN HAS GIVEN ME A HEADACHE!!!!!!

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

John... draw the outline for us... nobody sees the face.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

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[CRUSADER]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

John... draw the outline for us... nobody sees the face.

I said I did, but its not whats drawn in red above

 

[Montana Jim]

Re: Five year's and still no answer!!

John... draw the outline for us... nobody sees the face.

I said I did, but its not whats drawn in red above

Yes you did... I missed your response... Sorry!

I see a little zigzag pattern but nothing else...