Illinois finds? Lets hear about some of the better ones

[rdb7]

Illinois finds? Let's hear about some of the better ones

So when i look on the Today's Finds section i see a whole bunch of cool stuff people are finding...

What has been found by you guys in Illinois?

Silver coins? Gold coin? Old coins? Super rare coins? Coppas? Jewelry? Relics...etc?


Anxious to see what the local's have found

 

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[rdb7]

Re: Illinois finds? Let's hear about some of the better ones

apparently i have horrible memory as i asked this already months ago...

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,153830.0.html


i'll move the discussion there since i only recall (now) reading the 1st 2 of those replies

 

[Goose-0]

Re: Illinois finds? Let's hear about some of the better ones

My last good find was finding a 'Good Luck' bronze token.....1 1/2" dia. It's a common token. The obverse shows a genie with a turban looking into a crystal ball with a swastika imprinted on the crystal ball. Beneath this, "Good Luck will accompany the bearer."
The reverse at the bottom shows 'The All Seeing Eye' (an eye) with rays fanning to the rim. Between the rays are little images....L to R = Swastika, A heart, 4 leaf clover, elephant, horseshoe, a small animal (?), and a wishbone. I found this token and a few Merc dimes at a torn down house about 3 yrs ago when I was visiting a daughter in Plainfield.

I was born, raised, and got married in Chicago, moved to a suburb, and then finally escaped to Minnesota where I have lived lo these many decades. Been detecting for 18 yrs and make trips to Plainfield 2 times a yr.....AND detect. A few yrs ago, I attended a hunt at a Cook Co forest preserve - an old Boy Scout camp (near O'Hare airport) put on by 'Bomber'....from Rockford I think. A GREAT time was had by all.

I would like to detect the house where I grew up....built in 1928 (we moved in some yrs later), and with 8 of our family living there, there has to be some silver there. My brother still lives there. More later.