Last two hunts plus wheat patrol marathon today - two firsts!

[kimsdad]

Hey everyone! I was lucky to get out with Jon, Dan, Mark, Bob & Jon's dad to one of Jon's latest good spots earlier in the week. Got tons of wheats and two Rosies, a '56 & a '47. That was a nice day for sure! A couple days later, Mark found a park that had been torn up for remodeling, and one Rosie came out of there, a '46.

Today, I met up with Mark, Bob, & Kermit in the morning. It turned into a wheat patrol for sure, with wheats and no silver for me in the morning. Kermit made a few nice finds, though! In the afternoon, we moved to a new location, and Jim (OlderActor) came out to hunt with us. Bob and Mark made some great finds at this spot, and I found two cool things. I got my first ever tax token, and a 1933 Worlds Fair smashed penny.





Jon and his girlfriend stopped by to check out our finds. He wasn't hunting, though. It was nice to meet his girlfriend. Kermit and Bob called it a day, but the rest of us were up for some more punishment, so Jon took us to a spot that he thought would produce. I found a Franklin Roosevelt Cracker Jack token there - does it count as a Rosie? Yeah, yeah - I'll call it an LR - a Large Rosie! That's the ticket!

It had been a long day, and I was tired. I just didn't want to go home with my tail between my legs skunked for silver. On my way to the car, I spotted a grass strip on the other side of the road, and thought I'd give it a try. Well, one wheat after another came up. I kept digging them, because one of them might have been a Barber dime. That wasn't meant to be, but along the same strip about a hundred feet away and a full eight hours into the hunt, I got a solid deep quarter signal. I though briefly about filming the recovery, but every time I try to film a quarter being recovered, it turns out to be a piece of trash, and I didn't want to jinx this one. I popped the plug, and moved some dirt in the hole and saw the silver rim of a quarter in the dirt! Finally! It turned out to be a no date SLQ.





I also found what I thought was a music CD with an explicit title caked with dirt. I thought it was kind of funny, so I showed it around and threw it in the trunk to show Mrs. Kimsdad. Turns out it wasn't a music CD at all, it was a DVD porno. LOL! Two firsts for me, a tax token and a porno! I'll keep the token - the porno went in the trash. Man I really need to get a good pair of hunting glasses!



Thanks for checking out my finds! It was a long day, but it was great to get out with a great group of dedicated hunters!! Tomorrow, I'm going to smoke a pork shoulder, and give my shoulder a rest! I hope you all have a great Labor Day!!!

 

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[treasurefiend]

Awesome job buddy, glad you got your silver piece for the day!!!!! That tax token & the World's Fair penny and Mark's artifact is the coolest finds of the day, BIGTIME CONGRATS!!!!!

 

[watercolor]

Neil, with all the swinging you went through today. . . without any silver . . . you really deserved that SLQ. . . and then some

Your 1933 "Century of Progress" penny is to die for. . . a really spectacular find

 

[Lowbatts]

Nice hunt, great goodies!

 

[cntrydncr1]

great hunt! congrats on the silver!

 

[litefire56]

Wow, those are some Really Nice finds Neil! You just about got 1 of everything on my wish list.
The IL. tax token, SLQ, and any Worlds fair token have eluded me, so far.

Here's a "High Five" for going the extra mile to score that SLQ

 

[DPBOB]

Wtg on all those terrific finds..

SLQ again....

awesome day for all..

HAD A GOOD TIME TOO....

Not a bad week for you...great job...

 

[Mayo South Elgin]

Wow - excellent finds Neil!
I really like that World's Fair token/penny. My grandfather worked at the fair and someplace around here I have his I.D. card from it.

8 hours swinging the coil can get a bit tiring - I did it once and was sore for a day and a half after.

I've tried to smoke pork shoulder too but can never seem to find rolling papers big enough.
I've used newspaper but it won't stay lit.


Have a great holiday!

 

[Olderactor]

Thanks for letting me join you. It was a fun hunt. Never hunted the woods before. Congrads on the silver.

Jim

 

[Silvergurl]

Neil,

Sounds like a "complete" breakfast with Wheaties and tokens etc. The World's fair penny is sweet. [SO glad you found Silver at the end, should have totally filmed it!!!] I like "smashed" pennies, I still do that if I see the machine, on memorials only of course. As for the "music cd" You sure it wasn't Kermit's dvd? JUST KIDDING *runs*

Wish I was there (as you guys were basically down the street) but it was my dad's 60th bday this Fri. so the fam made a wkend out of it and asian folks are scary so I had to "abide". LOL Great job guys!

 

[outlaw007]

WOW NEIL AT LOT OF GREAT FINDS YOU HAVE THERE!!

 

[PJ in WI]

Hello Kimsdad. I found the same token last week at a park in Milw. The other side says Ill Finance Dept. Do you know anything else about it. PJ

 

[litefire56]

On July 2, 1935 the Illinois state government issued state tax tokens. And the local tokens were removed from circulation slowly. July 10 th just eight days later the state of Illinois was asked to cease the distribution of its round tokens because they were too much like US dimes. The state was forced to change their design. This resulted in the production of square pieces 16mm x 16mm.


http://www.taxtoken.org/faq.htm

 

[DPBOB]

Sales Tax Tokens

Sales tax tokens were made in great quantities starting in 1935 in order to give change for sales taxes. Sales tax resulted in the final price of items having fractions of a cent. For example, purchase of a $1.25 item, taxed at 3%, would cost $1.2875, or $1.28 and 3/4c. What to do? Rounding up to $1.29 would result in a "unfair" profit to the seller of 1/4c, but rounding down would be unfair to the seller by reducing the profit by 3/4c. The solution was to provide tokens denominated in fractions of a cent, or "mills" (1 mill = 1/1000 of a dollar, or 1/10 of a cent). So in the above example, the customer would pay $1.29 and receive 2.5 mills in tax tokens as change. If the next purchase came to $3.4325, the customer could pay $3.43 plus the 2.5 mills in tax tokens. As you can imagine, people did not like having to carry a second set of coins, and to further complicate matters, different states issued different tax tokens. The use of tax tokens declined and was finally discontinued in 1961, and people basically decided not to worry about fractions of a cent.

"Coinlike" tax tokens were issued by twelve different states (Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington state). Tokens were made of aluminum, copper, zinc, brass, plastic (in several colors), fiber, cardboard, and paper. 1 and 5 mills are the most common denominations, but other denominations include: 1/5 cent, 1 1/2 mills, and "Tax on 10c or less."

Many tax tokens are quite common, and can often be found in dealer "junk boxes" for as little as 10c. Others are scarcer, though due to low demand, they also show up in junk boxes from time to time. A few, such as the New Mexico 5 mill black fiber are truly rare, and worth up to $100 or so. Some "Provisional Issues" were made, which list the city as well as the state. These are much scarcer than the state issues, but prices are still fairly low, the ones I've seen have been in the one-to-several-dollars range. Tax token "tickets" printed on paper were also issued by several states (including ones not listed above). I have not seen enough of these to get an idea as to value. It is easy to believe that many fewer paper items have survived than the metal and plastic tokens, but demand is probably not great enough to generate high prices for most items.

 

[twistidd]

Nice finds, Neil! I wouldn't expect any less from a distinguished metal detecting expert as yourself!

We've got to get a hunt goin' again soon!

Joe

 

[extractor]

great story and exelent digs

 

[Pocket Spill]

Great hunt. I found one of those tax tokens several weeks ago but mine was a little corroded up. Yours is great! Congratulations