Last weekends finds.....old homesites at the lake, election token,button.....

nevrdundetecting

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Sep 26, 2005
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Hello all!! Here are pics of my finds from last Sunday, Feb 26. Again, I went back to the lake close to my house and hunted some old homesites back in the woods away from the lake. Total hunt time was about 5 hours from noon to about 5pm. I started out hunting in the same place where I found the silver buckle last week, but, unfortunately didn't come up with anything that even compared to the buckle. I found what I think is an old election token that says GILBERT CADE HERBERT WVA. It is round, about the size of a half dollar and has a six pointed star in the center. I searched and found a reference to Gilbert Cade here in WV, born in 1901 and died in 1969, I think...but not much other info than that, I figure that he may have ran for Sheriff because of the way the token looks. Also found an old button with an old english U or V on the front, can't tell....the back is rotted out and there are a few holes rotted through the front, the button is lead filled and is heavy, but I don't know anything else about it. Dug up one lousy coin, a 1964 memorial, and a couple punch outs, one made of aluminum and the other made of lead.....why would anything with a punch out hole be made of lead? Found lots of .223 shells, maybe blanks or tracers, also a couple of 30-30 and 30-06 brass, some old shotgun shell butts, a couple .30 cal brass, and some pieces of old pottery. Here are some pics of the finds, whatzits, and trash. Need another site to hunt this weekend cuz I'm not finding much good at the old lake sites anymore so hopefully I'll think of something. Thanks for looking!!


HH
 

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Saw your photo and thought.............deja vu!!!!!!!!!!
Here is one of these tokens I found last Fall in the yard of an older house in Richmond, IN. I thought it might have been created as the other replies have described. Tried looking in the Census and City Directories but couldn't find a record of this person to return the token to him or a relative.
Steve
 

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