Luck And Tobacco...Finds of 6/13 - 6/14

[Jarl]

Hello everyone,

Found one of those Don't Worry Club tokens. Was a deep and encrusted target. I managed to clean it up pretty well. I think it's safe to date this token's production according to a few sources between 1910s - 1930s. Obviously the Nazis ruined the beforehand innocuous 'Swastika' symbol as one of luck. I was really thrilled to find the Bull Durham Tobacco Company watch fob. I found a posting on TN from 2006 where someone else found one of these and another poster put up a link showing the fobs offered in a Popular Mechanics magazine dated 1914. The fob was originally 14K plated, as it says on the back. When I looked for images of the fob, none of them or their respective finders said anything about where the fobs were made. When I was cleaning it I noticed extremely fine print on the back bottom part of the fob. I could not make it out for quite a while then finally it came through...Schwaab Milwaukee. Schwaab (Northwestern Stamp Company) encompassed a great deal of products through the process of time. The story is not unlike other companies that produced promotional items for many events and purposes, like Whitehead-Hoag for example. But, it's all very interesting reading and learning.

These were my best finds, other than a 1940 and impossibly encrusted wheat, so no date.

GL & HH! Thanks for looking.

 

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[Jarl]

Sorry if the title is misleading...

 

[I-DIG-IT]

I also found a bull years ago, my was in sad condition.

 

[releventchair]

Fun digs. The research adds alot to our finds,Congrats!

 

[beez0404]

Might not be valuable treasures but at least you found come cool stuff WORTH researching. I'm in a bit of a slump of late with a wheat penny or two here and there. But I try to keep a positive outlook. I think if you go out hunting thinking "I probably won't find much today" you probably won't. I love your eclectic group of finds.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Nice finds!
I just thought you were hunting in a tobacco field, or found coins in a tobacco can!

 

[Jarl]

I only wish, Msbeepbeep! Thanks vpnavy! beez0404, but those wheats are great finds imho. The slumps don't last forever...keep going. Thanks relevenetchair. If only I could do it 25 hours a day, 8 days a week and 13 months a year. I-DIG-IT, I didn't have any idea what mine was at first...I pulled it and thought...hmmm, blob of lead? I was 'about' to toss it in my trash pocket then saw the rough shape, the legs and such...it was so encrusted I could not tell what kind of four legged animal it was for a few hours of cleaning. I could see the tail or legs being thrashed in the ground because they are so thin...was yours still plated though? Thanks everyone for the comments and likes! Wish me luck for next weekend.