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[sugarquartz]

Me and fellow member beenfishin went out today with him producing a few modern silver coins like rosies and a few mercs. He was doing good on the silver i was zoning in on the copper. I ended up in a pocket spill of 5 Indians ranging from 1874 to 1903 also picked up 2 other indians elsewhere in the yard along with a few wheat cents . As ben was digging up a silver mercury dime , i popped my plug expecting a clad quarter in the high 70s. Not in the plug i dug down a bit more in the hole and out comes a copper disc covered in rings, Im thinking No way that just happened as i was looking at this coin in my book this morning. I yell out to him I got FUGIO!! And he comes in disbelief as a i always trick him into thinking i have something good. He says no way also as we rub some dirt off it and i thought i was dreaming! A 1787 Fugio cent i still cant believe it. Got a token to finish the day off a John Adams presidential token i believe is from the 60s. Can anyone id my button i was thinking it was civil war era i know ive seen them here before. Also got some silver a 925 earing and a silver spoon engraved with the name C. Rushmore.

 

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[sugarquartz]

Thanks Truth1253! I wish i got a pic of the tribe of indians in the plug but i packed them away too quick i was having a blast out there not thinking about it. I doubt il ever forget that day, glad my buddy got it on video also so we can relive it over and over again.
I am planning on having the Fugio proffesionaly cleaned and graded, im not familiar with the process though so i have to look into it a bit more.If any members are familiar with this please send me a pm. Thanks again everyone! its very much appreciated

 

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[sugarquartz]

Updated pics of my indian tribe spill. They were a 1873 , 1880, 1883, 1897, and 1903. I also picked up a 1887 and 1906 not far from the spill elsewhere in the yard



And a few better angles of the Fugio




Heres beenfishins post with his silver findshttp://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/560398-i-got-silver.html

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

WOW! That is a killer hunt...Love the old coins!

 

[Scrappy]

If you were saving you “condition karma” for a copper, it was certainly well spent on this coin! The condition is outstanding , and while a handful are dug every year and don’t make banner, this example is certainly worthy. Congrats

 

[sugarquartz]

Thank you Scrappy , most of my large cents and coppers are toasted/unlegible. You sure are right about this coin condition if it was in the field it may have been a bit more beat up. Glad it was so well preserved for so many years laying in the lawn, not even the usual fertilizer burn on one side this ones a beauty!!

 

[sugarquartz]

Update on my token i found this past Sunday. Its is a John Adams commemorative presidential token from the early 20th century made in Waterbury Connecticut by the Scovill Manufacturing Company, i have found some of the buttons made by this manufacturer also around my town. Found this on the web

This token was made by the Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut during the early 20th century. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods.

Obverse: Bust of John Adams facing right. Legend: 2ND PRESIDENT, U.S.A./ 1797-1801/ JOHN ADAMS.

Reverse: Legend reads: "SON OF LIBERTY"/ "COLOSSUS OF INDEPENDENCE"/ MINISTER TO ENGLAND VICE PRESIDENT TWO TERMS CREATED U.S. NAVY ON ACCOUNT OF EUROPEAN WAR CLOUD FIRST PRESIDENT TO OCCUPY WHITE HOUSE.

I though these were given out by shell gas company in the 1960s but i guess i was wrong as all of the ones ive seen are made of aluminum, and say something on the obverse side about fun facts and faces. I found an Albert Einstein Shell one a while back that was aluminum, so im guessing this one is a bit older, maybe around 1920 or so. Thanks for looking!

here is an non dug example of the token