New spot excitement, mystery coin

[treblehunter]

Oldnewjerseygirl and I set out for a couple new spots, I found a completely roached out coin(I think) at first spot then at the second spot, fourth target a what looks like a old coin comes out of ground.


So I text the pix to my buddy who says "don't hold me to it, looks like a 1837 half cent token" check out the link
1837 Half Cent Token

So I'm pretty excited, I go on, pull a few stinking Lincolns, go to dig a 82 hit and out pops this button. Now at first it was covered in rich top soil, but a gleam of gold shines through. After clean up, here are the pix.


Then my next target come out of ground, here is a pic then a link about it

Purity Body Flavor

It was a couple hour hunt, I'll be back tomorrow to see what I can find.
Thanks for looking, HH
Brad

Whoops, forgot, the 1837 coin, when I get home I seen some silver shining through, so very gently I use a toothpic and end up cleaning what looks to be a modern token, here are the pix.

 

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[jewelerguy]

it's a generic arcade token. probably less than 20 years old

 

[leviathanrick]

The purity body flavor is the Ballantine Beer logo. Found one myself. Never thought I would see another!

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Interesting finds. Think that area is worth another look see!

 

[Dan]

very kewl.. I would hit that spot again

 

[park pirate]

Sorry that coins got me stumped..

 

[Uncle Jeff]

looks like you both found tokens
USA Tokens Eagle No Cash Value Game Token | eBay
Token Written Above American Eagle with Shield Circled in Stars | eBay


This one had me stumped also, until I re-read the post and discovered that this is not both sides of one token, but actually the front side of 2 different tokens ... one token first hunt first hole.. second token 2nd hunt 4th hole

 

[The Boots]

That's what's so exciting about detecting, you never know what you are going to find. Nice button.

 

[treblehunter]

Interesting finds. Think that area is worth another look see!

That token was the second target of a golf course that Becky and I procured sole permission to hunt. I have been back a half dozen times, Becky found a War nickle, and between the two of us we found two wheats. The property has an additional 60 acres that I have been hitting every now and again. Weather and "life problems" have slowed down allot of my hunting. So far the other land has almost ZERO targets, woods/swamp/agricultural fields, There is a time issue where I have to "rule out areas" The spots on the course where we found the other stuff, I will be back.

very kewl.. I would hit that spot again

"I'll be back"

Sorry that coins got me stumped..

That's because it's a token, not a coin.

looks like you both found tokens
USA Tokens Eagle No Cash Value Game Token | eBay
Token Written Above American Eagle with Shield Circled in Stars | eBay



This one had me stumped also, until I re-read the post and discovered that this is not both sides of one token, but actually the front side of 2 different tokens ... one token first hunt first hole.. second token 2nd hunt 4th hole

These links are not the token I found, the first pic is one side of the only token, the last two pix are the obverse and reverse of the same token that I had cleaned with a toothpick. Sorry about the confusion of my thread, I didn't explain right that at first I thought it was a coin, then after toothpicking it I found out it was a worthless new token.

That's what's so exciting about detecting, you never know what you are going to find. Nice button.

Thanks, the button is very modern, 1900's Same with the token, I bet that token might not even date back to the 60's

 

[RobRieman]

You can find some awesome things on a golf coarse. You would not believe the value of some of the things people use for ball markers that I have seen while playing.

 

[Old Dude]

Wide variety of nice finds. I would have been ecstatic to see that token in the dirt. Would fool most people at first! Nice post.


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[treblehunter]

You can find some awesome things on a golf coarse. You would not believe the value of some of the things people use for ball markers that I have seen while playing.

I was doing a different course and had allot of eclectic finds earlier in the summer. That was kind of a letdown, comparing this course with the other one. I really believe that in the last forty years this course we got permission to do was already hit HARD by others. The ages of both courses were very close and I met someone on the other that told me him and his buddy got in to do that one when nobody had EVER done it. The stories he told me, along with what I found in about ten hunts made me think the course Becky and I got to do was going to be spectacular. I still have not gave up by a long shot, I plan on spending allot of time there, I have just been working on getting permission to do some other things and there is allot of legwork knocking on doors and talking to people. I'm going tomorrow to get permission for another angle that should work out nice, keep your fingers crossed

Wide variety of nice finds. I would have been ecstatic to see that token in the dirt. Would fool most people at first! Nice post.


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The owner was with us when I pulled that out of the ground, I was talking and showing her how the detector worked. When I first seen that token with all the dirt on it, it looked like a large copper, it was so exciting, I have shared everything with the owners, writing and posting pix in e-mails. That has made it allot of fun, they are very nice people, and I hope to find them what they are looking for (golf course relics) She later that night explained in a e-mail about how much fun it was to see me so excited, lol. You have to love this hobby, everyday is Christmas!