Nice Local Token And Some Brass

[Missouri_John]

I decided to play in some dirt for a bit this evening, and ended up with a few keepers. I'd never found a toe tap before, and came up with part of one. I fantasized about what that big brass piece was, but it doesnt appear to be anything cool. The keeper of the day was a local bakery token that i ended up finding out the location of, dating from 1862-1915

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A History of Mining on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska - Grab it through Amazon!

[CRUSADER]

The 'nick' in the token look to be a method of cancelling its worth? (normally done over here with a nail hole)

 

[silversweeper]

Nice finds, John. Sidewalk tearout? I did only slightly better down there when they were closer to the river. Found a whole toe tap, small fragment of a 2 or 3 ringer, some rivets and a oil lamp top. Keep meaning to get back by there but something always comes up. Good hunting my friend! Brad.

 

[jewelerguy]

cool token

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Very nice token, I've been going through token withdrawal lately.
Nice to see someone getting some.
I think Crusader is correct, looks to be a form of cancelling.
I've dug them with what appears to be someone taking a ball-peen hammer to them.
Nice uni-face!
Carl

 

[mikeshayne]

Nice find Missouri John, a business token has always been on my short list of things to find. Every year I seem to find one or two Missouri sales tax tokens in rough condition. I am sure you have plenty of those as well. Keep swinging and finding.

 

[GetReal]

Cool token..congrats

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Missouri_John]

Yeah Brad, i found all that stuff in about 30 minutes at the tearout. I think there's still enough good dirt mixed in with the fill to find a few more things. That was actually my first trip down there, and it payed off