Pssst... Wanna go visit the nurses? Plus, more early transportation.

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Gotta hurry up and post before this year's inaugural batch of margaritas kicks in and I stop making sense! I hope it's not too late! :)

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Mark & I suited up and headed into the woods again. Within 15 minutes, we each had a silver George! Good deal! ;D

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Too bad the rest of the day was silver-free... :( Then I started finding keys, and more keys, and more keys. I was tired of digging keys - it was easy to tell what they were in the ground - they all had the same unique reading. I finally quit when I found the key to the nurses room :o .... oooh la la? :icon_pirat:

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Then I found a medallion for the "Boyce Memorial" in Ottawa, ILL - "National Memorial to Wm. D. Boyce, Incorporator of the Boy Scouts of America, Dedicated June 21, 1941, Starved Rock Council"

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Then a large tag that at first when it was covered in mud made me think for a second - "large cent?" No dice! :( The aluminum good luck token nearby reads "Tobis Woolf Rockwell 9116"

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I also found a gilded Scoville button that Mark thinks is military - any further info, anyone?

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By far the coolest find I had was a 1916 Illinois Motorbicycle license tag. I almost didn't dig it as it was shallow and rang up up like a can lid. If I hadn't found that compact so shallow on the last hunt here, I would have walked right over it.

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I grabbed a toy measuring cup and cookie cutter from a kid's toy set, a 50's wheat, a cool drawer pull and the access door to a coin bank. The round thing with the hole in the middle is an aluminum "osmoplastic" tag with the date of 1953. I learned that Osmoplastic was a preservative method used on utility poles and the tag was nailed onto the pole after it was applied.

All in all, it was a good day, silver and some good relics. I hope you all have a lucrative weekend! :wink:
Neil
 

Nice finds again guys!
I love the nurses room tag.
Mike
 

Holy heck Neil ! ,, those are some cool digs. The button may be from the Indian Wars era, very nice condition :thumbsup: Congrats on the silver too :thumbsup: That's a nice site you guys have there.
 

Nice non coins.....
BillT
 

Neil, that Motor Bicycle license is really sweet! I'd also be interesting to know the story behind that Nurses Room key too ;D

You had a great day compared to my one and only lonesome George.

Take care,
Mark
 

OSMOPLASTIC   also a pesticide to prevent fungus in the soil 

That's what I named the Burkley House  " The Osmoplastic Yard"

Found at least 10 of them in that yard.

Great Finds

Have another margarita and then maybe you will make some sense  ;D ;D ;D ;D
or
Stop eating the osmoplastic pesticide
 

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Nice digs!
The Scovill backmarks are listed by date and I think yours is a GS later than the Spanish American War. Check out the backmark site to get a better idea.
 

Lowbatts said:
Nice digs!
The Scovill backmarks are listed by date and I think yours is a GS later than the Spanish American War. Check out the backmark site to get a better idea.

I checked this site:
http://inkspotantiques.com/shop/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

It is identical to the second button - General Staff, as you said. The shield is raised, so that should make it 1875-1902. Too bad the front is pushed in a little.

Thanks for the great comments everyone!
 

Wow! Great finds Neil!! I guess it was a key date after all. hhehehe... bad I know.
 

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