Quick road trip ~ 1937-D Merc dime ~ 19 Wheat cents ~ clad ~ old key

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Ron and I played hooky from work today and took a quick trip up to that same area in Portland that we hit a few weeks ago. We didn't do as good today as the last time we went ~ I guess we cleaned it out pretty good last time, so we tried some other areas. We thought that the wet ground would help get more targets. Ron dug three silver coins, several wheats, and clad. Here's what I dug:

1937-D Mercury Dime
19 wheats dating from 1925 to 1953
6 clad quarters
23 clad dimes
1 nickel
token thingy
91 Memorial cents

The token is kinda cool ~ It's copper and round ~ 22mm in diameter ~ and both side are the same ~ W R W R with a star in the middle. Anyone have an idea where this token is from? How old is it? What was it used for?

The key is neat too ~ I assume it's brass, copper, or bronze ~ about 42mm long ~ and has the initials Z G. Anyone know what this key is to? How old is it? Who made it?
 

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You couldn't have picked a better winter day to
play hookey, take a road trip and detect. Looks
like ya did OK on finds. Congrats on the silver
Merc and the cool key. Gold Nuggets :hello:
 

What a great way to skip work.....Matt
 

Sharp merc there congrats.
 

thats a lot of digging nice finds, one of these days i need to go with you guys. "isnt that what i moved to oregon for?" lol
 

Nice Finds congrats hope to do another road trip soon always a fun time HHR :icon_pirat:
 

kippero said:
thats a lot of digging nice finds, one of these days i need to go with you guys. "isnt that what i moved to oregon for?" lol

THANKS MAN!

Yeah ~ we sure got to go do our guy stuff a lot more before Shelly, Sam, and Shane got moved over here! HA HA HA!!! Oh well, we'll have our time when we retire! WOOHOO!!
 

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