EasternShoreMetal
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- Nov 21, 2014
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro w/DD coil.
also, still have a Fisher F2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Long time, no post...
I went out for a short time today to a site I have hit pretty hard. I changed coils out and used my NEL DD Booster coil. (huge)
I didn't find much, but just before I left, I hit this signal about 12 inches down. It turns out to be a rare presidential election token or fob, it has a small loop on the top of it.
Its for the 1868 Election, which would have been US Grant and his VP Schuyler Colfax or Horatio Seymour and his VP Francis Blair.
I can't tell which because as you can see, this thing is toasted in the middle which is VERY thin, it's shiny because I had to add a stabilizer - the middle would have been a Ferrotype picture, a type of Tintype photograph! The whole thing is about an inch across.
I found an example online which told me what this thing really was:
S.P. Chase didn't make it past the primaries. I have found other election fobs from different years but this my first Tintype. Too bad it doesn't hold up underground..
You never know what you're gonna find!
I went out for a short time today to a site I have hit pretty hard. I changed coils out and used my NEL DD Booster coil. (huge)
I didn't find much, but just before I left, I hit this signal about 12 inches down. It turns out to be a rare presidential election token or fob, it has a small loop on the top of it.
Its for the 1868 Election, which would have been US Grant and his VP Schuyler Colfax or Horatio Seymour and his VP Francis Blair.
I can't tell which because as you can see, this thing is toasted in the middle which is VERY thin, it's shiny because I had to add a stabilizer - the middle would have been a Ferrotype picture, a type of Tintype photograph! The whole thing is about an inch across.
I found an example online which told me what this thing really was:
S.P. Chase didn't make it past the primaries. I have found other election fobs from different years but this my first Tintype. Too bad it doesn't hold up underground..
You never know what you're gonna find!
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