Some silvers, tokens and Rings.

[silversweeper]

The weather here in swampeast Missouri has been very mild so far this winter. I managed to hunt all the way thru December and a few days this year already too. I obtained permission to detect a big yard at a circa 1907 house right before the New Year and scored my last silver of 2011 there, a few more to start this year, some sweet old tokens and my first three rings of 2012 as well. The silvers have all been Roosevelts but....silver is silver. The first ring I found almost stopped my heart...lol. When I dug the plug all I saw was a bit of gold glinting out of the dirt with a big diamond looking stone set into it. Of course as soon as I picked the ring out of the dirt I knew it was just a junk ring but...bling none the less. Has one big glass stone in top and three smaller ones set around it. Second ring also had me fooled at first, again a glint of gold in the dirt but this time just a cheap child's gumball prize type ring with a skull and crossbones on top (marked Hong Kong). The third ring was my last find of today and rang up a solid 11-47. A very nice artsy Silver woman's ring marked 925 inside (found a new home on my wife's finger of course!). Also pictured are three nice tokens. 1 is a small silverish 5 cent token from a drug store that was in a small town just south of here. Second token found was the LOOK Savings Medallion, nothing wonderfully special but still a nice find. The third token is a real prize and probably the oldest find from the yard, it's a Good for 5 Cent Loaf Good Hope Bakery token in the shape of a heart. Good Hope is a street a few blocks from the house and makes it a SWEET find with ties to local history. The big WW2 Coat button also came from the same yard. The Religious cross/medal came from another yard and isn't silver, unfortunately. This brings me to 3 silvers, 3 tokens, and 3 rings already for 2012 (one of the silvers counted for last year). Obviously I wish they were older coins but I'll take any silver I can get. I'm pretty sure the yard was filled at some point because I'm not finding any indians or older coins, very little is deep. The only real deep targets I've found there have been larger (pocket watch back, big nails, etc.). I may try a larger coil to see if I can bring up some old silver but I have my doubts that it will be possible. Not pictured is close to $5 in quarters/nickels/dimes and pennies. I'm not digging a lot of the obvious penny signals due to time constraints but I unearth one occasionally to make sure it's not a wheat or indian.
Happy Hunting everyone!

 

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[Goes4ever]

man that heart token is sweet!

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

Cool finds. I love the skull ring!

 

[olekyground]

Cool token "Hope Bakery" I have never seen one shaped like a heart.

 

[Shark27]

Nice group of finds! Love the tokens and the button...rings are cool too..

Shark27

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

In the hierarchy of finds, tokens should always be posted before anything else but gold coins, your glasses, and a misplaced wallet.
Or mentioned in conversation.
Very, very nice heart-shaped token. Great to know the locals of found tokens.
Carl

I do love that John W. Gacy looking skull ring, never seen a smile like that on a skull.

 

[Ken in Georgia]

I love the odd tokens!!! Congrats

 

[jb58]

great finds Brad! love the token!

 

[SeatedorBust]

From South West Missouri..... Congrats on the silver!! And Awesome token!

 

[pl8man]

Very nice finds

 

[kayden]

Wow A great day of silver!

 

[chinasmith]

Hello
The Simpson Drug Co. token from Caruthersville is a new discovery. I have cataloged about 15,000 different Missouri tokens, and yet new discoveries turn up just about every week. Can you send me a larger scan of that token and also the Good Hope Bakery token?
You didn't say what town you found these items in. I couldn't find a Good Hope street in Caruthersville, but that was a prominent business street in Cape Girardeau, MO. In 1906 the Good Hope Bakery operated at 624 Good Hope, operated by Charles Kaess.
Thanks for sharing these tokens -- find some more! -- Bruce W. Smith

 

[Sonnydigs]

Is there a source for looking up tokens..
I have a nice one good for a shave I need to record..
Thanks..

Hello
The Simpson Drug Co. token from Caruthersville is a new discovery. I have cataloged about 15,000 different Missouri tokens, and yet new discoveries turn up just about every week. Can you send me a larger scan of that token and also the Good Hope Bakery token?
You didn't say what town you found these items in. I couldn't find a Good Hope street in Caruthersville, but that was a prominent business street in Cape Girardeau, MO. In 1906 the Good Hope Bakery operated at 624 Good Hope, operated by Charles Kaess.
Thanks for sharing these tokens -- find some more! -- Bruce W. Smith

 

[Sonnydigs]

Great finds, love tokens..
WTG..

 

[chinasmith]

There is a free site for looking up token online. Go to www.tokencatalog.com. That site has recorded nearly 300,000 tokens, mostly from the United States. You don't have to register to use it, but you do need to register (for free) if you want to post a comment or list an item for identification. Be aware, however, that tokens with just numbers on them or just initials can probably never be identified. There are numerous tokens, usually with a round hole in the center, which just have a number, often 5 digits long, on them. These are believed to have been used in illegal slot machines. The number identifies the owner or leasee of the machine, but only the crime outfit which sold or leased the machines, would know who it was. Needless to say, you don't find records from organized crime operations in the national archives. The number of different tokens which have been used in the United States is enormous. Catalogs of trade tokens of many individual states have been published. The larger states usually have 10,000 to 20,000 different tokens recorded. I have recorded about 15,000 from Missouri and I believe there are another 15,000 which I have not yet seen. In addition, there is a catalog of transportation tokens (used by bus, streetcar, subway, etc) used throughout the USA and Canada; a catalog of parking tokens used throughout the USA; a catalog of ferry and canal tokens used throughout the world; a catalog of tokens used by coal mining companies all over the USA; a catalog of car wash tokens from all states; several catalogs of Civil War tokens; two or three catalogs of Hard Times Tokens (used during the 1830's and 1840's); a catalog of tokens made by the Ingle System; a catalog of U.S. saloon tokens; two or three catalogs of U.S. military tokens (including those used overseas); catalogs of wooden nickels; a catalog of peep show tokens; two catalogs of dairy tokens used in the US and Canada; a catalog of bakery tokens; two catalogs of US prison tokens; a catalog of tokens used by magicans; catalog of casino chips and tokens; two catalogs of coins and tokens made by the Franklin Mint; a catalog of tokens used by lumber companies; two catalogs of state tax tokens; catalogs of worlds fair tokens and medals; and no doubt others I have forgotten or don't yet know about. There is also a catalog called Standard Catalog of U.S. Tokens (several editions), compiled by Russell Rulau and published by Krause Publications in Wisconsin, which lists most US tokens used from Colonial times up to 1900. This catalog is most thorough for the Civil War period and before. The listings covering 1866-1899 ae not as comprehensive (because those periods are still being cataloged by individual state collectors. There is also an introductory book covering all kinds of U.S. tokens and medals (with price guide), compiled by Alpert and Schimmel. Many of these books and links to other information on tokens and medals can be found at www.exonumia.com.

 

[Metal Magnet]

geez, you did well!