highnam
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I just finished another year guiding pheasant hunts in Presho, S.D.
Presho was the hay capitol of the world in the 20's with a population of over 6,000 people, today the town is less than 500 people and most of the ground is farmed by a handful of farmers. The hunting lodge is on Main St. and was once the bank built when the R.R. came to town in 1905. My boss/outfitter owned several lots in town including the old drug store lot across the street. I started swinging there and picked up a dime a couple hours in. I brought it to my boss and handed him the dirty coin to clean off, he handed the dirt clump back to me and claimed the coin looks new. I took the coin over to the window and cleaned it off...Holy Smokes! My first mercury dime! 1927! He checked the next dime I found that afternoon... Merc 45! Two silvers in one day!
I found a metal aspirin Stamp in the next day out along with a Catholic miraculous medal. My best find on the lot was a Presho, Sd good for token! Globe land & loan Co. "Good for a carfare when you buy your land with us". Flip side said "This token will make save you money", "Lyman County land will make you money"!
I found a Accepted/Rejected token from the national assoc. for epilepsy featuring a boy on the accepted side holding a baseball bat and the flip side rejected boy with his head down. I also found the cast iron cap gun!
My folks bought a 160 acre piece of property that was planted with crp grass and juniper tree rows and I always knew there was a post office on the property, while hunting it one day I noticed a fox hole and the dirt that was thrown from the hole had porcelain and glass in it. I went back the next day I could and brought the MD. I found three glass bottles in the vicinity and started working the few areas the grass was strampled down. I found what I think could be a post office box pull with a decorative rope design around it. I came back in the next time and found my oldest coin so far!!! 1885 indian head! The trees were planted in a row with a tarp to contain the weeds and the coin was right under the tarp! Here is some pics from my trip...thanks for lookin'.
Presho was the hay capitol of the world in the 20's with a population of over 6,000 people, today the town is less than 500 people and most of the ground is farmed by a handful of farmers. The hunting lodge is on Main St. and was once the bank built when the R.R. came to town in 1905. My boss/outfitter owned several lots in town including the old drug store lot across the street. I started swinging there and picked up a dime a couple hours in. I brought it to my boss and handed him the dirty coin to clean off, he handed the dirt clump back to me and claimed the coin looks new. I took the coin over to the window and cleaned it off...Holy Smokes! My first mercury dime! 1927! He checked the next dime I found that afternoon... Merc 45! Two silvers in one day!
I found a metal aspirin Stamp in the next day out along with a Catholic miraculous medal. My best find on the lot was a Presho, Sd good for token! Globe land & loan Co. "Good for a carfare when you buy your land with us". Flip side said "This token will make save you money", "Lyman County land will make you money"!
I found a Accepted/Rejected token from the national assoc. for epilepsy featuring a boy on the accepted side holding a baseball bat and the flip side rejected boy with his head down. I also found the cast iron cap gun!
My folks bought a 160 acre piece of property that was planted with crp grass and juniper tree rows and I always knew there was a post office on the property, while hunting it one day I noticed a fox hole and the dirt that was thrown from the hole had porcelain and glass in it. I went back the next day I could and brought the MD. I found three glass bottles in the vicinity and started working the few areas the grass was strampled down. I found what I think could be a post office box pull with a decorative rope design around it. I came back in the next time and found my oldest coin so far!!! 1885 indian head! The trees were planted in a row with a tarp to contain the weeds and the coin was right under the tarp! Here is some pics from my trip...thanks for lookin'.
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. I guess he wants to put up the birds that are holding tight behind us!!!!
