A good day at my "hunted out" park-Personally my best "coin" ever-Local Token from 1896!!!

[Darkflight]

I must say this was a suprise find-A nice old token from the Pioneer Saloon in Troutdale Oregon-Date aprox 1896...
I live very close by & this is my best most awsome coin/token to date...And yes I've found silver 1/2's & a Peace Dollar...But this to me is the best..

I first found the badly mangled fork-oldie & at one time a thing of splendor-now not so much.

Then at the main entrance walk to the park-almost under the sidewalk-I found this TINY silver ring. There is a story to it also...Its not a childs ring (IMHO)-even though its tiny tiny..There are some markings remaining that went all around-its now mostly worn smooth. A child would have outgrown it long before that kind of wear would occur...
But I believe I have more evidence....Same park-the day after Christmas working with my 4" coil in a trashy spot near the entrance I found this small gold ring-with some very nice old school diamonds. If this was a wedding band then the small ring could have also been hers I'd wager..Luckilly I don't have to melt everything I find nowadays & get to keep them as a "pair"...

Not a bad day for a hunted out park-And I'm super happy about the local token...
Oh-was using a new to me Sovereign XS & the 12" SEF coil-It's a killer Queen Dynomite like a lazer beam...

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Darkflight,very nice find.HH Ron

 

[stilpony]

Darkflight, great finds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (great song, too!) :super

HH and enjoy the new maaacheeeen!!!!

Pony

 

[plymouthian12]

very nice

 

[~ACE~]

Great digs! That site sure has some age to it, and hopefully gives up more awesome finds for you

 

[Majkman]

Great finds Darkflight!! Keep up the good swinging!!

 

[knarfj]

[size=medium][/size]Congrats!! Very nice finds.

Cool token! For kicks see if it's listed here: [size=large]http://tokencatalog.com/index.php[/size]

If not, be the first to list it. Some have been known to be quite valuable and can bring big [size=x-large]$$[/size]

HH

 

[MikeO]

Congratulations on the awesome old token plus, the two rings. A great hunt for you indeed.

 

[knarfj]

http://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=5918&inventory_id=6053&td_image_id=6319&attribution_id=5797&td_create_uid=2&record_offset=0

A lttle more history to go along with it. Cool!