Not a bad park hunt

[Eric in RI]

Started off the day with an emergency service call about 50 miles away from home. Left the house at noon, finished the job by 2 and was at the pounded park by 3. I decided to go back to the section I hit a couple of days ago to see if I could get a few more oldies from the old dirt. Within the first hour I had the 1935-D buff. Went back to the truck at 4 to get a drink and warm up a bit. Went back to the section again and found another patch of old dirt. Had a choppy tone that bounced from high to mid tones. From about 4" came a 1909 Injun in nice shape. It fell onto my shovel as I was lifting the plug out of the hole. About 10ft away I was rewarded with the 1898 Injun. Then came an early wheatie, then the watch ring. Was freezing my butt off, its nearly dark and I start walking back to the truck. Stopped to dig a scratchy high tone that I thought for sure was a crushed bottlecap. Ended up digging the 1 cent store token. At first glance I thought it was a counter-stamped injun, but I will take the token! All in all, not a bad 3 hour hunt. HH!

 

[screenprinter]

Congrats Eric !
I bet you weren't even feeling the cold with the exciting finds !

 

[Eric in RI]

Trust me, I was feeling the cold lol. The wind was blowing across the pond and made it pretty unbearable at times. I had to keep my back to the wind to keep warm

 

[Eric in RI]

Did a little investigating on google images and found the exact token that I found yesterday. Turns out to be an 1863 Washington Exchange civil war token!!!! Enclosed is a link to one in nicer shape on ebay. Awesome!!!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1863-Washington-Exchange-F-117-420a-R1-Civil-War-Token-TONED/222029280862?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D35852%26meid%3D3c5afe247da3405e9cac7f71a62de72b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D371366792381

 

[John-Edmonton]

Great find! I too enjoy finding tokens. You got a good one.

 

[Eric in RI]

I agree, I love finding tokens as much as I love finding old coins. Tokens are awesome! This great hobby turned me onto many things, old keys, buttons, tokens, relics from times gone by. Truly the best hobby in the world for a history buff Now if I can just find parts to an old musket, that would be icing on the cake oh and a gold coin too lol

 

[asiandigger]

good find, shovels here will get you kick out of parks LOL

 

[Leslie(nova scotia)]

Interesting finds. Nice going!

 

[fongu]

Nice finds for a short hunt. HH.

 

[jd88047]

Interesting finds, a watch ring? Yes I have had to end my hunts when it gets dark due to no back light. Just mother nature telling me to go home that is all.

 

[TRIPLE-SSS]

Not too shabby!

 

[senda]

Congrats! Good hunt and nice finds

 

[Psolly]

Nice finds.