Bell-Two
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Monday gave us a break in the weather with the temperature reaching 45 degrees and even though I knew it would be muddy I just had to get out and give it a go. I went back to the last field I hunted which gave up some good relics and this time it was more of the same, with only one lonely wheat cent to account for all the coinage! I dug this “Dr Drake’s” cough syrup lucky piece it originally had a wheat cent in it and was supposed to bring the bearer luck. I have a similar one I picked up at a flea market so I was familiar with it.
The next good find was this fairly decent Eagle Button for the CW era.
I then dug this token, in the field I had no clue what it was, it was holed and bent and when I got home I cleaned it and straighten it out and I saw that I had dug my very first Coal Scrip. Not knowing much about such scrip I sent pictures to a friend that collects them and has reference material on scrip. He got back to me and told me it was a very scarce item listed in his reference book as an R-10 rarity! Which is the highest rarity rating they use!
Other stuff is typical field finds, the ubiquitous toe plate, bent spoon and other sundry items.
The next good find was this fairly decent Eagle Button for the CW era.
I then dug this token, in the field I had no clue what it was, it was holed and bent and when I got home I cleaned it and straighten it out and I saw that I had dug my very first Coal Scrip. Not knowing much about such scrip I sent pictures to a friend that collects them and has reference material on scrip. He got back to me and told me it was a very scarce item listed in his reference book as an R-10 rarity! Which is the highest rarity rating they use!
Other stuff is typical field finds, the ubiquitous toe plate, bent spoon and other sundry items.
