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Token spill found while working out of town

407floyd

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New site found on a corner of a park turned out to be where a house had burned down. There was a 2" layer of black char just under the surface where the house would have been. Found 2 cap guns under the charred area. One is a Hubley SMOKY and the other had no name and still works. The silver spoon is a German maker marked MARTIN 90, meaning 90 grams of silver plating. The belt buckle is a SWANK brass and mother-of-pearl with a hatchet or tomahawk head. Art Deco period and evidently you could have a monogram where the hatchet head is if you want. A Tootsietoy Jaguar. An Excelsior trunk latch. A lead I.&G.N. Railroad car seal. A Peters Referee 12ga shell. A U.M.C.CO. Arrow 10ga shell. Wheat cents of 1925, 1926, 1938, 1941, 1942, and 1948. Dimes of 1939S and 1946. And the best finds were the three tokens spill. The Grogan-Cockran Lumber Co only operated in Tamina, Texas from 1917 to 1927. They set up a mill, built a small company town with stores and a church, cut all the old timber in the area, and moved on to another area, leaving ghost towns in their wake. They issued these tokens as partial payment to employees to use at the company store. From what I've read, they're worth $150 a piece.
 
That's a very nice find..
 
Excellent rare token finds! Congrats!
 
Very nice !
 
Unusual to find the Texas token in this area. The scans only show the obverse of the large one. Are the other 2 also from Texas?
Mike
 
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