April 20th finds

Giant056

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The first spot I went to was an old park that got revamped a couple years ago and that's where I found the Mason's coin. The second spot I went to was on the way home I noticed a friend of mine out in his front yard so I stopped and showed him the Mason coin, then decided to do a little hunting across the street where there's an old defunct railroad bed and managed to find the Museum of Science and Industry token. The Masonic token was encrusted with a thick layer of rust because I think it was probably sandwiched between iron objects in an old ash pit but I managed to clean it up with peroxide and baking soda for stains. I am sure the Masonic coin is silver cause it cleaned up just like silver and it has that twang when you toss it on a wood surface.
 

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postalgriff

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cool finds Giant, that silver mason token is a sweet find! :thumbsup: glad it cleaned up nice. What's the deal with the Museum of science token, I can't make sense of the letters and it they seem to overlap. nice couple of keepers there! :icon_thumleft:
 

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postalgriff said:
cool finds Giant, that silver mason token is a sweet find! :thumbsup: glad it cleaned up nice. What's the deal with the Museum of science token, I can't make sense of the letters and it they seem to overlap. nice couple of keepers there! :icon_thumleft:
Griff I remember going to the museum when I was a kind and they had a machine there you could make these tokens on and the person who made it is probably the only one who could make sense of it, I tried but it didn't take long before I gave up.
 

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Wow, Giant, that Masonic coin is sweet!! I'd love to snag one of those. Nice token too. HH dan
 

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Couple nice keepers Giant, both cool! As for the token, is that the Chicago museum? I loved that place, went there when I was a kid. ffd
 

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Neat finds Giant. :icon_thumright: Cool coin and Museum token. The Museum of Science & Industry is still a fun place to visit. :thumbsup:

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Nice couple of finds there :thumbsup:
 

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I've been watching that masonic coin on the 'what is it' forum, pretty interesting, and great close up pics....but I don't think anyone has nailed it down yet. Hopefully someone will know exactly what that thing is, again sweet and unique find...some of that coin is hand engraved. :thumbsup:
 

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Very cool finds Giant!!
Never seen a coin or token like those before. WTG! :icon_thumleft:
 

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