April 20th finds

[Giant056]

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.

[postalgriff]

cool finds Giant, that silver mason token is a sweet find! 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!

[Giant056]

cool finds Giant, that silver mason token is a sweet find! 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!

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.

[DanMI]

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

[Mike from MI]

Two neat keepers!

[fistfulladirt]

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

[Michiganne]

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

HH

[Rookie2]

Nice couple of finds there

[postalgriff]

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.

[Brentallica]

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