Vintage tokens in the woods ~ No metal detector required!

[treasurefiend]

Went out to the woods to poke around in the bottle dump in a specific spot for a few hours, and right as I walked up I seen an old bottle stopper sitting on the surface just waiting to be scooped up. Well I spent 3 to 3.5hrs in the heat battling the mosquitoes and that was all I could take, I had to spray myself every 10-15min with deep woods off just to get a break from those monsters. I knew a few tokens were found the last time we messed around at that spot but I wasn’t really expecting that I would find 3 today, especially in a 4’x4’ area. We are planning to make a screed so we can sift the dirt but just haven’t got around to doing it yet (maybe I’ll make one this weekend and go back and see what we missed). This is what the 3 tokens I found say on them:

*G. & E. Co. Urbana & Champaign – U. & C. RY / U. & C. RY. - Good for one full fare

*Not Redeemable / Not Redeemable

*Advertising Keeney’s Refresh-Mints / Good For 5¢ In Trade

Nuthin better than going out hunting for one thing and coming home happy as can be with something else!!! I found a few more items; they are in the vid if you’re interested.

[ivan salis]

the not redeemible token - might be a "illegal" gambling machine token --they were often "demonetized" so as to offically have no cash or trade "value" --so store owner could not be charged with "gambling" BY COPS --however when the cops were not around the owners would cash out or redeem the tokens "in trade goods value" --

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Cool token finds Kermit. The green sphere could have been an earring piece or part of a pendant.

[Lowbatts]

Very cool TF!

[Gimmie The Loot]

nice tokens. Any good antique beer bottles left there?

[treasurefiend]

nice tokens. Any good antique beer bottles left there?

Tons and tons and tons of antique bottles left, the place is at least 50+acres and only a very small amount of already dug pits. Its an actual dump not just a few privies. I was just in a 4'x4' spot that we found several milk/cream bottles just 3-4" deep along with marbles and tokens.

[rob.s]

Very cool!!Maybe a case of yard shot might do the trick