SURPRISE - SURPRISE

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

As planned I got up early for a one hour drive to a set of three volley ball courts that had been calling to me . Suprise number one was that the area I drove into had gotten 4 inches of rain in one hour the night before and that translated to 2 feet of water standing right on top of those three courts .

Luckily I had brought my Excalibur along In case I found a good beach .

Surprise number two was finding 3 turn of the Century Tokens . This being a Public Volley Ball Court I first assumed they were reproduction bar tokens . But oh contrare , on closer inspection I could see they were the real deal . Token R.F. Kelly is 7/8" - McKloone & Conway is 1" and the third which is a blank front sample measures 1- 1/16" .

Can anyone date these closer than turn of the Century ?

 

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[Southcacalaky]

Great looking token, Art...

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Wow,

those are some nice finds from that
type of location, strange.

Is there a mat under the sand on those
courts?

Is it a park?

Sure would like to know where the sand
came from.

Again, very nice.

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

No there is no mat , just dirt . It looks as though they just dug it up , heaped the sides up around the edges and threw in 2' of sugar sand . It is in an old park so I would guess we need detectors that will go down 2' and a backhoe . Old tokens were the last thing I expected to find in a volleyball court .

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

PW,

thanks.

Again, nice.

have a good un...........

 

[Pennyworth]

Super cool tokens,congratulations! Minnesota is one of my favorite states and I will be visiting this fall,and can't wait to do some detecting.

 

[Chester Copper Pot]

Great tokens PrairieWolf!! Where about in MN are you?? I was detecting up near Alexandria in April and have been researching some other sites near there.

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

I'm near Rochester . Waseca is about an hour North and West of there .

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the nice tokens! HH, Mike

 

[allen]

those are some cool tokens. wtg.keep on digging...

 

[PBK]

Try getting in touch with this dealer/collector who is now working on a Minnesota tokens book:

Luke Johnson

[email protected]

Liberty Pawn, Coins & Antiques, Inc.
224 W. Main St.
Pipestone, MN 56164-1634

 

[Boobydoo]

Tokens are always a great find, unique and very cool I think. These are very nice , congrats on the cool goodies! Good luck!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[trk5capt]

Very Nice Finds, Congrats. trk5capt...

 

[ceejay64]

Very nice!
When are you going back to hunt some more?

 

[PRAIRIEWOLF]

God willing when the water goes down . There was a lot of standing water outside the courts too which translated to mud .

 

[goldencoin]

.....Maybe some token collecter wanted to play voliball....good finds

-GC

 

[lucky1777]

Very nice looking tokens. Good luck finding any information on them

 

[JerV3]

Nice trade tokens Wolf. They gotta be worth some money.

HH Jer

 

[bk]

Nice Tokens!
Are they digging in Waseca? I haven't gotten that far west yet.
Have a good one!

 

[Wetgreenie]

Fun stuff!