Diggin & siftin & detecting Very Rare Colorado Druggist Coins Tokens, !!

PikesPeakCharlie

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Spur of the moment,Santa knocks on my door & says "Lets go ! " caught a friend at home,who owns 2 city lots.and he tells us " go for it guys have fun , and we did !!! Found a shallow privy with a few bottles in it,nothing to brag too much about,,,,,except one !!! :headbang: A rare 1/2oz Central Drug Co ,Cripple Creek . In 30+ years I have seen about 5-6 of these including this one.

We sifted the last foot of the privy and came up with an Indian head penny and some marbles, a doll body and buttons ( some mother of pearl & some metal ) Also found a large brass token (about the size of a half dollar) that on one side I was able to read "Worlds Greatest Gold Camp" and can see to miners picks and a gold pan, the other side I cant make out much but can read "Cripple Creek" we also got a 1951 wheatie and a brass badge/hat emblem/shield ?? That says "Offical Member Junior sales Club of America" and some other trinkets. I will post some more pics when a few items have been cleaned. I hope ya all had as good a day as we did ,no matter what you were doing 8-)
 

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Argentium

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Pikes Peak Charlie , Did you find these items near Cripple Creek or did you find them around Colorado Springs ?? I really like Co. Springs ,
I enjoyed good scotch (Talisker or Lagavullin ) at The Broadmoor Hotel over a game of chess with the ex girlfriend friend .
 

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oh wow, thats some pretty cool finds, i always wanted to try sifting, just no clue where to begin lol
 

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Awesome finds!
 

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Great Cripple Creek Bottle, very cool, and great token. Glad you had a good dig. The pictures are fantastic, thanks for sharing your digs! Cindy
 

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Whoa, Charlie,

Nice pit, sir! Love that Old Kaintuck sample whiskey. Looks like it got close to the fire, or the gaffer really grabbed it with the snap case tool. Can't wait to see these post clean-up.

Who is the little guy next to the Higgins ink? What is the motif on that sky blue button? Are you gonna polish up that faucet handle & make a necklace for your lady fair?

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;) Nice digs , that's a relic paradise out there , :icon_scratch: is that the same Cripple Creek that was in the song a while back ??? great place :cool:
 

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Wow.. That is a wonderful collection of local history stuff! Very nice!
 

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Those are some great relics
 

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Thanks for all the replies !! Arg, Cripple Creek,I can't get enough of Santa Fe !! Surf, It is a dental cement bottle,the motif on the blue button is a floral pattern,I put the hot water handle on a chain for her,,,, I must have gotten into hot water,cause she smacked me with it LOL!! Diamond,It is the same,,up on cripple creek she sends me,if I spring a leak she mends me.
 

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Charlie you are crazy! Thats funny. Glad to see you're out digging. Those are great finds and i really enjoy all the little extra surprises. Nice pictures too. You are like a magnet for those cripple creek bottles.
 

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Great finds.. Gotta love those old bottles.. :thumbsup:
 

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