How old are these???

[olekyground]

Hey friends!!

So i have been detecting at a house that we are renting to own. I havent been able to find anything old in the yard due to a lot of bottle tops and alluminum however I thik I may have found an old burn dump. I dug these out of it. Some neat play money tokens and other things. Just wonderiung if you guys could give me an idea on how old the dump is? thanks!

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

You asked for time-dating info on your dumpsite finds. I see the front of a rivetbutton marked "Blue Bell" in your photo. The Blue Bell Overalls Company was founded in 1904 (under another name) as a very small firm but had become a major one (under the Blue Bell name) by 1918. For more info, go here:
NC Business Hall of Fame -- Edwin A. Morris

But please note, the Blue Bell name is still used on some varieties of Wrangler bluejeans products.
Wrangler, Lee Team Up to Take On Levi - Los Angeles Times

The manufacture of Aluminum play-money coins started sometime in the 1920s, I think. (If I'm mistaken, I hope somebody here can provide the correct date.) I had some as a kid in the mid-1950s. If you clean yours, you might be able to determine its specific variety and/or manufacturer, and thereby find a more-exact time date for it.