Scrapped Lot Produces! Indians & Mercs, & Old Token

Diggin-N-Dumps

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Went out to a spot that i have been hunting since I started about 4+ years ago. It once was a historical 1880's house that was abandoned and the local college has been trying to purchase the land.
The owners wouldnt sell, then last year its "MYSTERIOULSY" was burnt down :(

This spot has produced most of my older coins I have found detecting, and it was always a spot i would walk away from with a few goodies each time.

I drove by on Friday and saw they were prepping for the new Parking Lot for the college, which completly ticks me off. This spot has been my safe place when I ran out of places to hunt, it was always good to me

Anyway, I went out and both days scored!!

I ended up with

2 - Indian Heads. 1901 & 1902 and 2 Mercs, 1941 & 44 and a 1909 Wheatie

I also found this token, which has asphalt or something on it. I could barely make out what it said, So i googled for an hour and come up with nothing.

Heres the Ironic thing. A few days ago, i meet up with JCobb and hunted some areas in Keller Texas, where i found this really cool Mason Jar it reads "Knox Mason" I had never seen one and though it was pretty cool.

Back to the token, All I could see was part of a demoniation and the letter "K" with a circle. Couldn't find anything on it. I walked in my kitchen for something and noticed the Mason Jar had a symbol close to that.

So I googled Knox token, and Found something very close to mine!. The crazy thing was it turned out to be a "R.H. Knox "Token from a grocery store in Keller, Nowhere near where I found it in south Ft Worth.

Sorry, i just thought that was weird how those 2 items are linked in a funny way.

Anyways, thanks for looking!
 

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bootybandit

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Nice finds! another great site ruined by pavement..
 

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Really nice coins. Cant go wrong when there is an Indian on a coin!
 

idahotokens

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BR21

[CA1]*
R.H. KNOX / 10 / K
IN TRADE / 10 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0010-110}
TC-17136 Also attributed to Keller *** 20.90mm*** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. 1910 Census (Fort Worth, TX): R.H. Knox, merchant/retail groceries. 1918 Draft Card: Robert Hatton Knox, farmer in Keller, TX.

Contributed by: JerryAdams
$$
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BR25

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R.H. KNOX / 25 / K
IN TRADE / 25 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0025-110}
TC-162225 Also attributed to Keller *** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. ; R.H. Knox also ran a grocery store in Keller Texas in 1912-13, the family continued to run the store in Keller for many years*** $34.98 sold for $34.98 Jan. 2010

Contributed by: muddobber16

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[CA1]*
R.H. KNOX / 10 / K
IN TRADE / 10 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0010-110}
TC-17136 Also attributed to Fort Worth *** 20.90mm*** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. Listed in Keller 1912-13;the Ft. Worth and Keller stores were about 13 miles apart; Robert Hatton Knox born May 23, 1874, died April 29, 1964 is buried in Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Texas.

Contributed by: JerryAdams
$$
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BR25

[CA1]*
R.H. KNOX / 25 / K
IN TRADE / 25 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0025-110}
TC-162225 Also attributed to Fort Worth *** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. R.H. Knox also ran a grocery store in Keller Texas in 1912-13, the family continued to run the store in Keller for many years; Robert Hatton Knox born May 23, 1874, died April 29, 1964 is buried in Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Texas; the Knox family was well known in Keller. W. Ross Knox and his brother Joe Knox started Knox Brothers Motors after WWII, and Joe Know was first mayor of Keller.*** $34.98 sold for $34.98 Jan. 2010

Contributed by: muddobber16

So you can see that Knox was really in both towns.
John in the Great 208

 

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Thanks for the info! Hoping to get the asphalt off safely. Got it soaking in oil now
 

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Great bunch of loot.
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Diggin-N-Dumps

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If it is indeed asphalt, then a penetrating oil or carb cleaner might attack it. What denomination is yours?
John in the Great 208

Do I soak it in carb cleaner? Or just spray it and give it a minute?

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idahotokens

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I'd give it a shot of spray and see if it softens it up. Another idea would be to soak it in a bit of gasoline. Be careful with both methods as they present a fire/explosion danger. Do 'em outside.

By the way, I understand there is a write-up on these tokens in the publication of the National Token Collectors Association. I'll see if I can track it down.

John
 

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