Up on Cripple Creek!

[diggingthe1]

Well I've found 3 of these Donnelly and Tutt tags over the years. I would guess they are assay tags. This 4 th one I just found. I haven't cleaned but it was so crusted I threw it in a vibrasonic tumbler to get rid of the crust. Didn't work. It must have been in a fire. I will have to take my dremel and carefully grind it away. Treasures like this are the very best for me. I love the anticipation! This crusty one is different and has a different company on it. Hopefully I will have time soon to post a pic of the cleaned tag. There is never enough time in a day. Tutt must have met Donnelly before meeting Penrose. Donnelly had a store eary in Cripple Creek. Permissions are hard up here it takes quite a few times out to find something good. I sure love this hobby!

 

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[xr7ator]

Cool tags and thanks for sharing. I'll bet it is hard for permission up there...

Have you tried a rock tumbler to clean stuff like that?

HH ALL

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

I love cripple creek...I used to live in
Colorado Springs off rockrimmon blvd....I miss Colorado like no other and I never ended up bringing my machine out!! I wish I would have! I got a buddy name Jasper from up Cripple Creek haven't seen him in years!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Cool tags, I think I'd try a short shot of Electrolysis on it

 

[SusanMN]

You might want to try a soak in lemon juice just to see if it helps.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice tag.

 

[46Wheat]

Cool looking tag

 

[Steve in PA]

Very cool tag from an historic town!

 

[sutphin]

NICE FIND THERE DIG1 .....

 

[l2hunt]

very nice.

 

[Garrett424]

Cool old tags.

 

[diggingthe1]

Cleaned tag!

Here is the other tag cleaned up. I thought the Donnelly and Tutt tag was from a assay Company maybe it was a livery. That was sure one crusty buger. Thanks loco digger i got my electrolysis running but still had to grind it!. Thanks for looking!