Street tear out... nice Bar token.

DW Dirt Whisperer

Hero Member
Jan 11, 2014
557
941
El Paso Texas
Detector(s) used
2 Teknetics G2, Garrett Pro Pointer.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Went back to the street tear out. Found a couple more centavos 1895 and an 1893, but I love this Brunswick balke bar token. They made a bunch of them for alot places. I saw online trying to research. This one is for a bar that was here in El Paso called the vault. Don't know how much of the token you can see. Its the crusted of in the upper right of the first pic. Enjoy.
 

Attachments

  • 1465778264249.jpg
    1465778264249.jpg
    91.3 KB · Views: 100
  • 1465778333997.jpg
    1465778333997.jpg
    39.3 KB · Views: 103
  • 1465778343207.jpg
    1465778343207.jpg
    33.4 KB · Views: 102
  • 1465778360745.jpg
    1465778360745.jpg
    29.5 KB · Views: 108
Last edited:
Upvote 13

Texas Ed

Bronze Member
Feb 5, 2016
1,123
579
Texas Gulf Coast
Detector(s) used
AT Pro - CZ-3D - Tesoro Cortez - Sea Hunter Mark II - GTI 2500 - GTAx 550 - F75 S E - F19 - Pro Pointer AT - Pro Pointer II - Perdator Raptor Model 31
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Congrats on your Brunswick bar token & centavos - I guess the hole in the token was for a string - anyway thanks for sharing your pictures and story of your finds and I wish you many more while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED
 

ScubaDetector

Silver Member
Mar 1, 2016
3,668
8,247
Port Huron MI
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
2 Fisher CZ-21's 8 and 10" coils
Tesoro Tiger Shark 8 and 10" coils (Interchangeable)
Minelab E-Trac with Sun Ray Probe
Primary Interest:
Beach & Shallow Water Hunting
A nice old place to hunt for sure. Most states have a token collector or two. Is yours rare?
 

Trezurehunter

Gold Member
Mar 22, 2003
17,860
21,407
Illinois / Oklahoma
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
8
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 800 - Fisher CZ 5
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice job on the Brunswick token. If the saloon put a Brunswick table in their place, they were given tokens to give out. Some of the tokens were even inscribed with the bars name on it. Some just said Brunswick. I have dug a few of each. I found most of mine in farm fields near small towns.
 

idahotokens

Bronze Member
Aug 30, 2003
2,073
1,039
Primary Interest:
Other
Nice Brunswick token! It was listed in the 1979 Texas "Supplement" to the Journal of the Token and Medal Society, Rulau's United States Tokens, and another example is pictured on tokencatalog.com. It is indeed rare - most Brunswick tokens command a premium among token collectors, but self-identified ones (tells the town and state on it) are very desirable. Die studies of Brunswick tokens date this one 1888-92.
John in the Great 208
 

OP
OP
DW Dirt Whisperer

DW Dirt Whisperer

Hero Member
Jan 11, 2014
557
941
El Paso Texas
Detector(s) used
2 Teknetics G2, Garrett Pro Pointer.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Nice Brunswick token! It was listed in the 1979 Texas "Supplement" to the Journal of the Token and Medal Society, Rulau's United States Tokens, and another example is pictured on tokencatalog.com. It is indeed rare - most Brunswick tokens command a premium among token collectors, but self-identified ones (tells the town and state on it) are very desirable. Die studies of Brunswick tokens date this one 1888-92.
John in the Great 208

That's awesome. Thank you so much for the info. i sure do appreciate it.
 

Tommy G

Bronze Member
Dec 5, 2015
1,575
1,564
Virginia
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
AT Pro
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Love the token! Thanks for sharing.
 

idahotokens

Bronze Member
Aug 30, 2003
2,073
1,039
Primary Interest:
Other
The 27 Jan 1912 issue of the El Paso Herald newspaper said that "H. R. Hillebrand conducted the Vault Saloon in 1882 and soon thereafter McKelligan succeeded him. The saloon was called the Vault, and sold nothing but lager beer. Beer then cost two bits a glass, but McKelligan reduced the price to ten cents straight." The 1885 El Paso business directory shows the Vault Saloon was conducted by M. J. McKelligan at 4 E. San Antonio Street.
John
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top