Finds from the weekend: class ring, Millard Fillmore token and other

brianc053

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Hi everyone. I got out on three hunts this past weekend at three different locations. I didn't find anything all that old, but I still recovered a few interesting items:

- The highlight is probably the class ring from 1983. I've blacked out the school name in the closeup because I'm trying to contact the owner. If I can reunite the ring with the person I'll post an update separately. It's a nice 10k ring, and my 3rd gold ring of the year!
I included a picture of all the mid-tones I had to dig in order to find this ring. Found it at an old sports field that had produced a bunch of silver coins over the last year (but none this weekend).

- I also found a Millard Fillmore token, but not one from his presidential campaign unfortunately. This token was issued by Scovill (the button manufacturer) around 1950 according to my research; I didn't find much about why Scovill issued the token though. But hey, I was reminded that President Fillmore was our 13th president!

- The one other item I'll point out is the Texas Longhorn belt buckle. I suspect that it's impossible to guess a date on that item, since the design has been used for a long time (and is still) . I included a picture of the back, which has that prong that would have gone through the belt hole.

Other than that, just modern coins (including 2 wheaties), a few less-than-noteworthy buckles and three keys (including a rather old one from the Independent Lock Company (ILCO).
OH: the thing to the left of the keys is some sort of F# musical thing - anyone know what it is from? (says F# on it, and looks like a single-note harmonica reed).

If you sense some disappointment in my post, that's fair - I dug a lot of coins and was surprised that zero silver coins turned up.
And I think I've been spoiled by the older coins I've found last year and this year.
I think it's time to research some new locations!

Anyway, thanks for looking.

- Brian

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Looks like some good outings. Nice variety of finds, and good luck on finding the owner of the Class ring.
 

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awesome finds that cleaned up very nicely, congrats. such a bummer that you had to pull gold instead of silver :)
 

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Cool haul!! Congrats!!
 

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Nice work! Great reminder that the mid tones will “ring” true if you stick with it,
 

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Hi everyone. I got out on three hunts this past weekend at three different locations. I didn't find anything all that old, but I still recovered a few interesting items:

- The highlight is probably the class ring from 1983. I've blacked out the school name in the closeup because I'm trying to contact the owner. If I can reunite the ring with the person I'll post an update separately. It's a nice 10k ring, and my 3rd gold ring of the year!
I included a picture of all the mid-tones I had to dig in order to find this ring. Found it at an old sports field that had produced a bunch of silver coins over the last year (but none this weekend).

- I also found a Millard Fillmore token, but not one from his presidential campaign unfortunately. This token was issued by Scovill (the button manufacturer) around 1950 according to my research; I didn't find much about why Scovill issued the token though. But hey, I was reminded that President Fillmore was our 13th president!

- The one other item I'll point out is the Texas Longhorn belt buckle. I suspect that it's impossible to guess a date on that item, since the design has been used for a long time (and is still) . I included a picture of the back, which has that prong that would have gone through the belt hole.

Other than that, just modern coins (including 2 wheaties), a few less-than-noteworthy buckles and three keys (including a rather old one from the Independent Lock Company (ILCO).
OH: the thing to the left of the keys is some sort of F# musical thing - anyone know what it is from? (says F# on it, and looks like a single-note harmonica reed).

If you sense some disappointment in my post, that's fair - I dug a lot of coins and was surprised that zero silver coins turned up.
And I think I've been spoiled by the older coins I've found last year and this year.
I think it's time to research some new locations!

Anyway, thanks for looking.

- Brian

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Very Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!
 

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