1891 Pittsburg (token) womans belt plate w/Pic

The Seeker

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? ? ?With the weather here in New York in the upper 50's ,Jeff and I decided to go to an area that we found on an old map that has 2 old cellar holes along a creek and about a quarter of a mile off the road. So after a long search on one side of the creek we had no luck ,something was wrong .We were right the 2 foundations were on the wrong side of the creek ,Yes the map was wrong . Double checking the map and we were correct who ever made it made a mistake.? so walking back on the other side we found the first of the two old foundations.? We found some nice pieces including a civil war artillery cuff button, and some buckles and nice relics. since it was starting to get late we seen a snow mobile trail and walking back on it we found the other cellar hole. We started detecting that one and found the nice 1891 Pittsburg token. But with time running out we decided to leave and we knew we had to come back here in the future ..One thing I learned is that not all maps are correct. being made in the 1850 's someone made a mistake......Enjoy the finds!!!!!? ? Seeker
 

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civilman1

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Sweet find's seeker....alway's got something cool to post,keep it up....HH!!
 

Burdie

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Great job seeker!!! That token is cool. What is the size of the token? I couldn't tell. HH Burdie
 

Mirage

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Cool stuff. 8) Sounds like out of a movie...map wrong but find the treasure anyway. :D Keep looking. Sounds like there is more.

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JerV3

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Nice finds Seeker. I live in pittsburgh and have found alot of similar tokens like that. I am pretty sure market st is in downtown pittsburgh. The building looks really familar. I don't think they are in buisness anymore. This was a thriving area in those times. Alot of coins lost around here from the late 1800's and early 1900's. Alot of 1700's history here also. The battle of braddock and the fort at the 3 rivers. I love this area for treasure hunting. Looks like you guys were onto a good spot. You never know at these places when your gonna hit that one good coin.

HH Jer
 

birdman

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I hope you marked that spot! Great stuff. I like the token.HH :)
 

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Hey Seeker, I love that token. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. Very cool. GO STEELERS!!!!!!
 

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Seeker, nice job on the research and the hunt for the cellarholes. I think finding the cellarholes is as much fun as detecting them. When you have those old maps, the distances are so vague. I've tried overlaying an old map over a USGS survey map and using the Latitude and Longitude coordinates and then using a GPS. Not a good method for these old maps. I was off by almost 3/4 of a mile.

Nice relics as usual, Seek.
 

pgill

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Just love the building on that token, looks so delicately designed. Are you sure you guys followed the road from the right direction? ::) ;D

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Gypsy Heart

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As usual...excellent finds....I love that Belt plate...looks To be in the Egyptian style that was quite popular back then..The more you guys post,...the more I wish I could just follow you around for a week!. :)
 

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The Seeker

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pgill said:
Just love the building on that token, looks so delicately designed. Are you sure you guys followed the road from the right direction?? ::)? ;D

Peter
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Hey Peter...How are you? Yes to answer your question...we double checked the map and the marks on the map were indeed on the wrong side of the creek along with the names of the owners at that time... I use maps for most of my research and it's not like rocket science in reading them....lol The Seeker
 

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There's no doubt...great finds all the way.

That token is extra nice and even with the hole should fetch a good price.

Very nice.
 

Pennyworth

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Super token and belt buckle. Persistence pays off,glad you finally found the cellar holes.
 

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Great Finds, I love to relic hunt. HH, ringfinde4
 

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