✅ SOLVED Help with token

[Hoosier Digger]

Found this token/souvenir coin while detecting an old football field. I have tried to find something like it on Google, but I have had no luck. Does anyone know who put out this token? It is heavy (feels like a silver dollar) and has a reeded edge. It is bright gold in color and about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. My best guess would be that it came from a museum, but I just don't know. Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

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[rick67]

The name sums it up. Tybee Island Lighthouse and Museum in Georgia.

I think it's neat, like a Chuck E Cheese token.

Made better then the clad change of today.

 

[Hoosier Digger]

I'm assuming it is from the museum there, but it doesn't actually state the word museum. After posting this I did look up museums on Tybee Island and discovered the Tybee Island Museum is located in the light house, so I agree it is most likely from there. I wrote the museum for confirmation. It is definitely in better shape than any of the clad I dug today. It was shining like gold coming out of the hole, and for just a split second made my heart skip a beat (I didn't have my glasses on so I could not immediately read it). I'm a little embarrassed that I didn't first look up the museum BEFORE posting this. It is by far my most interesting modern day token. Thanks for your reply.

 

[GaRebel1861]

If you ever get a chance, you need to visit Tybee Island. I get over there once a year while at a conference in Savannah on River Street. There's some really good places to eat at and the metal detecting is o.k. when the tide is out during the summer.

 

[Tejaas]

Man, thanks for the memory.

Reminded me of hunting for sand dollars at Tybee, the swarms of Fiddler Crabs at Skidaway island, and exploring Fort Pulaski.

I was last there as a youngster - 1995.


~Tejaas~

 

[Hoosier Digger]

I'm rarely in Georgia, but you have me wanting to visit it. I'll have to research Tybee Island as a possible destination. As for the metal detecting, I'd love to visit anyplace with a beach. I'm landlocked here in Indiana.