One lonely token and a riderless horse

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Today I decided to investigate a potential site next to the site I detected last weekend. Unfortunately, I quickly discovered when there were few signals to be found, that I site I was in search of was located 100' away on private property. They had a cheap security set-up too, closed gates on the drive and a Beware of Dog sign posted in the front window. So I headed back again to the site next door and almost immediately found another 1812 'Tiffin' Lower Canada Halfpenny. After about 2hours of digging iron trash and the occasional non-ferrous target like the winter horseshoe, I found the lead riderless horse. I love finding children's toys, there's something so very personal about finding these little treasures from the past.

Here's a picture of our fierce little guard dog... be careful or she'll lick you to death.

Thanks very much for looking,
Dave

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice finds!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congrats on the nice finds!

Thanks very much Professor.

 

[RVRoamer73]

Looks to be a nice area to hunt.
You did well with quite a number of cool finds. Nice post and pics.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Looks to be a nice area to hunt.
You did well with quite a number of cool finds. Nice post and pics.

Thanks for your post Patriot, as always I appreciate your support!

Best of luck to you,
Dave

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice finds. I like that token.

 

[xcopperstax]

You've done it again! Congrats on the 1812 token! Very nice!

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice token, I wouldn't mind finding one of those.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Nice finds. I like that token.

Thanks very much for your post Trezurehunter.

You've done it again! Congrats on the 1812 token! Very nice!

Thanks buddy, this site has produced at least 5 coins and a half dozen buttons.
Not too shabby for a site that was detected prior to my finding it.
Dave

Nice token, I wouldn't mind finding one of those.

Thank you Steve.
Myself, I've only ever dug one US Large Cent, but I'd love to find another some day.

Hope you're having a great fall in PA,
Dave

 

[jimzz977]

Very cool find, congrats. I like that coin

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Really cool 200 year old token! Congrats

 

[dirtlooter]

wonderful finds, some awesome history found and a once cherished toy now cherished by you, sweet!

 

[Aureus]

Both the lead horse and the token are great. Congratulations!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Nice group of saves and that is one dang fine looking dawg

 

[Wildcat1750]

Some more great finds and your very own guard dog to protect your collection!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very cool find, congrats. I like that coin

Thanks very much Jim.

Really cool 200 year old token! Congrats

Thanks buddy. I wish it was from 1812, more likely from 1837.

1812 Lower Canada, Tiffen Halfpenny Token
"Nowhere in British North America did the private copper tokens issued by merchants and others have a more fascinating evolutionary history than in Lower Canada - now Quebec. In the 1820s and 1830s, trade in Montreal, the colony's commercial centre, created a strong demand for coinage. As coins were often in short supply, privately produced tokens filled the void. Tokens were not legal tender and their circulation was against the law. However, this was little deterrent at a time when legal coins were scarce. The first private coppers were heavy pieces, about the same weight as the penny and halfpenny coins they supplemented.

However, by the 1830s the tokens were barely half the weight of the official coins and, at times, were so numerous that people would no longer accept them. Various tricks were therefore resorted to in order to make their circulation possible. One interesting approach was to copy the designs of tokens that had previously been of heavy weight and had enjoyed wide circulation. In 1832 a Montreal grocer named Tiffin issued copper halfpenny tokens. They bore the date 1812 and were imitations of much heavier pieces produced twenty years earlier. The obverse carried a bust of King George III surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves and acorns and the figure of a seated woman representing Commerce was the design on the reverse. The success of Tiffin's venture seems to have encouraged the production, in 1837, of another series of tokens of the "Bust and Commerce" design which were also dated 1812. In the latter case, however, the pieces were crudely engraved and were struck in brass, a less expensive metal than pure copper."

wonderful finds, some awesome history found and a once cherished toy now cherished by you, sweet!

Thanks for your post dirtlooter.
I wouldn't go as far as to say "cherished", but it has been relegated to a place of honor in my finds junk drawer.
Dave

Both the lead horse and the token are great. Congratulations!

Thanks very much Anton!
Dave

Nice group of saves and that is one dang fine looking dawg

Thank you for your post BLK HOLE.
Funny how much better the horse looked coming out of the ground compared to now that it's all cleaned up.

Best of luck to you in N.VA,
Dave

Some more great finds and your very own guard dog to protect your collection!

Thanks very much Nick.
Oh she's far from being our guard dog, but she does enjoy barking at squirrels, seagulls, clouds, leaves and the occasional bunny rabbit!

I like to tell her... "no unnecessary barking when Daddy's not at home."

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Great token, details are very nice. Cool horse as well!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

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Thanks very much Nick.
Oh she's far from being our guard dog, but she does enjoy barking at squirrels, seagulls, clouds, leaves and the occasional bunny rabbit!

I like to tell her... "no unnecessary barking when Daddy's not at home."

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great token, details are very nice. Cool horse as well!!

Thanks very much Bob.
I have a very short time window in the spring and fall to detect this large site, so anything found amongst all the iron here I'm grateful for.
Dave

Every morning Nick I get up at 4:30am, I make a coffee and log into Tnet before I leave for work.
We have a big easy chair next to a picture window behind me... she's usually snoring here within 15mins.

This has been her favourite spot for the past 11 years.
Dave

 

[montcalm]

Nice finds Dave little horse and the Tiffin token, many variety of this one. I think i never found the real one mostly copy .