Hello Tnet Friends! 
Decided to knock off work a bit early today to try and get in a couple of hours of hunting. I knew I wouldn't be doing any hunting this weekend as my wife wants me to sand and re-stain to back deck!
Thought I'd head to an old school in my area that I knew was built in the late 19th century. When I got there I found the playground area surrounded by an orange construction fence . . . as if that was going to stop me! 
All the equipment had been removed, as well as, about 6" of topsoil. Now I knew this playground wasn't that old, but I still held out hope of finding a few keepers! 
After a two hour, I ended up finding about $4 in modern pocket change, a 1944 CDN Penny and a very cool button.
Does anybody have any idea of the age or origin of this button? 
There was quite a bit of US pocket change here too!
Love the look of the 2011 US Quarter I found! 
Thanks for looking and happy hunting everyone!
Dave
History - Thornton School
Located halfway between Whitby and Oshawa, the school and surrounding community was named for Dr. Robert Hill Thornton. Dr. Thornton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1806. He was ordained minister and sent to preach in Canada in 1833. Rev. Thornton was well known as a missionary from Toronto to Cobourg. When he agreed to serve as minister to the Scottish settlers in East Whitby, he became the first Presbyterian minister in the area. Robert H. Thornton was 63 years old at the time of an 1871 census. He and his wife Margaret had three children: Margaret, Josephine and Ebenezer. On December 20, 1880, the trustees of Whitby School Section No. 5 obtained ownership of a one acre parcel on which this school was built.
The school at Thornton’s corners was originally one large room with a smaller room at the rear. Mr. Sowerby was the first teacher of Union School #5. The original blackboards were wooden, the first desks double, the floor rough wood. The building was heated by woodstove, which according to local legend was also used to bake potatoes for the student’s lunches. In 1901, a partition was added to divide the main space and a furnace was installed in the south room. In the 1920’s, the cellar was excavated and the furnace moved.
The school building was not comfortable for the students. School Inspector R. A. Hutchinson wrote in 1928, “There is no ventilation provided for the school and with all the windows closed, the air in the room becomes very bad. Canvas screens for two windows would help”. Two years later came another complaint. “The old toilets are dirty and filled with snow. They are unfit for use and better conditions must be provided. The only way to remedy the many defects of your school is to build a new one…”. While the building may not have earned high marks in the school inspector’s eyes, the teachers did. Annual reports were filled with praise for the teacher and her pupils.
During its school days, Thornton School was the focus for community activities. Young and old enjoyed the plays, euchre parties, box socials, hay and sleigh rides, square dances, and strawberry socials. In 1954, Thornton School closed. Designated the Thornton Community Center in 1956, and later the Thornton-Dundee Community Center, the building continues to serve the community.
Decided to knock off work a bit early today to try and get in a couple of hours of hunting. I knew I wouldn't be doing any hunting this weekend as my wife wants me to sand and re-stain to back deck!
Thought I'd head to an old school in my area that I knew was built in the late 19th century. When I got there I found the playground area surrounded by an orange construction fence . . . as if that was going to stop me! All the equipment had been removed, as well as, about 6" of topsoil. Now I knew this playground wasn't that old, but I still held out hope of finding a few keepers! After a two hour, I ended up finding about $4 in modern pocket change, a 1944 CDN Penny and a very cool button.
Does anybody have any idea of the age or origin of this button? There was quite a bit of US pocket change here too!
Love the look of the 2011 US Quarter I found! Thanks for looking and happy hunting everyone!
Dave
History - Thornton School
Located halfway between Whitby and Oshawa, the school and surrounding community was named for Dr. Robert Hill Thornton. Dr. Thornton was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1806. He was ordained minister and sent to preach in Canada in 1833. Rev. Thornton was well known as a missionary from Toronto to Cobourg. When he agreed to serve as minister to the Scottish settlers in East Whitby, he became the first Presbyterian minister in the area. Robert H. Thornton was 63 years old at the time of an 1871 census. He and his wife Margaret had three children: Margaret, Josephine and Ebenezer. On December 20, 1880, the trustees of Whitby School Section No. 5 obtained ownership of a one acre parcel on which this school was built.
The school at Thornton’s corners was originally one large room with a smaller room at the rear. Mr. Sowerby was the first teacher of Union School #5. The original blackboards were wooden, the first desks double, the floor rough wood. The building was heated by woodstove, which according to local legend was also used to bake potatoes for the student’s lunches. In 1901, a partition was added to divide the main space and a furnace was installed in the south room. In the 1920’s, the cellar was excavated and the furnace moved.
The school building was not comfortable for the students. School Inspector R. A. Hutchinson wrote in 1928, “There is no ventilation provided for the school and with all the windows closed, the air in the room becomes very bad. Canvas screens for two windows would help”. Two years later came another complaint. “The old toilets are dirty and filled with snow. They are unfit for use and better conditions must be provided. The only way to remedy the many defects of your school is to build a new one…”. While the building may not have earned high marks in the school inspector’s eyes, the teachers did. Annual reports were filled with praise for the teacher and her pupils.
During its school days, Thornton School was the focus for community activities. Young and old enjoyed the plays, euchre parties, box socials, hay and sleigh rides, square dances, and strawberry socials. In 1954, Thornton School closed. Designated the Thornton Community Center in 1956, and later the Thornton-Dundee Community Center, the building continues to serve the community.
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... the buttons of this kind in my country lead a crown over the anchor, but as Canada is a Republic, who knows..... those pics of your city seems to be in old Europe. 
