this afternoon at the 1851 homestead

[Diggincoinz]

Not much for coins, only a 1940 wheatie. But I got a nice old padlock, a "heads I win, tails you lose" token, a piece of iron that looks like it goes to an old stove, and a whatzit.
I've never seen this before, looks like a calender coin. It's the size of the silver dollar but a little thinker than a quarter, I can make out " according to act of congress 1853" and there's lettering on the edge that I can't make out completely. I tried googling it, found nothing. I am posting it in the What Is It forum.

Thanks for looking!
Chris

 

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[JakePhelps]

Great finds!! Any marks on the lock?

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool finds,

hh

lonewolfe

 

[jopher]

Excellent finds Chris....Im anxious to find out what your coin is....JO

 

[Diggincoinz]

Great finds!! Any marks on the lock?

Oh yeah... "CLIMAX", seriously folks, it does say that! On the other side there's a little emblem that reads "Miller". Nothing else on it.

 

[SugarSand]

Neat old finds! I did some quick searching on your token, maybe it's due to a coinage act from 1853

The absence of small silver had brought into existence tokens, tickets, checks, and substitutes of every description, issued by merchants and shopkeepers;

from http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/Laughlin/lghHBM6.html

Other searches will tell about the act itself...

Again, really nice finds!!!

 

[JakePhelps]

Heres a lock like yours: http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-CLIMAX-LOCK...oryZ3557QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

its old

 

[HEADHUNTER]

Really neat finds.....Really like the lock....
Great job.

Headhunter

 

[DugHoles]

A neat variety of finds there. Nice job

GL & HH,

DugHoles

 

[comfyinvermont]

Great finds Diggin, I would love to find one of those calendar coins. I here they are quite collectable. Congrats...Lance

 

[Leon]

Great digs, WTG!!!
Love the old lock, & the calender token, very cool...
Where's the pic of the : Heads I win, Tails you loose" token, or is it one of those (XXX) versions, not suitable for posting here on the forum. Good luck & happy hunting~