Token I think it's pretty cool

[moreb]

I dug this a few days ago and got it cleaned up well enough to ID it. Hard to tell in the picture though.

It is a 1905 Anna Eva Fay Token. Fay was a medium,mentalist and magician. I found the token 113 years to the week that she performed in my town in 1905.

Here's a picture of it ,one I found on the internet and a picture of my hunting partner MidMoTreasure here on the forum. We magically found some stuff in a snow storm.

 

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[bologna321]

Really cool, hello from SW MO

 

[Raider19962]

That's some hardcore detecting, in the snow!

 

[sprailroad]

That's some hardcore detecting, in the snow!

Hardcore detecting times two.

 

[Yak1366]

Cool find, congrats!!

 

[gheenoe78]

Very cool find. Travelling roadshow magicians? Pretty crazy and interesting piece of history.

 

[jeff of pa]

Truth. (Salt Lake City, Utah), 18 Jan. 1908.



https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...+Fay&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

• The Morning Tulsa daily world. (Tulsa, Okla.), 23 Nov. 1919.

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...+Fay&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

 

[jeff of pa]

1876 to 1922

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/...tance=5&rows=20&searchType=advanced&sort=date

 

[WilliamBoyd]

The Anna Eva Fay token is a neat find.

Her son John and his wife Eva were also spiritualists and issued their own similar token as "The Fays".

Anna Eva Fay Mascot Token
Bronze, 32mm, 10.33gm, irregular shape
Obverse: Sitting figure with legs crossed and three arms, MASCOT, AEF in script
Reverse: Wreath, magic letters in circle, AYX-7OD-77O

The Fays Mascot Token
Bronze, 32mm,, 6.23gm, irregular shape
Obverse: Egyptian figure in center / "THE FAYS" / MASCOT
Reverse: Egyptian hieroglyphic figures / "THE FAYS" / MASCOT

How many mother and son token combinations are there?

 

[MidMoTreasure]

It was a chilly one, that's for sure. That token was definitely the find of the day!

 

[Hawks88]

Nice find. Congrats! and welcome to tnet from Niagara Falls.

 

[Oldhead]

Snowing pretty good here atm. Was supposed to be a wintry mix, we now have 2" of snow so far. I plan to get out to my cellar hole Saturday. I had plans to go last week and half way through the day Friday I managed to come down with the flu.

 

[A2coins]

That is really cool the story that goes with it and thats a lucky token I love finding tokens I bet no one on this site will ever find one of those Well done

 

[Whyme]

Pretty cool find! Congrats!

 

[Nick79]

Cool token, thanks for the background research too. I enjoyed the read

 

[Reanm8er]

moreb that's very cool and a bit spooky!

I wonder how many times son John had to play "The Angry Spirit" LOL. Cheap parlor tricks.

Congrats and best wishes!

 

[wheatfinder13]

I found one of those over the summer. Very cool find with a good history

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find...like the extreme detecting!

 

[Patriot Relics]

Very interesting token and research...snow hunting is no joke