1856 NS mayflower half penny token...

[K1DDO1979]

I did a bit of exploring this evening and came across some old stone walls in the woods. They didn’t lead to much but in a little clearing along the way i found a couple coins. One is toast but i can make out maybe the outline of george iii. The best find was a real deep 1856 nova scotia half penny token. I didn’t bother to clean it much. I dont know why but them and the bigger one penny tokens usually always come out of the ground in decent shape. Wish i could find more time to go out detecting since the weather is so good this year but ill have to settle for what little time i do get. Its nice that its staying light out way longer now and its officially spring today. Im way overdue for some old silver though. Thanks for looking! [emoji2][emoji106]

 

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[CRUSADER]

I guess you know that pewter finial came off the top of an 18th C tobacco box lid?

 

[Bryan6059]

I found one of those tokens a few years ago by a huge tree beside an old one room schoolhouse. dug my plug- missed! dug into side of plug angled down slightly- missed. stuck hand into newly dug cavity, BAM token fell blind into hand from side of mud....only disappointment was with my own instantaneous hope that there was a huge silver in my hand, it wasn't, but it was still pretty awesome to read that 1800's number! pretty sweet winter so far for us diggers with itches

 

[K1DDO1979]

I guess you know that pewter finial came off the top of an 18th C tobacco box lid?

No i didn’t. Thought it looked familiar though. So its a decent find?

 

[treblehunter]

I thought I was the one way overdue for old silver, nice finds.

 

[Roundness]

Nice Hunt... Congrats

 

[pepperj]

Nice score on the coppers and the tobacco jar final. (Good eye/ID Cru)

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great find on the token.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[K1DDO1979]

I thought I was the one way overdue for old silver, nice finds.

HaHa Seems theres never a shortage on large coppers around here but what makes it even worse is the last couple old silvers i did manage to get were almost unrecognizable! [emoji30][emoji2]

 

[Rookster]

Super nice find.

 

[CRUSADER]

''No i didn’t. Thought it looked familiar though. So its a decent find?''

Well it could be an old indicator, or it maybe an old heirloom, as tobacco caddies were pasted down.

 

[K1DDO1979]

''No i didn’t. Thought it looked familiar though. So its a decent find?''

Well it could be an old indicator, or it maybe an old heirloom, as tobacco caddies were pasted down.

Cool. I will have to search there again for sure! [emoji2]

 

[Yak1366]

Great Finds, Congrats!!

Do you know what the little floral piece is called, or what it was used for?

 

[K1DDO1979]

I guess you know that pewter finial came off the top of an 18th C tobacco box lid?

Great Finds, Congrats!!

Do you know what the little floral piece is called, or what it was used for?

CRUSADER knew so i put his quote above yours here for you to see the answer! [emoji106]

 

[thrifty76now]

The half penny is a great find.

 

[Yak1366]

I apologize for not reading further through the thread. As soon as I saw the piece, I went to the case I had mine stored in to compare it to yours. I had only considered it to be a decorative drawer pull or knob of some type.

This is the piece I dug in a North Georgia horse pasture that contained only civil war relics, bullets, knapsack hooks, etc.




And this link shows a similar circa 1790 lead tobacco pot...
https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/18th_century_lead_tobacco_pot_b75/as209a740

 

[K1DDO1979]

I apologize for not reading further through the thread. As soon as I saw the piece, I went to the case I had mine stored in to compare it to yours. I had only considered it to be a decorative drawer pull or knob of some type.

This is the piece I dug in a North Georgia horse pasture that contained only civil war relics, bullets, knapsack hooks, etc.

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And this link shows a similar circa 1790 lead tobacco pot...
https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/18th_century_lead_tobacco_pot_b75/as209a740

Sweet info. Thanks. Now we have twin finds and know what they are! HaHa

 

[CRUSADER]

I apologize for not reading further through the thread. As soon as I saw the piece, I went to the case I had mine stored in to compare it to yours. I had only considered it to be a decorative drawer pull or knob of some type.

This is the piece I dug in a North Georgia horse pasture that contained only civil war relics, bullets, knapsack hooks, etc.

View attachment 1567382
View attachment 1567385

And this link shows a similar circa 1790 lead tobacco pot...
https://www.antiques-atlas.com/antique/18th_century_lead_tobacco_pot_b75/as209a740

Yeap, thanks for the visual, my only point of reference was a book without it attached to the box.