1862 token

[novafinder]

found this thanks to a feller who told me to dig the iffy signals (most of the time its nails) and it worked out, THANKS RICK! thought i was digging a bullet and out came a samaritan token from a hardware store? it says dealers hardware grand rapids mich. its my first token and im happy with it. any info anyone has about it would be great
thanks for looking and thanks again rick

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool

 

[steelheadwill]

Really nice find!
Some of these tokens are the only specimens known....
I was able to find one last year, an "Ida Gulick 5C"
From a Spanish War prisoners store.
Congrats & HH to you!

 

[nova treasure]

your token should read:
Goodrich & Gay
Dealers in Hardware
Iron,steel/nails&Glass
Grand Rapids Michigan
added: Here is a link to a 1863 token like yours. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1863-Goodrich-Gay-Grand-Rapids-Mich-Civil-War-Token-/330590060454

Nice find, Bill

 

[AGBlex]

nova got that one right. its a really nice one for sure

 

[novafinder]

thanks everyone i would have never found it if not for advice from someone with more time in the field.found a 1865 indian in the same spot last weekend starting to think that americans spent some time in this spot or something

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Old, and different.
A nice addition to your finds collection.

 

[novafinder]

canadian tire money of the day lol. its only a little bigger than a modern penny its along way from home

 

[jgas]

I love finding tokens, more than coins in most cases. Thats a nice one! Congrats jgas

 

[HuntNdig]

i would love to find anything with 18 as the first two digits! Congrats!

 

[CoilFisher]

found this thanks to a feller who told me to dig the iffy signals (

Iffy in meaning faint/real deep??

How deep was it?

 

[novafinder]

nope not deep at all "iffy" meaning that it was jumping from nickel to dime range, reading like rusted junk not sure what its made of probably nickel. and we have alot of hot rocks here too that make some signals wacky with my cheap machine