1926 Quarter and Captain Midnight Membership Token

[Doug Mauck]

This was a good week! The quarter (and several clad) were found at a 'hunted out' lake. I found a spot where they had scalped the turf for a new sidewalk.
The Captain Midnight membership token was found at a 'hunted out' fairgrounds. It was under a tree and less than 2" deep. It's dated 1940 and is also known as a 'Skelly Spinner' because Skelly Oil sponsored the token and it bears the Skelly logo

 

[IrishCharlieM]

Nice Token...That's a rare one.....Very limited...

 

[j.d. in the usa]

good job cool stuff!!! wtg

 

[mlw67]

Gorgeous! That quarter is in great shape.

 

[realmhunter]

Nice rare token and find!! RH

 

[BIG61AL]

REALLY COOL TOKEN AND LOVE THAT QUARTER!

 

[Southcacalaky]

Nice job on the Silver, and great looking token, Art...

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

DM,

very nice. Silver is always nice.

Real good token find.

have a good un................

 

[Pennyworth]

Cool token and beautiful quarter,congratulations!

 

[SilverDreams]

Sweet quarter..and the token is cool too!

 

[Postalrevnant]

Congratulations on the silver and the token. Thank you for showing the token its the first time I have ever seen that particular token.

Postalrevnant

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Very nice!!

 

[Mona Lisa]

That's a beautiful quarter, Doug. One of the nicest SLQs I've seen on here.

 

[groundfisher]

I'd say you had a great week with digs like that. WOW!
The Standing Liberty looks excellent.She's a beauty! The Captain Midnight token from Skelly oil is pretty cool. Keep up the great hunting out there.Best of luck to ya.

 

[Doug Mauck]

Re: 1926 Quarter -Update

A friend told me that a MD club had a 'hunt' at the lake and they hid 'good stuff' for members to find. Suddenly it became clear! I thought it was unusual to find a nearly uncirculated 1926 quarter with absolutely no tarnish at a lake that was built in 1936! The quarter was surely planted by the club's hunt organizer and not found by the members!
On the day I found the quarter, I was planting Chinese pennies anywhere I dug a hole just to get rid of the pennies and to leave something interesting for future hunters.
I suspect the club's hunt director knew that members hadn't found the 1926 quarter and went back to get it. Instead, he would have found my Chinese pennies. I'll bet he was wondering: 'Where the heck is my quarter and where did all of these Chinese coins come from?' I had gone back to find another quarter, if possible, and couldn't find any of the Chinese coins I had planted! Mystery solved....but the other guy now has a mystery.

 

[viper771]

LOL Well at least everyone has something right? Good finds

 

[Elkco]

LMAO.....THAT'S just too funny! Great story and hey, at least you got some silver and a very cool coin!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

I was thinking that is one of the nicest SLQs I have seen found dug up, I have never found one though. That Captain Midnight token is nice as well! HH, Mike

 

[kalpinro]

That is an awesome SLQ! Congrats to you!!!

 

[wwace]

what a great story, and those are beautiful finds under any circumstances