A FIVE TOKEN DAY!

curbdiggercarl57

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Between my DFX's 6x9 coil crapping out, both sets of my good headphones being sent to Koss for repair, and The Dark One just plain kicking my butt detecting-wise, life's seen better days. We've been traveling hundreds of miles to ghost towns and mining camps, where in a total of five trips, I've managed to dig one Indian Head cent. One. He, on the other hand, manages to dig up Seated, key-date V-Nickels, and some of the prettiest Shield nickels that I've ever seen dug.

I've not been in a good mood lately.

So with one day remaining before my work week starts, I decided to do the old tried and true method of my madness, filling the car with gas, and driving endlessly up and down the streets of Denver. Hitting an area that I rarely drive through, I found a street of houses built in the 1920's, with one torn down. Normally I look for at turn of the century buildings, but being desperate for anything, I gave it a go.

These are the results.

They are from Washington Park, one of the older parks. Built in 1899, and Smith Lake, where most of the swimming was centered, opened in 1911. They are uni-faced, token planchets, and say "Washington Park, Bathing Suit".
Stuart's Colorado token book does list these, but at the time of his writing, only one was known to exist. Yeah!
The Wheaties are 1918, 1923, and the Indian is an 1890.
The tooth was a added bonus.
Carl
 

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:o :o wow.. Looks like the tables turned today.. p.s. tell The Dark One to post his finds
 

umrgolf2010 said:
:o :o wow.. Looks like the tables turned today.. p.s. tell the Dark one to post his finds

If he can.
Of course, after threatening me with bad, horrible things, I told him where I dug these.
He just called to say he dug one, so now there are seven known.
He then laughed, and hung up.
Carl
 

Rogerm069 said:
Love tokens WTG!
That is how to sink your teeth into it, lol


Tokens are the God's tears of joy raining down on us.
I have a much better work attitude when they are dug.
The cats get fed.
Carl
 

CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
umrgolf2010 said:
:o :o wow.. Looks like the tables turned today.. p.s. tell the Dark one to post his finds

If he can.
Of course, after threatening me with bad, horrible things, I told him where I dug these.
He just called to say he dug one, so now there are seven known.
He then laughed, and hung up.
Carl

Very plehbahesque
 

umrgolf2010 said:
CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
umrgolf2010 said:
:o :o wow.. Looks like the tables turned today.. p.s. tell the Dark one to post his finds

If he can.
Of course, after threatening me with bad, horrible things, I told him where I dug these.
He just called to say he dug one, so now there are seven known.
He then laughed, and hung up.
Carl

Very plehbahesque

Que?
 

CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
umrgolf2010 said:
CurbdiggerCarl57 said:
umrgolf2010 said:
:o :o wow.. Looks like the tables turned today.. p.s. tell the Dark one to post his finds

If he can.
Of course, after threatening me with bad, horrible things, I told him where I dug these.
He just called to say he dug one, so now there are seven known.
He then laughed, and hung up.
Carl

Very plehbahesque

Que?

:laughing7: sounds like plehbah
 

I will be sweating in my sleep tonight thinking about all the unlisted tokens still sleeping underground in the American West.

I think your tooth is the prize find--in fact, a Banner find. We've never had a tooth on the banner before. ;D
 

BuckleBoy said:
I will be sweating in my sleep tonight thinking about all the unlisted tokens still sleeping underground in the American West.

I think your tooth is the prize find--in fact, a Banner find. We've never had a tooth on the banner before. ;D

Thank you all, it's only my second tooth found while detecting, the first was up in Leadville.
The Dark One managed a second token, two of which have matching numbers. Thinking the original owner of the house worked for Washington park.
Or was a thief.
Or both.
Carl
 

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