Nana40
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The last time I hunted this site was around 2005.
Ya'll remember this one?
I was learning and it was full of trash!
I must have dug a ton of stuff out of there and the only keepers that I can recall were wheats, a buffalo nickel and of course tax tokens (of which I was terribly proud of). 
Well, other sites became available and this one got put on the back burner. Several weeks ago Lisa and I rode by the owners home to seek permission to hunt there again, and permission granted. I often wondered if I had gained any knowledge along the way and this was the perfect place to find out. First find.....a wheat. Second find.....a tax token. 
Nope, nothing changed. Just kidding!....not about the finds, but I think I've learned a thing or two over the years. I've learned how to set my detector to reach those deeper targets and to listen for that ever so small bleep that I would have skipped right on over back then. And I learned to step back and take in the area.....noting where certain things are/were/might have been located....but still working on gridding an area. (read: I'm still doodling around)
I came across a small area that had a few keepers. These were from six to eight inches deep. First find turned out to be a very large button. Second find was a 1903 Barber dime and the third find was a token...now...here's the funny: Dug the token, tried to clean it off a bit to see what it had on it. My first thoughts was it could be a bus token. And then I thought, naaa....why would a bus token be out here in the country...we don't have and never have had buses out here. Well..I kept looking at it, Lisa came over and looked at it, and we decided it said, "Loaned for a measurement only". The rest of the afternoon we pondered, "A measure of what!?" Why would there be a token for a measure of ANYthing? Measurement for a corset? Measurement for curtains? Would this token cover the costs of someone coming out to the home and measuring..ohh....tiles, windows, a tailor? 
Naa...I don't think these folks could have afforded any of these type of luxuries back in the day, so why would they have a token for such things. A couple of hours later we decided to call it a day and head back to the truck. First thing we did was open a bottle of water and wash that token off. Now...here it says, "Loaned for a measurement only." Flip side says, "This token has no cash or trade value". OK..so, that makes no since. What the heck? Then it hits me. It doesn't say "A MEASUREMENT"...it says "AMUSEMENT"! Yes, this token was good for OUR amusement! We laughed all the way home at our mistake. 
I've since used the search engine here and find that Ivan has posted some great information that I think may apply to this token. THANKS, Ivan!
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,154573.0.html
And, after cleaning the button, I found that it had an eagle on it. I knew by the great seal on the top that it could date from WWI till.... But with it having a makers mark and another Tnet search, I found a post that BigCy had made helped me to identify the time frame for it. THANKS, BigCy!
Ends up being WWI....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,212590.0.html
One thing that I don't know what is, is this round what's it with the little hole in the middle....could be nothing...probably is nothing just thought I'd make sure.
Today we went back and hunted for a bit. Only one keeper. It's an Injun and I haven't cleaned it yet, but Lisa says it looks like a 1903. This one is going to take a while to clean.![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
This afternoon we headed out to a different pasture to find a long gone house site. Looking at the old maps, this homesite wasn't here for very long. We were hoping it hadn't been taken in by a pond that had been dug. We came across an iron patch, but weren't convinced that this was the right spot. I headed on up to the pond and the first thing I saw was this...
Didn't find anything else. No iron, nothing. So I headed back down and we stayed close to the iron area. Before ya know it, Miss Terri had found her first Indian cent!
I was so proud for her! Really made her day.
We didn't have a lot of time to spend here, but somewhere in time, we'll want to go back to for sure. I found the lock there and the horse tack. I'm hoping this wasn't the barn and the house was where the pond is. :P
I hope everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving week! Find somethin' good!
Nana
Ya'll remember this one?
I was learning and it was full of trash!
I must have dug a ton of stuff out of there and the only keepers that I can recall were wheats, a buffalo nickel and of course tax tokens (of which I was terribly proud of). Well, other sites became available and this one got put on the back burner. Several weeks ago Lisa and I rode by the owners home to seek permission to hunt there again, and permission granted. I often wondered if I had gained any knowledge along the way and this was the perfect place to find out. First find.....a wheat. Second find.....a tax token. Nope, nothing changed. Just kidding!....not about the finds, but I think I've learned a thing or two over the years. I've learned how to set my detector to reach those deeper targets and to listen for that ever so small bleep that I would have skipped right on over back then. And I learned to step back and take in the area.....noting where certain things are/were/might have been located....but still working on gridding an area. (read: I'm still doodling around) I came across a small area that had a few keepers. These were from six to eight inches deep. First find turned out to be a very large button. Second find was a 1903 Barber dime and the third find was a token...now...here's the funny: Dug the token, tried to clean it off a bit to see what it had on it. My first thoughts was it could be a bus token. And then I thought, naaa....why would a bus token be out here in the country...we don't have and never have had buses out here.
Well..I kept looking at it, Lisa came over and looked at it, and we decided it said, "Loaned for a measurement only". The rest of the afternoon we pondered, "A measure of what!?" Why would there be a token for a measure of ANYthing? Measurement for a corset? Measurement for curtains? Would this token cover the costs of someone coming out to the home and measuring..ohh....tiles, windows, a tailor? Naa...I don't think these folks could have afforded any of these type of luxuries back in the day, so why would they have a token for such things. A couple of hours later we decided to call it a day and head back to the truck. First thing we did was open a bottle of water and wash that token off. Now...here it says, "Loaned for a measurement only." Flip side says, "This token has no cash or trade value". OK..so, that makes no since. What the heck? Then it hits me. It doesn't say "A MEASUREMENT"...it says "AMUSEMENT"! Yes, this token was good for OUR amusement! We laughed all the way home at our mistake.
I've since used the search engine here and find that Ivan has posted some great information that I think may apply to this token. THANKS, Ivan!
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,154573.0.html
And, after cleaning the button, I found that it had an eagle on it. I knew by the great seal on the top that it could date from WWI till.... But with it having a makers mark and another Tnet search, I found a post that BigCy had made helped me to identify the time frame for it. THANKS, BigCy!
Ends up being WWI....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,212590.0.html
One thing that I don't know what is, is this round what's it with the little hole in the middle....could be nothing...probably is nothing just thought I'd make sure.
Today we went back and hunted for a bit. Only one keeper. It's an Injun and I haven't cleaned it yet, but Lisa says it looks like a 1903. This one is going to take a while to clean.
This afternoon we headed out to a different pasture to find a long gone house site. Looking at the old maps, this homesite wasn't here for very long. We were hoping it hadn't been taken in by a pond that had been dug. We came across an iron patch, but weren't convinced that this was the right spot. I headed on up to the pond and the first thing I saw was this...
Didn't find anything else. No iron, nothing. So I headed back down and we stayed close to the iron area. Before ya know it, Miss Terri had found her first Indian cent!
I was so proud for her! Really made her day.
We didn't have a lot of time to spend here, but somewhere in time, we'll want to go back to for sure. I found the lock there and the horse tack. I'm hoping this wasn't the barn and the house was where the pond is. :P
I hope everyone has a GREAT Thanksgiving week! Find somethin' good!
Nana
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Some nice finds there. I would love to score another Barber soon. 
That iron lock is pretty nice and would clean up well with electrolysis, I bet.
