Almost threw it away.....

[dale3fan28]

Thanks goes out to Bill Ladd of Dig Fellas for helping me identify this item. I found it this morning in an old vacant lot downtown. I almost threw it away as junk, but decided to keep it and clean er up just to see. It's an old Coca-Cola ad printing plate as all the writing is backwards.... This is my coolest find.... Yesterday I nailed a 1941 Merc Dime..... So whats next? I love this hobby.....

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Why would you ever want to throw that away?

 

[dale3fan28]

I didn't know what it was, i thought it was just a flat piece of metal, i decided to wash it off and voila

 

[JJohnson]

Good save...

 

[luvsdux]

That's a good part of the appeal in this hobby. You just never know what you'll find. Nice one.
luvsdux

 

[Jason in Enid]

One of the primary rules of detecting is that you don't throw ANYTHING away until you know 100% what it is.

 

[65chevy]

That's a great find!! Makes me wonder if I've thrown anything good away. Great job that's a good display piece.
Go Hogs

GOD BLESS!!!

 

[Ima Swinger]

Hey dale, "almost" isn't throwing it away.
So you did good man. Excellent find.
Glad you cleaned it up. )

 

[surf]

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[dale3fan28]

So this plate is from 1947?

 

[dale3fan28]

That's a great find!! Makes me wonder if I've thrown anything good away. Great job that's a good display piece. Go Hogs GOD BLESS!!!

As in Arkansas? Pulling for ya'll this weekend.....but......it's going to be tough....
Geaux Tigers! ........

 

[65chevy]

Can we have a few players for Saturday. LOL.

 

[surf]

So this plate is from 1947?

 

[Alan Applegate]

Coca Cola

Interesting. The photo is of a token I found a couple of years ago. The one I have is just to dark to photograph without cleaning it up, which I don't want to do. So the photo is from one just like it selling on ebay. It's from 1936, the 50th anniversary of Coca Cola. I did contact Coke's HQ to find out about it, and they denied they ever distributed a token. I checked with the local bottler, and he was right down rude! After a little research, I came up with the story behind it, but that fact didn't make it more valuable. Seems Coke gave away about 50 thousand of them!