An Eagle and three Achors

[Woodland Detectors]

It was a fantastic Thanksgiving with family this week in the Great Eastern Tennessee mountains.
We had a typical southern dinner with leftovers for the entire week.
After the Holiday, I met up with a couple of friends from Treasurenet, Tenn-coinhunter, And Treasurehound. We had a great time and the weather was fantastic.
We met at the local McDonald's at 8 am and discussed our tactical day ahead of us.
We decided to search civil war skirmish site that we had been talking about the week before. We ventured out to the site and began our gridding ritual. It wasn't 10 minutes and Randy came over to show me what he had dug. A real nice trigger guard.
We all were doing pretty good and trying to focus on the faint tones that laid beneath us when I got a real nice signal. I dug at least 5inches and scanned the plug with the pistol probe and out of the plug fell a real nice Eagle button. The tokens are Anchor coal Kentucky coal tokens. All diferent denominations. It was an interesting cache. The .25 cent denomination is an R-8 on the rarity scale 1-10. I'm not sure of the other denominations however. HHHH

 

[Old River]

Nice finds. HH.....

 

[Iron Patch]

Like the button, looks like it might clean but I think I'd stay away from the harsh stuff.

 

[tymcmurray]

Sweet finds!!!!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Like the button, looks like it might clean but I think I'd stay away from the harsh stuff.

Thanks man. Yeah, It just felt fragile and the back looks to be loose so, I opted out of cleaning it.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Nice finds... I like those tokens, the button, and especially that buckle thingie!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice finds... I like those tokens, the button, and especially that buckle thingie!

Thanks Rusted. I'm not sure but, I thought it was a shoe buckle

 

[Breezie]

WOW! Nice finds! And it sounds like ya'll had fun. What is the bar thingie at the bottom with the 4 holes? Breezie

 

[X-Splenda]

nice button. that's one button i did not find yet.

 

[goldencoin]

Nice finds, love the tokens!

HH
-GC

 

[Knightwalker]

Nice lode of treasure you got there. I like finding tokens just as much as finding the silver. Good button too. I found one the other day, but mine is flat now after the plow & disc did a job on it.
Many more HH
KNightwalker

 

[Woodland Detectors]

WOW! Nice finds! And it sounds like ya'll had fun. What is the bar thingie at the bottom with the 4 holes? Breezie

I don't know Breezie. lol It's lead and has holes drilled through it...Maybe a wire separator or something.

 

[vayank54]

Nice finds... I like those tokens, the button, and especially that buckle thingie!

Thanks Rusted. I'm not sure but, I thought it was a shoe buckle

Does the buckle have solder marks on the back or does it have a small hole at the middle of each side? If it has a hole on each side then it is probably a shoe buckle but from the pic it looks to thin

 

[Breezie]

VAYank, any thoughts on the lead thingie with 4 holes? I'm wondering if it could be the cousin to my lead thingie with holes. Breezie

 

[vayank54]

VAYank, any thoughts on the lead thingie with 4 holes? I'm wondering if it could be the cousin to my lead thingie with holes. Breezie

Sorry Breezie I don't have any idea. I think I've seen something like that before but am not 100% sure. If I think of anything will let you know.

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Sounds like a Great time ! Congrats on the Finds

 

[treasurehound]

Those are some great recoveries. I had a great time hunting with Mike and can't wait until we can hunt again.

 

[allen]

Anchor Block Coal Company
Anchor
Knox Ky
1928-1933
50 employees

Anchor Dean Coal Company
Anchor
Knox Ky
1925-1928
75 employees
Thats about all I could find on Anchor coal Company.
I'll keep looking for the tokens' prices and rarity.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Heres a pic of the back of the buckle. It has the hole you mentioned and is quite heavy for it's size.
Thanks!

 

[BuckleBoy]

Your "buckle" is most certainly not a buckle. It is a brooch.


Those coal company tokens are great! I would take a good token over a coin Any Day of the Week!