Another Orphan Annie Decoder

[Admiral de Salee]

Hunting an 1890 or so farmhouse in 3 KHz Mixed Mode, I dug something that I had thought was aluminum when hunting the previous time in 15 KHz MM.
It looked like a gold-and-green medallion or 'poker chip sorta thing'. The field magnifier back at the car showed it to be a 1935 'Radio Orphan Annie Decoder Wheel'.

I've seen a couple of these on Treasurenet before, but I didn't remember their role in the Jean Shepherd memoir movie 'A Christmas Story'. Now that several people have pointed that out, I'll have to watch it again. I must've been too busy coveting the 'Leg Lamp' and missed the decoder part.

About 6000 notches below the Vermontensiums and Chain Cents I've been reading about (and astounded by) here this week, but I sure never thought I'd dig one of these up.

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Thanks to everyone for their replies. Don't seem to have found much this year, but this was fun.

Heck, I remember Ovaltine. It wasn't bad. Now Bosco.. we had a song about that (mutation of their jingle):

"I hate Bosco, it's no good for me.
Mommy put it in my milk to try and poison me.
I fooled Mommy and put it in her tea.
Now there's no more Mommy to try and poison me".

We were rotten little kids..

I was born in '50. I showed the Annie thing to my VFW Bingo podnuh Harriet, who was born in '30. Her most vivid memories of radio were listening to "Jack Armstrong, American Boy" and of trying to sneak past her great aunt--who tried to rope passing kids into listening to "Welcome, Traveler" with her.

 

[BlackX]

Congrats and welcome to the club!

(Here's mine: http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,155593.msg1129772.html#msg1129772)

They're a neat find.

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Thanks, I knew I'd seen at least one here. I wonder what year halfdime's decoder was. I did what I thought was a gentle Dawn dish soap & water & soft toothbrush cleaning, but some of the green came off. I wish I'd just rinsed the crud out, as I'm guessing maybe green with the fake gilt outer ring were the orig. colors?

And if I needed a dose of humility, re-reading my mistaken post about the value of Michellet's spectacular '44 Seated dime got me one. I wonder what that fine coin finally graded out at?