Back to the candy store

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

I haven’t had time to explore some of the spots I have researched lately (usually requires a 4 hr window) so I hit a nearby spot that has produced a bunch of early 1900’s items from some local Pittsburgh candy stores, but the site dates back to the late 1700’s. (The real old stuff must be deep.)

Here is the roundness.




First saw medallion this year, Button was ID’d as WW1 era USMC. Merc is silver coin 30 FTY, ratio to wheats is 30:145.



Spoons... my detector loves em. The ornate one looks like a candy scoop that came from this site and the big plain spoon is from “White Tower”. I have been to a White Castle burger joint, but did not know there was a competitor called White Tower in the early to mid 1900’s.

Here is the rest of the stuff.

The item in the upper right is the left arm of Jesus, I believe. The silver item looks to be part of a mechanical pencil.

Good luck out there!

 

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[Steve in PA]

Nice marine button Thad.

 

[JerV3]

Nice finds still.

I would still like to get together with you guys for a weekend hunt somewhere.

I am more than happy to trudge some woods and help locate some sites.

Best weather is finally approaching.

Good luck

Jer

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[GaRebel1861]

Here's what I found on White Tower. I've never heard of them either - White Castle, which in 1921 became the nation's first fast-food hamburger chain, introduced such innovations as the steam-cooked square, the onion-laden hamburger, the industrial-strength spatula and a distinctive gleaming white exterior. They all worked so well that when Milwaukee dance hall operator John E. Saxe and his son Thomas decided to launch a competing chain in Milwaukee five years later, they slavishly copied White Castle, down to the fake turrets on their restaurants, and adopted the sound-alike name White Tower. They even copied White Castle's "Buy 'em by the sack" advertising slogan, with "Take Home a Bagful." By the early 1930s, there were more than 120 White Towers in cities ranging from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C. White Castle responded with lawsuits, which White Tower eventually settled by agreeing to pay $82,000 and change its architecture from fake medieval to an updated Art Deco look [source: Hogan]. White Tower grew to 230 restaurants at its peak in the 1950s, but then gradually faded away, as customers moved away from its locations in declining urban areas. The last surviving White Tower franchise in Toledo shut down in 2004

 

[washingtonian]

Way to go man! That's a great variety of old digs. Keep that good stuff coming!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice marine button Thad.

Thx Steve! That is my favorite item from this hunt, not super old but I love the design and condition.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice finds still.

I would still like to get together with you guys for a weekend hunt somewhere.

I am more than happy to trudge some woods and help locate some sites.

Best weather is finally approaching.

Good luck

Jer

Thx Jer! My weekend business travel comes to an end in November. I want to check out some new sites to see if any are group hunt worthy...that gives you 4 weeks to hit your 100 silvers FTY, then join us in the woods for mud and relics!

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Here's what I found on White Tower. I've never heard of them either - White Castle, which in 1921 became the nation's first fast-food hamburger chain, introduced such innovations as the steam-cooked square, the onion-laden hamburger, the industrial-strength spatula and a distinctive gleaming white exterior. They all worked so well that when Milwaukee dance hall operator John E. Saxe and his son Thomas decided to launch a competing chain in Milwaukee five years later, they slavishly copied White Castle, down to the fake turrets on their restaurants, and adopted the sound-alike name White Tower. They even copied White Castle's "Buy 'em by the sack" advertising slogan, with "Take Home a Bagful." By the early 1930s, there were more than 120 White Towers in cities ranging from Minneapolis to Washington, D.C. White Castle responded with lawsuits, which White Tower eventually settled by agreeing to pay $82,000 and change its architecture from fake medieval to an updated Art Deco look [source: Hogan]. White Tower grew to 230 restaurants at its peak in the 1950s, but then gradually faded away, as customers moved away from its locations in declining urban areas. The last surviving White Tower franchise in Toledo shut down in 2004

I can’t believe they were able to copy them so blatantly, but I bet McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy’s have had their battles.

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Way to go man! That's a great variety of old digs. Keep that good stuff coming!

Thx! The heavy foliage is dying down, time to replenish the productive sites list.

 

[Rookster]

Very nice assortment of finds. Congratulations

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[HighVDI]

Nice digs as usual, Thad!

 

[Argentium]

Good finds ! I'd take that stuff all day ,every day !

 

[A2coins]

That's alot of sweets l. Great finds sounds like a really cool hunting spot

 

[islamoradamark]

OUTSTANDING

 

[Inspector]

Good hunt, looks like a nice spot, that's a nice marine button, congrats on all & HH

 

[blugotti1]

dem some great digs man!!

 

[diggingthe1]

Looks like a great place to hunt! I'm glad your research paid off!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great relics. I like those coins and buttons.