Back to the fields....BIG silver, just not the kind I expected!!

[DanMI]

Hit an old school site in a bean field. The weather was SUPER!!! First couple hits were toasty wheats, then a toasty 1889 Indian. This field is not kind to copper!! Then I got what seemed to be a nice half dollar hit, but no, not a half, instead a nice 1922-23 soccer medal!! it is marked sterling. That made my hunt!! Then I got an ugly thimble and a pice of lead with coin impressions in it. Looks like 1905. A great day weather wise, and not too bad a hunt. HH all. Dan

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's the history of that League:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Soccer_League_of_Chicago
Great find!
Don......

 

[Mackaydon]

Lead thing looks like someone impressed a 190(2?) Liberty Head nickel into it.

 

[Michiganne]

Great hunt Dan. That old soccer medal is way cool.
(And I'd love to find an ugly thimble.)

Keep digging!

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's another similarly dated and marked medal we worked on exactly one year ago.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php?topic=281803.new;topicseen#new

 

[BandB1]

Cool stuff all around, and that Soccer Medal is a very nice score! Congrats!

Good luck,
HH.

 

[postalgriff]

great hunt for sure Dan! you've got some great relics, congrats on that big hunk of silver. I wonder if that was supposed to be a mold for making counterfeit liberty nickels, very cool stuff!

 

[Giant056]

Awesome finds Dan very cool Soccer medallion !!

 

[Brentallica]

Great finds Dan!!

 

[Mike from MI]

Nice relics.