Beautiful 1872 Indian!!!...CW Buckle..Coins & Tokens

[Nooberz]

This a collage of the last two days of hunting. Yesterday I hit a site I knew wasn't very old but I had permission for it since the farmer had other sites on his land. It was in corn and it had a ton of iron and I wasn't gonna stay for very long. I got the 1903 Indian and a couple of late 1800s merchant tokens. Neither was in the Ohio Token book but they were pretty neat finds no doubt. Later in the day I hit a couple of other sites that looked promising but only snagged 3 indians, the 1864 fatty, 1863 and the 1882.


Today was AWESOME! I got to a site that had a house on the 1856 map but gone by 1880. The farmer heard through the years that the house was moved off there and across the street (still standing today). Well I found the site and I started hitting flat buttons right off the bat. One ended up being a real sweet political button with E PLURIBUS UNUM on the back with the word "AMERICAN" around the shank. I also ended up finding the 1863 CW patriotic token sometime within the first 10 minutes of being there. Next came some coins. The first coin I got was the 1865 Indian "I believe", then came the most valuable find of my career. A sweet full liberty 1872 Indian. I couldn't believe it. The 1860 fatty, and 1852 LC came a little while later followed by the heartbreak of the day. A sweet CW buckle broke in half just like my other one. Hopefully I can have better luck finding the other half of this one.

I'm now down to 5 Indians for my dug set. The 1860 and 1872 were new additions

1869, 1877, 1886, 1908s, 1909s

 

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[Gridwalker306]

Nice finds, love the 1872 IH!!

 

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[mack0238]

The patina on the Indian Head's is very cool.... The '72 is a hell of a find !!!! SWEEEEET That is an excellent site you have there... the best part about it, is that no one had tinfoil, or pulltabs... and many other non-ferrous junk between those map dates. Hopefully Iron is your only foe at that site! The CW token is sweet. I have found 1 in my life so far, and I had no frigg'n idea what it was... until I learned about them. Exciting finds!!!!!

 

[ArDirtSlinger]

Great Finds!! Congrats!! I wish the dirt in Arkansas was as kind to Copper/ Brass/ Bronze as Ohio's

 

[Steve in PA]

Great finds, love that bar token and the story behind it.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Anyone else notice this post was from 2013?

 

[DonDigger]

HI, I have a friend who would like to talk to you about the JNO. F SHIVELY token. The name on the Token is his Great Grand Father. Please get a hold of me
at 419-555-5555, I go by the name of Ringfinder and live north of Lima.

Ringfinder, the original posters profile shows that he hasn't been on TN for a few months. Best to leave a PM for him so when he does return he will see that he has a message waiting and can reply. This thread will most likely be buried again when he does return. Also, leave phone numbers in the PM, and edit you phone number out of this thread. Just good Internet security practices.

Don

 

[Evolution]

Looks like you have a nice spot to hunt. The farm fields are so much easier to hunt than the overgrown woods foundation sites. I got lucky last year and found a nice 1872 IH as well. (also in a farm field) Excellent finds and keep hitting that site.

 

[sutphin]

SHADOW BOX TIME OR RIKER BOX TIME!!!!!VANZUTPHEN

 

[park pirate]

Key date 1872 IH and in beautiful condition congrats...

 

[Nooberz]

HI, I have a friend who would like to talk to you about the JNO. F SHIVELY token. The name on the Token is his Great Grand Father. Please get a hold of me
at 419-234-2124 I go by the name of Ringfinder and live north of Lima.

I will contact you ASAP. Got lucky I happened to see my post was resurrected for this.

 

[ringfinder]

Thank You Don, I will remove my phone number, oh the fellow got ahold of my friend, but didn't even have the curtsey to contact me at all, guess the buck stops here! Thanks Again for the heads up!

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

That's a solid hunt...I found a 1872 IH before...slabbed....in a coin shop...for 400 bucks.... Great job!

 

[BuckleBoy]

LOVE the tokens, CW token, LC, Indians, and of course--the plate! Be on the lookout for the other half. Find it and you can have it professionally restored!

Cheers,

Buck

 

[Bass]

That's a great group of finds. That's definitely a location where you need to dig everything