BIG SURPRISE TODAY

[woody_g]

well to start out i went hunting last week and found a coca cola watch fob in the shape of a swastika.when i scraped the dirt off and saw coca cola i got pretty excited about it (still am).then i found a little oval shaped whatzit that said armour simon pure leaf lard on a little kettle. on the back it has a baker running down the street.well it came out of the ground looking gold colored in great shape.wiped the dirt off looked almost new just a few light scratches on it.threw it in my bag and forgot about til i was trying to research the coca cola watch fob.decided to see what i could find out about it on the web.found out they made this product in the early 1900-1920's.went hunting last night with some of my buddies and showed it to them.they said wow thats heavy like gold hmm.so i went and had it checked this morning and it is real gold 13.4 grams worth.looks like its a better find than the fob.
front

back

coca cola fob

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

yo W

From the land of the Bluenose....never see that sort of thing up my way.....neato!

 

[time4me]

Those are awesome finds! Never seen anything like either one of those.

 

[Tank69]

awsome tokens

to me its still odd seeing things that are on a swastika that have no relation to Hitler , you just forget back then the relatioship of the two hadnt been made` an that the swastika wasnt a sign of something bad .

wtg on the finds

 

[savant365]

Wow talk about a couple of unique finds. There was a thread on here a few weeks ago about pure leaf lard but it sure wasn't gold. Congrats

HH Charlie

 

[Xraywolf]

Nice finds, found an identical Swaz on ebay completed listings

http://cgi.ebay.com/COCA-COLA-COKE-GOOD-LUCK-SWASTIKA-STERLING-WATCH-FOB_W0QQitemZ280387768590QQ

 

[txkickergirl]

Those are some cool findings!

 

[allen]

congrats on that big piece of gold !!

 

[spartacus53]

What sweet finds That gold piece looks like Chef Boyardee

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

 

[whitesPA]

nice finds like the coke fob. different

 

[gold nuggets]

Nice interesting finds Woody......
Congrats on the gold and the swastika.
Gold Nuggets

 

[hikeinmts]

I see the swastika shape on almost a weekly basis. It is used to mean, "good luck," and used especially by the Bhuddist people
here in S. Korea, and I suppose in other lands, as well.
I wonder what Hitler and his bunch were trying to mean, by turning it around backwards? Be something someone might find interesting researching.
Great hunt, great finds......hope you can find more there.

 

[mlayers]

Those are some intesting finds. Really like the coke one....Matt

 

[garthbfan169]

Kool finds woody WTG!!

 

[wwwtimmcp]

that is too cool , thanks for sharing.

 

[woody_g]

thanks for all the great replies.i am still quite excited about finding my first real piece of gold.i like to hunt for relics and gold just hasn't shown up much.but i do find a lot of unique pieces while out hunting.