Chicago World's Fair Bucket-Lister

[watercolor]

Late October I was detecting a 1900’s era park and as I was working my way towards a wooded area, I got a “bouncy” mid 20’s on my Nox 800. After cutting a 7” deep plug, I noticed a rusted nail at the bottom of the hole. My heart immediately began to sink. But then, I saw the partial edge of a coin in the plug that was next to the hole. After breathing a sigh of relief, I wiped off the encrusted dirt which revealed “1933” A Century of Progress / Chicago” and on the back, “Good Luck / Worlds Fair”.

Thanks for looking & happy hunting!

 

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[Digger RJ]

Late October I was detecting a 1900’s era park and as I was working my way towards a wooded area, I got a “bouncy” mid 20’s on my Nox 800. After cutting a 7” deep plug, I noticed a rusted nail at the bottom of the hole. My heart immediately began to sink. But then, I saw the partial edge of a coin in the plug that was next to the hole. After breathing a sigh of relief, I wiped off the encrusted dirt which revealed “1933” A Century of Progress / Chicago” and on the back, “Good Luck / Worlds Fair”.

Thanks for looking & happy hunting!

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Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Nice find! Congratulations! The token cleaned up very nicely. Thanks for sharing.

 

[BLACKIE555]

Nice..... I like that.

 

[oldmxrat]

That's a beauty, congrats!

 

[billb]

Very nice Congratulations
Thanks for sharing

 

[Randy Combs]

Late October I was detecting a 1900’s era park and as I was working my way towards a wooded area, I got a “bouncy” mid 20’s on my Nox 800. After cutting a 7” deep plug, I noticed a rusted nail at the bottom of the hole. My heart immediately began to sink. But then, I saw the partial edge of a coin in the plug that was next to the hole. After breathing a sigh of relief, I wiped off the encrusted dirt which revealed “1933” A Century of Progress / Chicago” and on the back, “Good Luck / Worlds Fair”.

Thanks for looking & happy hunting!

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awesome find

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very cool find - congrats !

 

[watercolor]

Thank you everyone for your replies.

For those that are curious about the cleaning process, I soaked this piece in apple cider vinegar several times and then brushed it with a small, stiff nylon brush under running water after each vinegar soak.