Denver Fobs And Some Old 14kt

[curbdiggercarl57]

At a site that we have been detecting out here in Denver for the past few months I decided to change it up a little,
and do a little bottle probing and sifting. We had a good idea where the trash-pits were located, and it was an older 1890's location.
Sadly there was evidence that some of the local bottle diggers had been there prior, but we were hoping that they hadn't hit all the pits.
I concentrated on an area where a tree was growing between two pits, and started to scrape around the root base with my lesche.
I dug these two fobs minutes apart, before I had even set the screen up for sifting.
What's interesting is that both of these fobs don't appear to be completely finished.
You can see this more clearly on the 1916 Rocky Mountain News Swimming Contest fob, where it appears that the edges are clipped,
waiting for a final grinding of it's edges.
The 17th Annual Convention, 1913 fob has been rounded, but still needs additional grinding, as well as drilling out where the chain would be attached.
I then spent the next two hours sifting the area, only to find a dateless, burned Indian Cent, and a small silver collar piece.
The ring was a long overdue surprise, been way too long since I've dug any gold.
Dug at a different site, where I fully expected to find little if anything old.
It's dated 6-29-16, and marked 14kt.

And now the hard part, trying to research these two fobs. One says what it is, but only the year.
The other has the date, is showing the old Mizpah entrance to Union Station, but the info is in the monograms.
I hate monograms, especially what looks like four letter ones.
Enjoy, and any help is always appreciated.
Carl

 

[Tigger]

Regarding the fob with the monograms. Since you recognize the entrance, it's probably referring to a local event - trot on down to the main library and pull up the local newspaper for the dates mentioned. If the convention is covered, the story will probably make the monograms make sense. Flowers on sides probably columbines?
Good luck, and keep us posted
Tigger

 

[umrgolf]

two outstanding finds I love those old wedding bands

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Thanks, all, yeah, I figured I'd be going down to the main branch of the library and hitting the microfiche department.
The 1916 fob pertains to the Amateur Athletic Union, but with just a year, and no day or month being mentioned,
that will be the harder of the two to research. The monograms appear to be "R,E,H,I,A", and "L,I,B" on the other fob.
Carl

 

[Tigger]

Thanks, all, yeah, I figured I'd be going down to the main branch of the library and hitting the microfiche department.
The 1916 fob pertains to the Amateur Athletic Union, but with just a year, and no day or month being mentioned,
that will be the harder of the two to research. The monograms appear to be "R,E,H,I,A", and "L,I,B" on the other fob.
Carl

Maybe H, L, I, B?
If the library has city directories, you could try looking up the address of where you found them c. 1913-16 - weird that they are not finished - could they have been rejects from a business that made them in town? Cool puzzle.
T

 

[Kenosha Kid]

Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance ... along with the Bartenders International League of America held their 17th General Convention at Denver, beginning June 9th, 1913 :

http://books.google.com/books?id=m0...al convention at denver union in 1913&f=false (see page 5 for the date and both logos; page 1 for the full organization names)

 

[Mr Tuff]

sweet gold and fobs!!!! MR TUFF

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Alliance ... along with the Bartenders International League of America held their 17th General Convention at Denver, beginning June 9th, 1913 :

http://books.google.com/books?id=m0...al convention at denver union in 1913&f=false (see page 5 for the date and both logos; page 1 for the full organization names)

Kenosha, you the man! I've been staring at that fob for awhile trying to figure out the order of the letters, and getting nowhere.
Now, having bartended for over 25 years, I'm really loving this find. (Maybe 25 years of bartending is why I couldn't figure out the order)
I just knew someone here would be able to help, just not so quickly.
Kudos!
Carl

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Thanks, all, yeah, I figured I'd be going down to the main branch of the library and hitting the microfiche department.
The 1916 fob pertains to the Amateur Athletic Union, but with just a year, and no day or month being mentioned,
that will be the harder of the two to research. The monograms appear to be "R,E,H,I,A", and "L,I,B" on the other fob.
Carl

Maybe H, L, I, B?
If the library has city directories, you could try looking up the address of where you found them c. 1913-16 - weird that they are not finished - could they have been rejects from a business that made them in town? Cool puzzle.
T

I was thinking the same thing, especially the one that only has the year stated, not a specific date.
Or, someone that lived where I dug these, worked at a place that produced these, and brought them home to his kid.
There are no markings on the back to identify where they may have been made.
Carl

 

[cntrydncr1]

that is a nice old ring! congrats

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great Denver finds , Carl . I've been patiently waiting for you to dig something like those fobs and 14 kt gold band Well Done 8) CMD dawg

 

[ewcoinhunter]

Congrats on the great finds!