El Paso White Elephant saloon token

[Texas Yankee]

Went out today to this new site and uncovered a saloon token with the words white elephant saloon on one side and a 10 on the other. It looks old... I took a pic and thing was pretty packed in the hard soil, so I'm hoping its old. How cool would that be if it was from an actual Wild West Saloon!

Didn't have much luck the day before and thats cause car91rs found it all, lol. I found a few other items and a couple of penny's... First thing i spotted was a broken Chinese coin. I continued to grid the area and then hit on a sweet tone, a Mexican 1961 cinco centavo coin. After that I got another hi tone, 2" and 15 min of digging in the hard compact soil and dug up a weird object, almost looks like an 8 piece coin (i wish!), but its too heavy. It has the words waver written backwards. I think its made out of lead. Finally i hit an iffy signal and on top i find a broken brooch with 19 tiny little diamonds.

 

[BugsyDiggs]

Nice finds I love tokens. I only ever found one

 

[Mackaydon]

White Elephant Saloon tokens are known from many Texas towns, including Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Denison, Mobeetie, Panhandle, Fredricksburg, El Paso, and Lampasas. Other states also had their share of saloons under the sign of the white elephant: Butte, Montana, Bingham Canyon, Utah, Eagle City, Idaho, and Albuquerque, New Mexico to name a few.
Source: http://tokenguy.tripod.com/tokentales/page6.htm
Don...

 

[Texas Yankee]

Thanks Don!

 

[Mackaydon]

if you can get the crud off the token you might find a town name.
Good luck,
Don...

 

[beez0404]

I agree, finding tokens is pretty neat. Aside from a couple Chucky Cheese I've found just a couple and not that old. But still fun to find.

 

[idahotokens]

It could well be this one on tokencatalog.com :
El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.

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WHITE ELEPHANT / SALOON

GOOD FOR / 10 / IN TRADE

TC-93910; TX1979

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John in the Great 208

 

[Texas Yankee]

Here's a better picture. I stopped trying to clean it I didn't want damage it any further. I still don't know how old it is. Found it in an empty lot next to an old church.

 

[idahotokens]

Good place to stop cleaning, IMO. Is it 25mm? Would you be willing to post (or give permission to) those pics on TokenCatalog.com
Thanks!
John in the Great 208

 

[DW Dirt Whisperer]

Hey man..if i found it all you wouldn't be posting that token i would. lol. great find buddy.

 

[Texas Yankee]

Of course Idaho! You have my permission... And car91rs you need to take a break buddy you're getting too old, leave us young guys do all the work, lol!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Token has great detail! Congrats!

Did you and car91rs leave ANYTHING in the Texas ground?

 

[Texas Yankee]

Lol, i think we might have left something behind lol

 

[jewelerguy]

very cool token. hope it cleans up well