Brendan M.
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- Apr 14, 2006
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- Location
- Warrensburg, New York
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- White's DFX, Bullseye II pinpointer, Gray Ghost Headphones
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- All Treasure Hunting
Greetings!
The sun came out today and the snow has been melting, so I ran out for a few hours and headed back to the "Spoon Graveyard."
My last two trips there haven't been as productive (last hunt's highlights were another nice crotal bell and a pair of ornate old sugar tongs); now that I've pounded it a bunch of times I'm going to have to really slow down and grid it out from this point forward. However, today I did manage to snag this neat old badge or token -- it seems silver plated, and is for the "Crescent Club" of Brooklyn, NY. I did some research and found it was an athletic club that operated in Brooklyn from the late 1800s through the 1950s. If anyone can give me a clearer dating (and any insight as to the ram design) please let me know. It's about the size of a half-dollar. Pretty cool little find.
Enjoy!
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
The sun came out today and the snow has been melting, so I ran out for a few hours and headed back to the "Spoon Graveyard."
My last two trips there haven't been as productive (last hunt's highlights were another nice crotal bell and a pair of ornate old sugar tongs); now that I've pounded it a bunch of times I'm going to have to really slow down and grid it out from this point forward. However, today I did manage to snag this neat old badge or token -- it seems silver plated, and is for the "Crescent Club" of Brooklyn, NY. I did some research and found it was an athletic club that operated in Brooklyn from the late 1800s through the 1950s. If anyone can give me a clearer dating (and any insight as to the ram design) please let me know. It's about the size of a half-dollar. Pretty cool little find.
Enjoy!
Cheers and HH,
Brendan
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Well that would've been nice, but I love this find too. What's funny is it was pretty shallow -- maybe just an inch or two down, mostly covered by decaying leaves. It was also right next to a little spot strewn with little metal pieces of some old container or something, which all ring in the nickel range, so I'm sure I've swung over the token before and probably didn't hear it amid the trash. I'm really glad this time it ended up in my pouch!
