Hay Cut Saves Our Weekend - Aussie find...... UPDATE - RARE TOKEN

[CRUSADER]

If it wasn't for the sunny week & the hay cut we would be out of options. After finishing Horse paddocks, cow fields etc we were right out of land. We now have a few fields to do until harvest

This small strip of land was once ploughed over 50 years ago, used to have horses in & is now under offer for houses. So the rush is on to bet the housing development.

Only spent 2.5 hours (5 man hours) but had a few finds:

2 Scrappy roman coins
1669 halfpenny token
Silver 1922 Shilling
Georgian shoe buckle

Aussie Aluminium medillion with crude incised name etc.. probably WWI era;

5340
?S Dunston
23rd Bin(c?)
?? ? ?? ??

 

[fisherexcexlid]

Re: Hay Cut Saves Our Weekend - Aussie find...

very nice finds!

 

[CRUSADER]

As I was cleaning my 17th century token with Renaissance Wax (Museum quality) I was suprised to see a windmill. Most 17th century tokens are never IDed due to the poor shape they come out the ground.

It was produced by John Johnson in Donnington, Cambridgeshire in 1669 to give change when people used his Windmill to grind corn etc.. It was illegal to produce these tokens however the Government at that time turned a blind eye for 50 years as they had no way of plugging the small change gap.

This was priced up at £45 but try & find one on the internet for sale & your be disappointed!

Just spoken to my Token Guru who collects Cambridgeshire tokens. He said he has 1 in his collection & only seen 3 others sold!!!

 

[shaun7]

scrappy roman?? my heart bleeds for you
nice!

 

[Don in SJ]

That is great that you found out the ID of the token, Congrats on a very nice find...... Want to add, another example of a piece of history being found and saved by a detectorist!!!

Don

 

[CRUSADER]

That is great that you found out the ID of the token, Congrats on a very nice find...... Want to add, another example of a piece of history being found and saved by a detectorist!!!

Don

Exactly, I'm recording these for future study. I have already helped prove the old British Museum books wrong on one of these!

 

[mikewaz]

Those are some great finds! That sure is an interesting story about that token. There's always so much more history to uncover when you find something like that.
Way to go !!
Mike

 

[allen]

way to go on those great looking finds..

 

[Burdie]

I all ways enjoy your post and finds. Thanks for sharing.

Burdie

 

[Harry_Morant]

An Aussie Eh? - Tis my duty to tell you about him then:

It is the tag of Acting Corporal Thomas Stephens Dunstan of the 23rd Battalion Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). He volunteered and joined the Army in Ballarat Victoria Jan 1916. He fought in France and was evacuated to England with Trench Foot in Jan 1917. Upon return to France he was shot in the left elbow and again evacuated to England in May 1917. He was treated at Tooting Military Hospital before being sent home to Australia at the beginning of 1918. He was medically discharged from the AIF in Feb 1918

On his service record is a wonderfully patriotic hand written letter from his parents. It reads:

"We give our consent for our love Thomas Stephens Dunstan to go to fight for his King and Country"

 

[CRUSADER]

An Aussie Eh? - Tis my duty to tell you about him then:

It is the tag of Acting Corporal Thomas Stephens Dunstan of the 23rd Battalion Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). He volunteered and joined the Army in Ballarat Victoria Jan 1916. He fought in France and was evacuated to England with Trench Foot in Jan 1917. Upon return to France he was shot in the left elbow and again evacuated to England in May 1917. He was treated at Footing Military Hospital before being sent home to Australia at the beginning of 1918. He was medically discharged from the AIF in Feb 1918

On his service record is a wonderfully patriotic hand written letter from his parents. It reads:

"We give our consent for our love Thomas Stephens Dunstan to go to fight for his King and Country"

Wow, Thanks (sent you a PM).

 

[49r Relics]

Very nice, museum quality finds, thanks for the close ups! Congratulations on a tremendous hunt.

HH, Mark

 

[jgas]

My buddy collects the old Roman coins...How the heck can you possibly clean those things. He needs help with the ones he has. I tried a hot peroxide bath about 25 times on several coins. But it only works slightly...Let me know please..Thanks jgas

 

[watercolor]

CRUSADER, congrats on token. . . a wonderful find! Just as wonderful is the "tag" and the associated history

An Aussie Eh? - Tis my duty to tell you about him then:

It is the tag of Acting Corporal Thomas Stephens Dunstan of the 23rd Battalion Australian Imperial Forces (AIF). He volunteered and joined the Army in Ballarat Victoria Jan 1916. He fought in France and was evacuated to England with Trench Foot in Jan 1917. Upon return to France he was shot in the left elbow and again evacuated to England in May 1917. He was treated at Footing Military Hospital before being sent home to Australia at the beginning of 1918. He was medically discharged from the AIF in Feb 1918

On his service record is a wonderfully patriotic hand written letter from his parents. It reads:

"We give our consent for our love Thomas Stephens Dunstan to go to fight for his King and Country"

Wow, Thanks (sent you a PM).

 

[goldencoin]

wow, neat token

 

[CRUSADER]

My buddy collects the old Roman coins...How the heck can you possibly clean those things. He needs help with the ones he has. I tried a hot peroxide bath about 25 times on several coins. But it only works slightly...Let me know please..Thanks jgas

I only use water & then a bit of renaissance wax for the good ones. If you mean the crusted ones then you could try eletrolysis for short periods (this can be harsh!)