I needed That.....CW Token....

[soupie]

I must start by saying what a nice day here in S.E. IL
I finally beat the dust off the old Etrac and headed to a field..
The site was new,well sorta,I have permission for all the fields in the area where I hunted tonight,but did not make it to this one before the freeze last year,the site was a former town that was moved..
There where some great finds in the area last fall and looks as though this year will be no exception....
I was not quite sure what I had when I plucked this beauty from the ground,was expecting a foreign coin from what I could tell....but after a bit of cleaning and some research,,,,walla my first CW Token...
It is holed ...

The first pics are the actual coin I dug,the second set of pics will be for example only so you can see the true details of what it should look like cleaned up....enjoy and HH All Soup






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[watercolor]

What can I say but . . . SWEET!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Fantastic find! glad you were able to get out

 

[soupie]

Thanks Fellas...

I am lovin this token,not rare from all accounts, but it is historical and finds in that category always get an A+ from me...

The area where this was found has given up some unusual items, atleast compared to other sites in the local area...

Some of the other finds where..

A handmade copper ring
A 1830-40 silver 5 franc
3 sheild nicks
several fatty indians
A gaming token
1 small eagle button
and numerous pieces of lead shot...

It has been a fantastic area to hunt..

Anyhow thanks for the replies and HH All

Soup

 

[soupie]

It has been holed @ the date,it is dated 1864,I will see if I can get a cleaner pic tonight....Soup

 

[kimsdad]

Outstanding find!!!

That would make my week, at least!

Glad you got out. Our snow finally disappeared overnight. Time to test the ground in the woods. Now where did I put that detector?

 

[Gimmie The Loot]

Nice token!!!!!!!!!! Souper Dig!

 

[Lowbatts]

Awesome digs, awesome site!

Like I said, the grass is always greener....

 

[p2c]

Awesome find!

 

[Gimmie The Loot]

Who is the person with the crown supposed to be?

 

[Mackaydon]

I heard her described as simply an 'Indian Princess', similar to the image on a US $3.00 coin.
Don....

 

[soupie]

Don is right,it is a copy,atleast of the head design of a $1 or $3 dollar gold piece,I found a similiar token or more correctly a gaming piece a few months back,it had the same Indian Princess Head design ,it was common to copy the gold pieces as I have read...

Soup

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Nice CW token

 

[marinedad]

nice token, kinda looks like georgous george.

 

[Pocket Spill]

Awesome Civil War token!!! Great find!

 

[outlaw007]

great find!