Last Two Hunts... Civil War, Silver, Camp Token, Cowboys & Indian

[Sooper Dave]

Went out Saturday for a long hunt with a buddy. I found a couple of .58 caliber bullets, one fired one dropped and a Union Eagle coat button. I also found a camp store token that I thought was from a mine but have been told by gsxraddict from this forum, that it is a Civilian Conservation Corps token. Thanks for the help I only found one older coin and it is an 1899 Indian. The A.J Tower Co. button is off of an old rain slicker. The round piece is a whats-it so I could use some help with it. It's heavy like lead.

I have not found much silver this month, so I went out after work yesterday trying to dig up one more. I got permission at an old house and got to work. I went slow trying not to miss any signals and for the first hour pulled up a bunch of wheats and two cap guns in the front yard. I went around to the side of the house and wasn't finding much. I was just about done with the side yard when I got a real nice signal, it was good to see a Merc in the plug. I went down the yard a few more feet and got another nice signal and pulled a Merc that has been hit with a mower.
I hope we get some rain soon, it's about too dry to dig here. HH David

 

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[Erik in NJ]

Hi David!

Nice finds as usual brother! Seems you consistently are finding the good stuff--always an intertesting cornucopia of finds! I would guess that the round "What Is It?" is part of a toy spinning top missing the spinning part or axle or whatever they call it. Great token BTW!! C'mon up to northern NJ--we've got your rain!

 

[gsxraddict]

The token is from the Civilian Conservation Corps, in summary, they built roads and cut trees in the 1930's.

Good Find

 

[Sooper Dave]

Thanks Erik! You may be on to something, I thought maybe that piece could be an inertia wheel off of a gyroscope. I would love to spend some time up that way, where all the really old history is!

 

[Sooper Dave]

The token is from the Civilian Conservation Corps, in summary, they built roads and cut trees in the 1930's.

Good Find

Thanks for the info gsxraddict. That makes sense for the C.C.C. on the back. I will have to look up more about it.

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Sooper Dave.

 

[wheatfinder13]

Fantastic silvers!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[idahotokens]

That CCC token is great! Somewhere I have a list of where the various CCC companies were located - they often moved from camp to camp as they completed their projects - so tying it down to a specific location may be tough. My guess would be that this company had a fairly large project as the smaller camps would not have had a commissary or camp store. How about posting it to TokenCatalog.com where somebody may have the camp number list handy and be able to identify it? With your permission, I can post the pics if you'd like.
John in the Great 208

 

[Sooper Dave]

That CCC token is great! Somewhere I have a list of where the various CCC companies were located - they often moved from camp to camp as they completed their projects - so tying it down to a specific location may be tough. My guess would be that this company had a fairly large project as the smaller camps would not have had a commissary or camp store. How about posting it to TokenCatalog.com where somebody may have the camp number list handy and be able to identify it? With your permission, I can post the pics if you'd like.
John in the Great 208

Thanks John! I am a member of TokenCatalog.com. Someone has the token listed but needed an image. I have already uploaded these photos to it. It has Madisonville, Tennessee listed, but no more info. I would like to find out more about it. Thanks for your help.

 

[idahotokens]

Okay - now I see it listed in Copeland's TN Tokens book - he has 5¢, 10, and 25 Cents denominations listed with just the notation "rare". I did find the CCC list at CCC Camp Lists but this one is not listed in TN or anywhere else. That kind of blows my theory about a large project, unless this company was reassigned or renumbered. You might contact the Monroe County historian at Monroe County Historian & Genealogist to see if she knows anything of this CCC camp and what projects they worked on. Thanks for posting your pics on tokencatalog.com! I took the liberty of correcting the ¢ to CENTS on the obverse description.
John in the Great 208