late 1800s home gives up another 1st!!!!!!

Mr Tuff · Sep 23, 2009

so i grab the 202 and get heading to a old home site iv worked a Lil bit. was not disappointed managed some keepers, 1944x2, 1945x2, 1945d, wheat's. and pulled my very 1st war nickle

a nice 1942s, and a nice 2 1/2 cent token and a Procter & gamble token!! this has been a week for tokens 4 so far. best of digs to all and remember USE OIL NOT DOPE!!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

mamabear · Sep 23, 2009

great finds! what the heck does"use oil not dope" mean? love to know the history on that one.

Mr Tuff · Sep 23, 2009

mamabear said:
great finds! what the heck does"use oil not dope" mean? love to know the history on that one.

I KINDA WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING. :dontknow:

texjim · Sep 23, 2009

I know they call grease pipe dope in the oil field. Maybe that's what they are referring too... good job

johnnyi · Sep 23, 2009

Awsome token Mr. Tuff! I can't find it in Rulau, yet the " 2 1/2 cent in trade" seems to suggest it was from the era of half cents (ending 1857) ? :icon_scratch:

crazyjarhead · Sep 23, 2009

Nice old tokens, especially the dope token :laughing7:

Looks like you have a nice place to hunt

allen · Sep 23, 2009

keep hammering that site !
got to be some old silver in there somewheres !

briankb70 · Sep 23, 2009

love your tokens

BuckleBoy · Sep 23, 2009

johnnyi said:
Awsome token Mr. Tuff! I can't find it in Rulau, yet the " 2 1/2 cent in trade" seems to suggest it was from the era of half cents (ending 1857) ?

No. Actually, businesses sometimes set prices of drinks at 2 1/2 cents so that a visitor would pay with a nickel and got a token back as change that could only be redeemed at that business. It would be like your favorite restaurant double charging you for your lunch, then telling you to come back that the next meal of equal value was "on the house."

Clever ploy, this was.

Cheers,

Buckles