Lochleven - Toronto City Park Hunt

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 11, 2011

Hello

Had a few hours to kill this afternoon so I decided to hunt a park I used to play in as a kid. It's funny, how the trees look so much smaller now then when we were young! :laughing7:

This park was built in about 1960 and had a small tot lot play area when I used it. It also has a baseball diamond with a backing fence, but the diamond has always been grass. I spoke to a neighbour that came over to see if I'd found anything of interest and he told me, "that it had always been grass and he had lived there since 1966." I also remember a girl I was dating once told me that she had lost a bracelet in the park that had belonged to her mother.

I started by hunting the tot lot, which has been enlarged since the last time I was here. I found the usual pennies and even a couple of Loonies ($1) coins! :icon_thumright:

I even found 6 more Memorials! :laughing7:

After an hour of baking in the 90F heat, I decided to head to the ball diamond. I dug a couple of unusual tokens and a very cool looking cowboy pendant, it was about 6" down. It says on the reverse "Solid Copper" below a foundry stamp of some kind. I think it possibly dates to the late 1950's or early 60's? :icon_scratch:

I'd be interested in hearing any thoughts on this piece. :help:

Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :thumbsup:

Dave

pl8man · Jul 11, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

Looks like a great time hunting Dave :icon_thumright:

I like the cowboy pendent , very cool item . Hope it cools down for you , we are 15 -20 degrees below normal !! Only going to be 73 in San Jose , California tomorrow . I think you need to head down my way for some cool hunting

Glen

JW15 · Jul 11, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

Nice! :icon_thumright:

I'd give it another go and see if you can't find some jewelry there.

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 12, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

pl8man said:
Looks like a great time hunting Dave I like the cowboy pendent , very cool item . Hope it cools down for you , we are 15 -20 degrees below normal !! Only going to be 73 in San Jose , California tomorrow . I think you need to head down my way for some cool hunting
Glen

Thanks Glen,

We don't usually get temps over 90F here and then you factor in the humidity it's over 100F! :icon_sunny:

Not unusual for the Southern US, but that's hot for here! :laughing7:

Sounds like you've got some good hunting weather temperature wise, but for sunny California that's not good. $:-\$ Our earths temperatures are definitely changing, that's for sure!

Dave

JW15 said:
Nice! I'd give it another go and see if you can't find some jewelry there.

Thanks for your post JW! :icon_thumright:

I'm going to try and get back there again today. It's just been so darn hot here lately, but cooler temps are promised by Thursday! :notworthy:

Dave

HISPAN · Jul 12, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

Hi Dave ! :hello:

Nice medal and tokens .... is an interesting mix of American and Canadian Finds.

allen · Jul 12, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

I was hoping youd find her bracelet and
be able to return it to her, but the other
finds are just as nice !

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 12, 2011

Re: Toronto City Park Hunt

HISPAN said:
Hi Dave !
Nice medal and tokens .... is an interesting mix of American and Canadian Finds.

It's amazing how much American coinage we have floating around here in Canada!

It's accepted at par to the CDN dollar, just goes to show that US currency really is accepted "everywhere"! :laughing7:

Thanks for your post H,
Dave

allen said:
I was hoping youd find her bracelet and
be able to return it to her, but the other
finds are just as nice !

I was hoping to find it as well. She used to live across the street from me when we were teenagers and I think her parents might still live there. :icon_scratch:

Sure would be nice to see her again! :laughing7:

Dave