locket with treasure inside!

[oddcoins]

I went detecting for a few hours yesterday with a few friends downtown Eugene Oregon. One target I dug was about five inches deep ~ when I lifted out the plug of dirt there sat a 1943-S War Nickel on top of a gold-plated locket. About an hour later I was showing one of my detecting buddies and we noticed that there was something rattling inside the locket. I had to used a knife to pry open the locket ~ inside was a 1939-S Mercury dime! Treasure inside of treasure!! Also, in the same strip of grass I found a quarter sized copper/bronze medallion with an Indian head that reads PONTIAC CHIEF OF THE SIXES, and the other side has a wreath and reads PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS. Anyone know anything about these medallions?

 

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[Laird]

amazing finds well done

 

[kenb]

Fantastic score!!! nice find congratulations!!

kenb

 

[LJ]

That is sweet!! WTG!!

 

[Jeffro]

Sweet finds! Was that near Villard hall?

 

[WV Hillbilly]

Great finds . Hope many more to come . HH

 

[TreasureTales]

Very cool! The surprise inside was much better than Cracker Jacks!!!

The token may have been in conjunction with Pontiac automobiles being purchased by General Motors. But that is a wild guess on my part.

 

[Moonshadow]

WOW!! Very nice! A two bagger!!

HH,
Moon

 

[PHANTOM35]

very cool , wtg

 

[River Rat]

Those are some really unique finds, congrats! I did a little research, there are plenty of those tokens on E-Bay at various prices....also nothing stating how old the token is but in 1926 was the year when the "Pontiac, Chief of the Sixes" was introduced as 6 cylinders. Just google the name and it comes up with some unique stuff.

RR

 

[tpmrcp]

nice

 

[diggummup]

Here's some nice info on "Pontiac Chief of the sixes".Hope this helps-http://www.vintagecarclub.com.au/Pontiac1.htm

 

[oddcoins]

Yeah, that's great info ~ THANKS!!

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Sweet!

HH!
TBGO

 

[ModernMiner]

Now that is such a cool find! Great job.

 

[aa battery]

Thats a great surprise

 

[Gypsy Heart]

That is really a cool find! Beautiful shape also.

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Very exciting finds...............congrats.

 

[99Brown]

That is really cool. WTG!!

 

[Trash Digger]

Good finds. Congratulations.

Mike