My best relic yet!

Coinboy

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I found this awesome turn of the century relic in a public park today! So I took my Garrett Ace Apex to a pounded local park today. I was just gonna take it there to see if there was any clad or jewelry left behind by the many detectorists that go there. There weren’t a lot of coin signals so I started digging trash signals just for curiosity. After about 50 pull tabs I start digging what I thought was another one. Then out pops this beautiful ornate relic! I had no idea what it was so I took it home to identify it. Turns out it’s a 1890s Parke, Davis & Co. syringe topper! The best relic i’ve ever found! Here are some pictures and a link to some history on the company: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parke-Davis
Thanks for looking!
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A2coins

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Great find nice piece of History and good job on the research that can be alot of fun...Keep at it and sharing those cool finds.....Tommy
 

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Cool find, and great research on it. Thanks for sharing!
 

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Fabulous find and great job persisting through all the “junk” targets to find it! Thanks for the history link too!
 

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a great many years ago, but not in the 1890's :tongue3:, I used to work for Parke-Davis
 

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Good find. To me, discovering the history of a recovery is as rewarding as making the find itself.
 

Wildcat1750

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Congratulations on that find relic find and great job with the research follow-up!
 

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If the park has been cherry picked by coin shooters, best dig all them iffy ones.
 

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Coinboy

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Thanks everyone!
 

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Nice looking relic, and good job on digging the junk signals. It does pay off every now and then.
 

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