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[Alan Payne]

Hello All, I am new to this Forum, but have looked at a lot of posts from other people that are members of Treasurenet. I seem to get good information from posts on this site. My name is Alan and I have had a Metal Detector for about 8 Years, but never had any one to go with so dodn't ever use it much. Last year my Brother got one and we have been going qiute regular. It is more fun than I imagined. I don't find a great deal of valuable things, I seem to find more relics than anything else.
Enough about me. What I really want to know is has anyone ever heard of Omega, Fla? I found this Token? that says Taylor, Walker & Co. Good in Trade Only Not Transferable Omega, Fla all on one side the other side has 5.00 in large numbers. I don't know if this thing is real or fake or what. It is in pretty bad shape, but I also really enjoy trying to figure out where things came from, their history and the time period.

 

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[Kray Gelder]

I can't help you with that Alan, but welcome.

 

[idahotokens]

Welcome to TreasureNet, Alan. I don't see where Omega, FL was, but what you have is a trade token, probably from a "company store" and I'd guess from a lumber company where they worked in a location away from other stores. A 25¢ one from this business is listed on tokencatalog.com, but without a photo. Would it be possible for you to get photos with side-lighting so the writing can be seen? And maybe let me post your pics on tokencatalog? Here's the listing there for the 25¢ one: TAYLOR, WALKER & CO. / GOOD / IN / TRADE ONLY / NOT / TRANSFERABLE / OMEGA, / FLA. (TC-318807) Omega, Florida, U.S.A.

John in the great 208

 

[vpnavy]

Welcome Aboard Alan! You didn't list your state (or country) in your profile. So, you might consider jumping over to Sub-Forums: Select Your Area.... for information (i.e., clubs, hunts, finds, legends, maps, etc.) directly related to your state (or country).

 

[BLK HOLE]

Welcome from Virginia

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Welcome to Tnet... a great place to learn the ropes !

 

[against the wind]

Welcome to the forum from Port Allegheny, Pennsylvania

 

[digging440yrs]

Welcome aboard

 

[devldog]

A Big Welcome to you to the Tnet forum from Georgia. Continued Success to you and your brother. May many relics come your way. I really like the trade token.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find!

Welcome to the forum from Massachusetts!

 

[idahotokens]

So I was a bit frustrated trying to find where Omega, FL is or was. I found numerous references to happenings or people there, but no location. Then I remembered to look in the "Discontinued" section of my 1913 United States Postal Guide. Sure enough, the Omega post office was discontinued sometime between 1 Jul 1910 and 30 Jun 1913, and mail bound there was sent via Saint Johns Park in Saint John County. I still haven't found the close location of this spot ca. 1913, but it appears to have been relatively close to Saint Augustine. Anybody have a map from that time?
John

 

[WaterScoop]

Welcome to our forum, Glad you’re here

 

[Texas Jay]

Welcome from Brownwood in rural central Texas! Here's a 1913 map of Florida. Click on the map to enlarge it so that you can read to names of the towns.

Florida, Atlas: World Atlas 1913, Historical Map

~Jay~

 

[Alan Payne]

Yes, I wouldn’t have any problem trying to produce better pictures. Should I post then to this forum or to the token website directly?

 

[Alan Payne]

Welcome from Brownwood in rural central Texas! Here's a 1913 map of Florida. Click on the map to enlarge it so that you can read to names of the towns.

Florida, Atlas: World Atlas 1913, Historical Map

~Jay~

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I looked over the map and I didn’t see Omega, fla maybe I missed it. Did you see it on this map?

 

[Alan Payne]

I thank you for the verification that Omega fl existed. I found St. John’s Park in Flagler County near dead lake and mud lake just south east of Creasent Lake in 1936. Near Haw creek.

 

[Alan Payne]

I think Flagler County was taken from St. John’s and Volusia counties in 1917

 

[fuzzy535]

hello from OhiO!

 

[Truth]

Welcome from Southern Louisiana

 

[RustyGold]

Cool find! Welcome to the forum Alan.