Our oldest token to date

[Lenrac2]

We had a fun day looking at a park we haven't spent much time at. There is a ton of iron and stuff as it had a couple schools there at one time. They replaced the gas lines last week so we had to see what they unearthed. We got a few wheaties including a 1919s and a 1909vdb ( not the s sadly). Got a war nickel and some old ammo. A couple pieces of broken jewelry. The exciting find was a bread token from around 1870! Our oldest so far! I included a pic of a nicer one of the same I found online. I don't know about the weird clip in the pic but has a patent date of May 1897. About a dollar in clad not shown and several shotgun shell heads. Fun day overall and met some nice folks who lived nearby. Think we might go back tomorrow. Have a great tomorrow everyone!

 

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[Digger RJ]

We had a fun day looking at a park we haven't spent much time at. There is a ton of iron and stuff as it had a couple schools there at one time. They replaced the gas lines last week so we had to see what they unearthed. We got a few wheaties including a 1919s and a 1909vdb ( not the s sadly). Got a war nickel and some old ammo. A couple pieces of broken jewelry. The exciting find was a bread token from around 1870! Our oldest so far! I included a pic of a nicer one of the same I found online. I don't know about the weird clip in the pic but has a patent date of May 1897. About a dollar in clad not shown and several shotgun shell heads. Fun day overall and met some nice folks who lived nearby. Think we might go back tomorrow. Have a great tomorrow everyone!

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Excellent !

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That was a great hunt, congrats on the early token.
I may be wrong, but this looks to be silver to me?
Dave

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[Lenrac2]

That was a great hunt, congrats on the early token.
I may be wrong, but this looks to be silver to me?
Dave

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It looks silver to me but not marked. We don't have a test kit yet. I need to get one.....

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

It looks silver to me but not marked. We don't have a test kit yet. I need to get one.....

It looks to me like it's been broken, so I'm thinking the 'STERLING' mark was on the part that's missing.
Dave

 

[Lenrac2]

It looks to me like it's been broken, so I'm thinking the 'STERLING' mark was on the part that's missing.
Dave

Thanks Dave but although broken, it is all there. Maybe it was from before they marked stuff? Or it ain't silver? 😄

 

[Florida Finder]

We had a fun day looking at a park we haven't spent much time at. There is a ton of iron and stuff as it had a couple schools there at one time. They replaced the gas lines last week so we had to see what they unearthed. We got a few wheaties including a 1919s and a 1909vdb ( not the s sadly). Got a war nickel and some old ammo. A couple pieces of broken jewelry. The exciting find was a bread token from around 1870! Our oldest so far! I included a pic of a nicer one of the same I found online. I don't know about the weird clip in the pic but has a patent date of May 1897. About a dollar in clad not shown and several shotgun shell heads. Fun day overall and met some nice folks who lived nearby. Think we might go back tomorrow. Have a great tomorrow everyone!

Looks like a great to me. Awesome token! Congratulations

 

[richardson]

We had a fun day looking at a park we haven't spent much time at. There is a ton of iron and stuff as it had a couple schools there at one time. They replaced the gas lines last week so we had to see what they unearthed. We got a few wheaties including a 1919s and a 1909vdb ( not the s sadly). Got a war nickel and some old ammo. A couple pieces of broken jewelry. The exciting find was a bread token from around 1870! Our oldest so far! I included a pic of a nicer one of the same I found online. I don't know about the weird clip in the pic but has a patent date of May 1897. About a dollar in clad not shown and several shotgun shell heads. Fun day overall and met some nice folks who lived nearby. Think we might go back tomorrow. Have a great tomorrow everyone!

THAT is an awesome token!! Congrats