Past few hunts, Compliments of Sam Lang, Cripple Creek bottle, dog tag!

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I sure love getting out it was raining/ sleeting/mudding and it was hard to quit. I think the Sam Lang piece is from a match case, maybe someone could confirm it. He was responsible for building the Fortune club here in Victor and ran saloons in Denver and Cripple Creek. I was sure hoping the key tag had a name of a hotel but it's still pretty cool. The last piece is a button I think but I can't figure out anything about it. Ice or oyster tongs? Happy Hunting!
 

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Maybe the tongs were made for escargot?
 

Maybe the tongs were made for escargot?
I think the ends are smashed, there were quite a few well off people in the area. I'm surprised we find oyster shells up here. It's amazing what they hauled, once the trains were bustling!!
 

Very nice bunch of recoveries, congrats!

Or maybe sugar cube tongs?
It was a good hunt for me, that's for sure!! I've settled on "little tongs" for now:) When I found them I thought they had a special shape to hold oysters, but they are just bent:)
 

I sure love getting out it was raining/ sleeting/mudding and it was hard to quit. I think the Sam Lang piece is from a match case, maybe someone could confirm it. He was responsible for building the Fortune club here in Victor and ran saloons in Denver and Cripple Creek. I was sure hoping the key tag had a name of a hotel but it's still pretty cool. The last piece is a button I think but I can't figure out anything about it. Ice or oyster tongs? Happy Hunting!
Great bottles!
 

I sure love getting out it was raining/ sleeting/mudding and it was hard to quit. I think the Sam Lang piece is from a match case, maybe someone could confirm it. He was responsible for building the Fortune club here in Victor and ran saloons in Denver and Cripple Creek. I was sure hoping the key tag had a name of a hotel but it's still pretty cool. The last piece is a button I think but I can't figure out anything about it. Ice or oyster tongs? Happy Hunting!
Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!
 

I sure love getting out it was raining/ sleeting/mudding and it was hard to quit. I think the Sam Lang piece is from a match case, maybe someone could confirm it. He was responsible for building the Fortune club here in Victor and ran saloons in Denver and Cripple Creek. I was sure hoping the key tag had a name of a hotel but it's still pretty cool. The last piece is a button I think but I can't figure out anything about it. Ice or oyster tongs? Happy Hunting!
great group of saves, just love the old dog tags, well done
 

Great batch of finds , Congrats !!!!!!! The Sam lang item is from a match safe. He owned the Rocky Mt Liquor Company in Cripple Creek and Victor. Harry Lang had the fortune club. Keep finding those goodies !!!!
 

Great batch of finds , Congrats !!!!!!! The Sam lang item is from a match safe. He owned the Rocky Mt Liquor Company in Cripple Creek and Victor. Harry Lang had the fortune club. Keep finding those goodies !!!!
Thanks for posting the information. He was quite the interpreter, hence the match safe. Wish I had the rest of it!!
 

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