Rare Trade Token

Jay Banta

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Apr 17, 2018
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Biloxi, Mississippi
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Garrett AT Max
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I know I haven’t posted in quite a while and my apologies. I have been so caught up with work and working on my house, I haven’t had time to get out much.

I got out today and hunted a railroad boarding house near Pascagoula, Mississippi. It was a very slow and hot day and all I was hitting on was clad and trash. Finally, I came across this token for T. J. Miller about 4” down. I truly had no idea what it was at the time and continued my hunt. After I got tired and sweaty, I called it a day and brushed off the token I had found. Not knowing enough about tokens, I contacted Bonepicker and sent him some photos. I had no idea what would happen next, but I knew he had a book to look it up. I thought it was early 1900 and he felt the same way, but there was more to it than just that. He told me the token is rated “R9” in his book and said it is a very rare token. He believes with a rating like that there might be only 2-3 known. I was over the moon after hearing that! Guess I’ll have to go hunt more often!!
 

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Inspector

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Sep 8, 2014
3,341
5,606
Finger Lakes Region, Upstate NY
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Nox 600, w/6", Simplex+WHP, Tesoro Tejon, Tesoro Toltec, Pro-Find 35
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Welcome back, that's a great looking token & you don't see to many $1 tokens, congrats on a rare find & HH
 

Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,425
Massachusetts
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Awesome token recovery, congrats! :occasion14:
 

Digger RJ

Gold Member
Aug 24, 2017
19,638
33,714
SW Missouri/Oklahoma
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
2
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Minelab CTX 3030; Minelab Equinox 800;
XP Deus 2
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

blugotti1

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Jan 19, 2009
1,136
924
GA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 600.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
love the toke man!!! very nice!!
 

Rookster

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Nov 24, 2013
29,382
111,598
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, F75Ltd., AT PRO, Garrett pointer
Primary Interest:
Cache Hunting
Your buddy. Congratulations
 

RVRoamer73

Silver Member
Apr 19, 2016
4,284
8,066
Georgia
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030 Nox 800
Stealth 720i ,RTG 6"
Lesche GS 36
Predator Raptor
TRX pp
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Too cool! Just a couple known makes this token a awesome dig. Hold on to that one. Congrats!
 

Trezurehunter

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Mar 22, 2003
17,887
21,532
Illinois / Oklahoma
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
8
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Minelab Equinox 800 - Fisher CZ 5
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Congrats on an excellent token. Those trade tokens are always nice to find.
 

Wildcat1750

Gold Member
Nov 18, 2012
5,015
4,105
Western CT
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
4
Detector(s) used
AT PRO/Ace 250w8.5x11" DD Coil/
Garrett Pro-Pointer/Garrett Pro-Pointer AT/
Vibra-Tector 730/
Radio Shack Discovery 1000 (Tracker IV)
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Congratulations on a very rare token find!
 

A2coins

Gold Member
Dec 20, 2015
33,807
42,606
Ann Arbor
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
3
Detector(s) used
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Awesome token I love those. I hear ya with work and working on my house and offering to help a friend paint his house the last painters didn't prime it and painted over chipped peeling paint been sanding and filling for weeks err good to see you post again
 

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