Steve in PA
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- Pittsburgh, PA
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I haven't exactly been tearing it up this spring. Over the last two weekends I have hit a new spot a couple times and an old spot a couple times. The new spot is a house site with an old stone spring house built into the side of a hill. A buddy of mine discovered it while riding quads. It has given up a few things, including a boot pistol barrel, a few flat buttons, Indian heads, and a cool turn of the century laxative advertising token. Based on the flat buttons and the pistol barrel, the place looks as early as the 1850s but as late as 1920. Here are the finds from this spot.
Here is the token. This company started around 1896. This is the first version of their token.
Here is the boot pistol barrel. I have not been able to tell if the proof marks are Belgian or English.
The other site I hit has been one that has been very good to me in recent years. They finally plowed it, but the only plowed deep enough to flip the turf - maybe 5 inches. The only significant find is the keg spigot key. It took me 25 years to find one of these and this is my second this year.
Here is my take for the last two weekends all together.
Here is the token. This company started around 1896. This is the first version of their token.
Here is the boot pistol barrel. I have not been able to tell if the proof marks are Belgian or English.
The other site I hit has been one that has been very good to me in recent years. They finally plowed it, but the only plowed deep enough to flip the turf - maybe 5 inches. The only significant find is the keg spigot key. It took me 25 years to find one of these and this is my second this year.
Here is my take for the last two weekends all together.
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