Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

[Natman]

Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Hi all,

I checked a few yards today, the one I checked yesterday that I swore I would never go back to produced 2 more wheats, one was a 1918 and the other a 1940.. across from that yard was a corner lot where I came across a Boy's Town medal near the road that says, "He Aint Heavy Father...He's M' Brother" on the front. The back shows the medal is from Father Flanagan's Boy's Town in Nebraska. I also found a "Las Vegas Club" Good Luck token in the same yard with a 1973-D penny in the middle, a round grey object that says Webster-Chicago Corporation, some clad, a key, the muzzle end of a toy gun which looks to be a model 94 Winchester, and a small sterling silver ring (#48 for me this year!)

If anyone knows what the round grey thing is, please let me know! Thanks for viewing.

Nat

 

[artemis moon]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Nice finds-I really love the Boys Town token!

 

[Nick A]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

That Webster-Chicago thing is a converter to play 45 RPM records on a 33 RPM turntable. I used to have a bunch of them I used with my 45s back in the day! It pops into the middle of the big hole on the 45, and then you put the little hole on the spindle.

 

[JRich98150]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

The round gray thing is a center adapter for a 45 rpm record so that it would fit on a the single spindle of the record player. Nice finds.

JRich

 

[Natman]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Nice finds-I really love the Boys Town token!

Thanks, I love it too!

Sweet Digs Natman,

Very Nice as always...You truly are the Private Yard Guru... Way to go...
PS - Here comes the RAIN...

Thanks Nick, I love this neighborhood..the ground was easy to dig today and the soil was still moist from the last storm, more rain would assure good diggin for at least the next few weeks.

That Webster-Chicago thing is a converter to play 45 RPM records on a 33 RPM turntable. I used to have a bunch of them I used with my 45s back in the day! It pops into the middle of the big hole on the 45, and then you put the little hole on the spindle.

Thanks at1cad, you too JRich, you guys posted within one minute of each other I thought it looked familiar..I remember plastic adapters, so I guess that's an older version.

Nat

Update: I found that the record adapter was made around 1950..here's the link:

http://members.aol.com/clctrmania/cm-adapt.html

 

[desertfox]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Nice finds Nat. Glad you got the answer to the "What Is It" I was thinking along the lines of a tool to gap spark plugs with, you can pick them up at any parts house. Looking at it again I do agree with the center piece for a 45rpm record though. HH

Desertfox

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Way to go Yard King! Great looking Boy's Town medal.
Congrats Nat.
-MM-

 

[Green1]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

nice !! i see 50 real soon ......

 

[Natman]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

I was thinking along the lines of a tool to gap spark plugs with, you can pick them up at any parts house.

It does remind me of one but all the tabs are the same width..hard for you to tell though the way it's photographed.

Way to go Yard King! Great looking Boy's Town medal.
Congrats Nat.

Neat assortment of finds there, Natman. You have really come a long way!

Thanks guys..I not only got chances of hunting multiple yards this year, but met lots of nice people too.

nice !! i see 50 real soon ......

I'm making that my goal..50 rings and $500 in change..I'm 2 rings and about 20 bucks away..wish me luck..

Nat

 

[treasureguy]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Hello, nice finds, cool ring, wtg, tg

 

[cwdigger]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

nice finds love the token with the penny

 

[kevo]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

I really like that token. Too bad the same doesn't hold true today huh. There are areas I can't detect that could be great, but due to my safety I will not.

 

[SilverDreams]

Re: Ring #48, Boys Town Medal, Good Luck Token & 1918 Wheat (9 pics)

Cool finds! I like the medal.