Scrapped Lot Produces! Indians & Mercs, & Old Token

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Went out to a spot that i have been hunting since I started about 4+ years ago. It once was a historical 1880's house that was abandoned and the local college has been trying to purchase the land.
The owners wouldnt sell, then last year its "MYSTERIOULSY" was burnt down

This spot has produced most of my older coins I have found detecting, and it was always a spot i would walk away from with a few goodies each time.

I drove by on Friday and saw they were prepping for the new Parking Lot for the college, which completly ticks me off. This spot has been my safe place when I ran out of places to hunt, it was always good to me

Anyway, I went out and both days scored!!

I ended up with

2 - Indian Heads. 1901 & 1902 and 2 Mercs, 1941 & 44 and a 1909 Wheatie

I also found this token, which has asphalt or something on it. I could barely make out what it said, So i googled for an hour and come up with nothing.

Heres the Ironic thing. A few days ago, i meet up with JCobb and hunted some areas in Keller Texas, where i found this really cool Mason Jar it reads "Knox Mason" I had never seen one and though it was pretty cool.

Back to the token, All I could see was part of a demoniation and the letter "K" with a circle. Couldn't find anything on it. I walked in my kitchen for something and noticed the Mason Jar had a symbol close to that.

So I googled Knox token, and Found something very close to mine!. The crazy thing was it turned out to be a "R.H. Knox "Token from a grocery store in Keller, Nowhere near where I found it in south Ft Worth.

Sorry, i just thought that was weird how those 2 items are linked in a funny way.

Anyways, thanks for looking!

 

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[bootybandit]

Nice finds! another great site ruined by pavement..

 

[el remolino]

Really nice coins. Cant go wrong when there is an Indian on a coin!

 

[idahotokens]

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R.H. KNOX / 10 / K

IN TRADE / 10 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0010-110}

TC-17136 Also attributed to Keller *** 20.90mm*** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. 1910 Census (Fort Worth, TX): R.H. Knox, merchant/retail groceries. 1918 Draft Card: Robert Hatton Knox, farmer in Keller, TX.

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R.H. KNOX / 25 / K

IN TRADE / 25 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0025-110}

TC-162225 Also attributed to Keller *** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. ; R.H. Knox also ran a grocery store in Keller Texas in 1912-13, the family continued to run the store in Keller for many years*** $34.98 sold for $34.98 Jan. 2010

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R.H. KNOX / 10 / K

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TC-17136 Also attributed to Fort Worth *** 20.90mm*** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. Listed in Keller 1912-13;the Ft. Worth and Keller stores were about 13 miles apart; Robert Hatton Knox born May 23, 1874, died April 29, 1964 is buried in Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Texas.

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IN TRADE / 25 / PAT. JUN. 1909 / INGLE SYSTEM {IS09-0025-110}

TC-162225 Also attributed to Fort Worth *** Ingle Customer Ledger: R.H. Knox, order #492 shipped about 1911 to Fort Worth, TX. R.H. Knox also ran a grocery store in Keller Texas in 1912-13, the family continued to run the store in Keller for many years; Robert Hatton Knox born May 23, 1874, died April 29, 1964 is buried in Bourland Cemetery, Keller, Texas; the Knox family was well known in Keller. W. Ross Knox and his brother Joe Knox started Knox Brothers Motors after WWII, and Joe Know was first mayor of Keller.*** $34.98 sold for $34.98 Jan. 2010

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So you can see that Knox was really in both towns.
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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Thanks for the info! Hoping to get the asphalt off safely. Got it soaking in oil now

 

[dirtlooter]

great finds

 

[Garrett424]

Great bunch of loot.
Congrats.

 

[idahotokens]

If it is indeed asphalt, then a penetrating oil or carb cleaner might attack it. What denomination is yours?
John in the Great 208

Thanks for the info! Hoping to get the asphalt off safely. Got it soaking in oil now

 

[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Nice finds, the jar is called a Keystone Knox Mason Jar.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

If it is indeed asphalt, then a penetrating oil or carb cleaner might attack it. What denomination is yours?
John in the Great 208

Im thinking its a 5 cent trade token.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

If it is indeed asphalt, then a penetrating oil or carb cleaner might attack it. What denomination is yours?
John in the Great 208

Do I soak it in carb cleaner? Or just spray it and give it a minute?

thanks,

 

[idahotokens]

I'd give it a shot of spray and see if it softens it up. Another idea would be to soak it in a bit of gasoline. Be careful with both methods as they present a fire/explosion danger. Do 'em outside.

By the way, I understand there is a write-up on these tokens in the publication of the National Token Collectors Association. I'll see if I can track it down.

John