Some Silver and an old condom tin.

[unclejesse67]

Hi all,

Got permission to hunt a couple of front yards in Kalispell yesterday. I think one yard had been hunted before, only solid signal was the '17S penny. Everything else was iffy deep nickel pulltab range. I did find the two buttons, the little bracelet, the costume jewelry hair thingy, a play nickel and the two hinges. Anyone know anything about the buttons? The big one says "WUTELO" on the front and on the back says "Browning King & Co." It was pretty deep. The little one just has a crown on it- can't read anything on the back. Also found the little pot metal disk with a clock face and designs on it- part of a toy watch?

Everything else came from the next yard. There were way more coins but mostly clad. I found the little ring (Gold plated sterling with probably a CZ). The toy car even has metal wheels- it must be pretty old. The '43S merc and the '57D penny were part of a coin spill that included two '60s nickels. I looked up the aluminum container (and part of another one) and found out that it is an old condom tin from the turn of the century (Three Merry Widows)- don't see those everyday. The dog tax is the second one I've found. Also, a hair beret and a painted brass buckle thingy.

Thanks for looking,

Evan

 

[acevillav]

Nothing wrong with a haul that has silver in it That car is mucho cool too Did the let you hunt the back yards too

Acevillav

 

[unclejesse67]

Nothing wrong with a haul that has silver in it That car is mucho cool too Did the let you hunt the back yards too

Acevillav

Thanks for the reply.

I didn't ask to do the back yards. At the first house the lady seemed hesitent to even let me do the front so I didn't want to push it. I'm sure the old timer at the second house would've let me but I had to go to work and ran out of time.

 

[unclejesse67]

I love finding the Three Merry Widows tins. I hunker down and start looking for really nice Standing Liberty Quarters.

Yep, deep solid quarter hit. Had me going too. Oh well, better than a mason jar lid.

 

[DCMatt]

King (Henry W.) & Co.
In 1854, Henry W. King arrived in Chicago and helped to found Barrett, King & Co., a clothing company that grossed about $150,000 in sales in its first year. During the Civil War, the enterprise became known as King, Kellogg & Co. After the Kelloggs departed, Henry W. King & Co. was created in 1880 by King and his partners, most of whom lived in New York City. By the 1880s, King & Co. was a leading Midwestern clothing wholesaler and retailer, with about $5 million in annual sales. By the end of the nineteenth century, the company's main sales territories stretched from the Midwest to the Pacific. Most of the clothes sold by King, which reportedly employed about 5,000 people around the country, were made in Maine and New York by Browning, King & Co.

Post some pics of the button and you'll get more info.

DCMatt

 

[JerV3]

Nice looking finds.

Yes, That happens get permission to hunt a nice yard and you can tell it's been gone over before.

HH Jer

 

[PBK]

Any chance that "WUTELO" might be 'WUTELC" for Western Union Telegraph Company?

 

[unclejesse67]

King (Henry W.) & Co.
In 1854, Henry W. King arrived in Chicago and helped to found Barrett, King & Co., a clothing company that grossed about $150,000 in sales in its first year. During the Civil War, the enterprise became known as King, Kellogg & Co. After the Kelloggs departed, Henry W. King & Co. was created in 1880 by King and his partners, most of whom lived in New York City. By the 1880s, King & Co. was a leading Midwestern clothing wholesaler and retailer, with about $5 million in annual sales. By the end of the nineteenth century, the company's main sales territories stretched from the Midwest to the Pacific. Most of the clothes sold by King, which reportedly employed about 5,000 people around the country, were made in Maine and New York by Browning, King & Co.

Post some pics of the button and you'll get more info.

DCMatt

Thanks for the info. Here are some more pics of the button.

 

[unclejesse67]

Any chance that "WUTELO" might be 'WUTELC" for Western Union Telegraph Company?

Could be. Its kind of corroded on the last letter.

 

[PBK]

Should have said "WUTELCo." Here's an example. Pretty similar.

One recently sold for $17.49 on eBay, and a list from buttons dealer Bob Edmondson has three in the $17-20 range.

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[Pipster]

saw a post on here about those condom tins had a link to a auction house sold for about $125..00 it is a nice collection of finds you got there

 

[DCMatt]

Any chance that "WUTELO" might be 'WUTELC" for Western Union Telegraph Company?

You beat me to it... as usual... Western Union Telegraph Co. uniform button.

Browning King & Co. also made uniforms - from the Civil War era up until 1934 when they went out of business.

VERY cool!

DCMatt

 

[unclejesse67]

Thanks for the button info and the replies.

 

[unclejesse67]

For some reason these pics only partially loaded on the original post. Here they are again.

 

[liftloop]

nice find.welldown

 

[Historyhound]

Apparently someone forgot to use the condom here! LOL!!!

I love finding the Three Merry Widows tins. I hunker down and start looking for really nice Standing Liberty Quarters.

 

[kimsdad]

Nice hunt. That car is great.

I found a couple that were buried 7-8" in dirt, probably since the 60's.

Funny how well they come out of the ground after all that time.