Thought I had a gold coin... oh well, still pretty cool

[time4me]

I was detecting in very shallow water at a small lake, and saw a gold reeded edge of a large coin. $20 gold piece? No way - couldn't be that lucky. Actually found 2 of them close together, so maybe I'm lucky afterall

Looks like some sort of cub scout commemorative thingy. Anyone have any info on it? Who is the figure on the front and what is the significance of 1837 on the back?

 

[N.J.THer]

Cool tokens...I hope you can track down information on them.

NJ

 

[olepossum]

could be a service medal from a fur trading company alot of them were in business till around 1840