Went to a spot a few hours from home so had to be picky for my 3-hour hunt. First Freemasonry find.

[BABALONGOGGLES]

Detecting near a late 1800s-early 1900s poor farm and I found my first Masonic relic. "One Penny," "Dum Tacet Clamat."

Latin for: "Though silent, he speaks."

A Woodmen of the World token.

 

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[Blackfoot58]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing. I’m a little confused though. Are you saying the Woodmen are Masonic? They are not. They are somehow considered a fraternal Insurance organization. They have no Masonic affiliation, although men can belong to both separately.

 

[Squirrel322]

whatever it is, it’s really cool! Great find

 

[Red-Coat]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing. I’m a little confused though. Are you saying the Woodmen are Masonic? They are not. They are somehow considered a fraternal Insurance organization. They have no Masonic affiliation, although men can belong to both separately.

Correct. Fraternal, but not Masonic although they adopted all kinds of bizarre pseudo-Masonic rituals. They had something called a 'coin test' as one of their rituals, which I commented on here:

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I went out for a quick hunt the other day. Found my first spinner advertisement coin. It reads"Old Homestead Dodge City Milling and Elev. Co. Dodge City Kan. Buy Quality Flour" I can't seem to find any like it. The Woodmen of the World Coin Test coin is pretty interesting, I'm not sure what that...

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[oldmxrat]

Yep, I'd say that was worth the drive, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Detecting near a late 1800s-early 1900s poor farm and I found my first Masonic relic. "One Penny," "Dum Tacet Clamat."

Latin for: "Though silent, he speaks."

A Woodmen of the World token.

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Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[river roamer]

Congrats on your finds

 

[BABALONGOGGLES]

Nice finds. Thanks for sharing. I’m a little confused though. Are you saying the Woodmen are Masonic? They are not. They are somehow considered a fraternal Insurance organization. They have no Masonic affiliation, although men can belong to both separately.

That may well be correct. I only did a quick preliminary search and I may have conflated the group with another one. Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Gare]

NICE finds Thanks for sharing with us

 

[Bamasteve]

Great find