Bell-Two
01-27-2016, 01:37 PM
Monday gave us a break in the weather with the temperature reaching 45 degrees and even though I knew it would be muddy I just had to get out and give it a go. I went back to the last field I hunted which gave up some good relics and this time it was more of the same, with only one lonely wheat cent to account for all the coinage! I dug this “Dr Drake’s” cough syrup lucky piece it originally had a wheat cent in it and was supposed to bring the bearer luck. I have a similar one I picked up at a flea market so I was familiar with it.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3652_zpsiwoojrnf.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3652_zpsiwoojrnf.jpg.html)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3651_zpsozs5tpkp.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3651_zpsozs5tpkp.jpg.html)
The next good find was this fairly decent Eagle Button for the CW era.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3654_zpsqsy87vtb.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3654_zpsqsy87vtb.jpg.html)
I then dug this token, in the field I had no clue what it was, it was holed and bent and when I got home I cleaned it and straighten it out and I saw that I had dug my very first Coal Scrip. Not knowing much about such scrip I sent pictures to a friend that collects them and has reference material on scrip. He got back to me and told me it was a very scarce item listed in his reference book as an R-10 rarity! Which is the highest rarity rating they use!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3650_zpsvhzfdodo.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3650_zpsvhzfdodo.jpg.html)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3649_zpsht5r05mx.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3649_zpsht5r05mx.jpg.html)
Other stuff is typical field finds, the ubiquitous toe plate, bent spoon and other sundry items.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3655_zpsves0st8c.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3655_zpsves0st8c.jpg.html)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3652_zpsiwoojrnf.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3652_zpsiwoojrnf.jpg.html)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3651_zpsozs5tpkp.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3651_zpsozs5tpkp.jpg.html)
The next good find was this fairly decent Eagle Button for the CW era.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3654_zpsqsy87vtb.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3654_zpsqsy87vtb.jpg.html)
I then dug this token, in the field I had no clue what it was, it was holed and bent and when I got home I cleaned it and straighten it out and I saw that I had dug my very first Coal Scrip. Not knowing much about such scrip I sent pictures to a friend that collects them and has reference material on scrip. He got back to me and told me it was a very scarce item listed in his reference book as an R-10 rarity! Which is the highest rarity rating they use!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3650_zpsvhzfdodo.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3650_zpsvhzfdodo.jpg.html)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3649_zpsht5r05mx.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3649_zpsht5r05mx.jpg.html)
Other stuff is typical field finds, the ubiquitous toe plate, bent spoon and other sundry items.
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t184/Tony_Mantia/CTX2016/IMG_3655_zpsves0st8c.jpg (http://s160.photobucket.com/user/Tony_Mantia/media/CTX2016/IMG_3655_zpsves0st8c.jpg.html)