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neil diggit
04-06-2011, 01:32 PM
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With the off and on again rains I only got to hunt for a little bit this afternoon. I really wanted to get out though so I just waited it out and went back to a school I had already hunted 2 or 3 times before. I figured I would try the field instead of the general play area grass. It was slow going at first and I had to get under some trees a few times to get out of the rain. I was finding some coins, nothing spectacular. At one point I noticed this kid heading toward this one corner of the fence and noticed a gate so I thought oh, that's the walking path to get in here so I started hunting that path. I found a few coins then I got a different signal and found this little football.
It just seemed like and ordinary trinket so I threw it in my bag and moved on. I washed it when I got home and noticed it said 1945 Champions on it and I just figured it was a toy or something. But when I turned it over to see if I could see who made it I found that it says STERLING :peace: The picture isn't very clear and the S is too faint but it's definately Sterling. :clapping: I weighed it and it weighs 5.2 Grams !! <: What the heck, I never knew they made such a thing. This is too cool..... :cheering:
Plus I found the top of a ring. ?? and the bottom of a Matchbox car. ??
3 quarters, 5 dimes, 1 nickel, 12 pennies, 21 coins

Carl in Louisiana
04-06-2011, 02:08 PM
Nice hunk of silver !!! 8) happydance02 Must have come off a charm bracelet :dontknow: :thinkingabout:

RaZR
04-06-2011, 02:14 PM
Cool football!!! neat find.

sandals
04-06-2011, 05:44 PM
now that's something different....cool!

Carver
04-06-2011, 06:14 PM
Now that's a cool find!!!

dave in iowa
04-06-2011, 07:36 PM
Touchdown with that one , very cool find.

jkress
04-06-2011, 08:15 PM
Nice hunt ND. The silver football is cool.
Congrats on the silver. :clapping:

odave
04-06-2011, 09:42 PM
That's a cool find :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: thumbsup01

zrickkid
04-07-2011, 10:20 PM
Neil, I think its a Cleveland Rams NFL championship charm. I have seen a 1940s Chicago Bears one recently that was very similar.

coinnut
04-08-2011, 06:22 AM
Nice charm :clapping: That also means that area is old enough to have some silver coins too. Looks like you may need to revisit that place from time to time :yes:

neil diggit
04-08-2011, 07:19 AM
Neil, I think its a Cleveland Rams NFL championship charm. I have seen a 1940s Chicago Bears one recently that was very similar.

That's what I thinking too. The school isn't that old, maybe only from the mid 60's but I think that kids take stuff to school to show their friends and loose it.

RobW
04-08-2011, 09:51 AM
That's a cool charm, very unique love the fact that it has a date!

russellt
04-09-2011, 06:53 PM
its awesome when you find something old with a date on it.. very nice