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    MY SON DID GOOD, Me not so much

    Saturday morning, my son Alec and I met up with Tony two-cent for a day of hunting. We met up at a little town located about half way between us. We tried 2 spots there and neither were very productive, a couple of wheats for us. Tony did a little better, but thats a story for him to tell. After a quick stop at Casey's for pizza and a pop, we headed to another town that we hit a few weeks ago. Alec dug a few more wheats which gave him a total of five. I got some practice time in with a bunch of clad. After a few hours there, we decided to call it a day and we all headed home. On the way home, Alec and I stopped at one more park where he found a cheap " key to my heart" necklace and a nice .925 silver ring.
    Sunday morning we hit a school that was built in 1916. Alec found a very cool watch Fob from 1910." Wool growers association 46th annual convention "
    and five more wheats.
    Thanks again to Tony for his help with our E-trac. It was a pleasure hunting with you.

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    Seems like a some decent hunts to me. Never disappointing when your son hits some older coins and the Watch Fob is a real keeper. Nice hunt and keep swinging Wisconsin Digger

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    Super finds and a great day out with your son !
    Always looking for that next ring !!

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    You two are doing great! Nice fob, ring and clad!!
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    Awesome finds! That wool growers fob is amazing. I wonder if it hung from a suspension ribbon instead of a watch chain though? BTW, here's a link to a news story from 1910 Ogden paper about the event. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...10/ed-1/seq-2/

    It's quite an interesting story to read.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    Awesome finds! That wool growers fob is amazing. I wonder if it hung from a suspension ribbon instead of a watch chain though? BTW, here's a link to a news story from 1910 Ogden paper about the event. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...10/ed-1/seq-2/

    It's quite an interesting story to read.
    I just made an account lol. I have been researching this event and this fob in general for the past hour, I have not found a value of the fob, nor anything about the event, just some wool growers association from South America, I am still trying to see if this fob has any sort of value to it, I want to keep it, but if it is worth money, I may ask my dad to sell it. This fob is very cool, but i am saving for an E-trac, lol. Every bit helps right? Lol, thanks DaddyDigger for the info btw. Hopefully it is worth something, I can't even find a picture of it.

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    congrats on the finds. Like the key and chain, something different. Safe & HH

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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    Awesome finds! That wool growers fob is amazing. I wonder if it hung from a suspension ribbon instead of a watch chain though? BTW, here's a link to a news story from 1910 Ogden paper about the event. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...10/ed-1/seq-2/

    It's quite an interesting story to read.
    Thanks for the link, you're right, it was an interesting article. It's kind of cool to find something that old that has a traceable history.
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    Wow, that fob is AWESOME, Alec! I would rather find that than a common silver coin any day! And it even has the date on it, very cool!

    Nice silver ring too!

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    Excellent bunch of finds you two got there I really like that fob

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    Wow Alec , you cleaned up at the end congrats on the silver jewelry and cool fob .

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    Nice finds. And the only pic not so clear was of the wheats. However, who hasn't seen a wheat before anyway?

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    You gotta love getting out with your son. I know I enjoy every time my daughter asks to go. Congrats on your finds!

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    Hey diggerAl, hope your quest for that Etrac goes well. Some nice hunting and I love that Fob.
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    very nice fob, glad you could spend some time with your son.......thats probably worth more than any finds........well, almost
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    Quote Originally Posted by slvrsrchr View Post
    very nice fob, glad you could spend some time with your son.......thats probably worth more than any finds........well, almost
    It definitely is. I have a great time hunting with my son. Pulling nice finds out the ground is a close second.
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