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    A Tale Of Two Fields!

    Field season is starting up here in South West Ohio, so far we have been hunting two fields that have been cut while waiting for the others to be harvested. The first field a new permission is a very junky site, with a barn that had been taken down recently which masks some of the better items. The best item found was an 1881 Seated Dime by my nephew Paul unfortunately do not pictures of it at this time. I found a few wheat pennies, two crotal bells, a nice decorative brooch face and a 1933 Dog tag and a St Joseph Medallion made of aluminum.





    The second field is a site from last year which I only got to hunt a couple of times, making some nice relic and button finds. This year it was in beans so the hunting is easier to swing a coil. This site is small and has massive iron deposits with a constant grunt interrupted occasionally with a high tone. Last week I got a Cracker Jack token and the 1888 Canadian Fish Scale. We hunted this for about an hour on Sunday and I got an 1899 Indian.



    This Wednesday Diane and I went back and we both made some interesting finds

    I found a rolled upped spoon, small brass keg tap and a “Good Over All” button



    Diane’s good find was an 1864 plain Indian, in decent shape for a field Indian and unusually for this site she said it was a 12-34 on her E-Trac with no iron near it.



    My best find was this 1909 vintage Coca Cola Watch Fob at first I was not sure what it was but when I was able to see Coca Cola on the bottom I knew it should be a good item! Research shows that it an uncommon early and scarce find.



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    Those are some great finds. I agree, That Coca Cola watch FOB is really an exceptional find. Congrats
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    Yeah, great finds. Like to find all kind of stuff you can put a date on. Congrats.


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    Loving that Coca-Cola fob, that is a great find.

    on all those keepers and looking forward to some more great posts.
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    Very nice finds! Fob is cool.
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    some very cool and interesting finds Tony , i really like the old coca-cola fob
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    I tried to help with a date on that Coke fob but couldn't find anything. It seems old! Nice job!
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    I tried to help with a date on that Coke fob but couldn't find anything. It seems old! Nice job!
    It dates from approximately 1909
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bell-Two View Post
    It dates from approximately 1909
    Tony, where'd you find a date? The only thing I could find was a lady who had the same style hat in a 1913 fob. Another forum had a discussion about the same fob but they didn't seem to know much. Your find piqued my interest.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    Tony, where'd you find a date? The only thing I could find was a lady who had the same style hat in a 1913 fob. Another forum had a discussion about the same fob but they didn't seem to know much. Your find piqued my interest.
    Drew here is a listing of Coke slogans by year
    http://www.2collectcola.com/SLOGAN.html

    Here is a link showing one that was sold.
    http://www.antiquesnavigator.com/d-1...strap-wow.html
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    Love the finds! That Coke fob is just AWESOME!
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    Love that coke fob, awesome find, stuff don't have to be 300 years old to be desireable

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