Ford, Lincoln and Mercury

[Tony Two-Cent]

On Saturday (yesterday) I met up with Digger Don and Digger Al for some metal detecting. When we started out at an old 1891 court house the temperature was only 26 degrees. Brrrrr! But the signals were frequent in this court house lawn and the finds made us forget about the cold. At this site I got 7 wheat cents, a gold plated locket and a neat Ford token from 1933. By the afternoon it was sunny and in the 40's.

As Don mentioned in his thread we had a tough go at it with the door knocking. Lots of no's or nobody home. The permissions we got weren't too productive, but I did manage 5 Mercury Dimes for the day.

We always have fun detecting together and we all got some decent finds so it was a good day!

Thanks to Don and Alec for inviting me to go. I think it did my ailing back some good to give it a workout.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Nice cache of silver and wheats. I hear some of those old court houses produce really well. That Ford token is a really neat find.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Love the Ford token and congrats on all those Mercs. WTG Tony!

[aloldstuff]

Great hunt Tony. Nice pile of mercs and even a larger pile of wheat's. That Ford token is really, really neat.
In the 5th picture what is the glass looking object lower left?

[Digger Don]

In the 5th picture what is the glass looking object lower left?[/QUOTE]

What I would like to know is what is the tubular object? almost looks like a plunger of some sort.

[Ill Digger]

Great title Tony! How fitting!
I'm more of a Chevy guy, but I gotta say, thats a pretty cool 30th anniversary Ford token! I can't say I've ever seen that one.
Congrats on the goodies!

[Full Metal Digger]

Nice finds Tony! You took an awesome picture of that courthouse. It looks very impressive. Like always, you really cleaned house on the mercury dimes! How many did you find behind Don? LOL. Of course, you probably knew the Ford token was handed out at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The Fair's motto was " A Century of Progress." It's a great find and still on my bucket list. I'm glad you were able to meet up with some of the Illinois boys. Sounds like all of you had a good time. Best wishes and HH, Dave.

[Cheap Thrills]

Tony's Ford , Lincoln , Mercury , I sounds like it's time for you to open up a dealership . Great finds and pictures . Congrats on the quintuplet Merc's .

[wisconsin digger]

You guys had a great hunt. I thought it was Alec's B'day but you guys did not leave him much to find. Congrats WD

[Digger Don]

We had a great time meeting up with you Saturday.
Congrats on all the mercs. You killed it!! I'm still wondering what that tubular object is.
That Ford token that you dug at the courthouse was probably my favorite of your finds!!
I agree with Dave, your photo of the courthouse looks like a post card!!!
Lets do it again soon, Don

[Digger_O'Dell]

The tubular thing looks like an old tire pressure gauge to me. Just my 2 Indians worth.

[Tony Two-Cent]

In the 5th picture what is the glass looking object lower left?

I am perplexed by it.

[MIKE54]

Now that's a courthouse! Nice pile of mercs and other goodies Tony.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Regarding the glass object, I guess all I had to do was Google the patent number.

Light Reflecting Device. Patent applied for by Nat Colortype Company on May 17, 1930. Patent published on August 16, 1932. Invented by Evan P. Bone.

[Full Metal Digger]

Tony, I remember the little light refractor from my days with the Army. They went in the dash of the older trucks. A small white bulb was behind it and the light would shine through a small hole in the bottom and into the red lens. I recall the blinker lights and other lights all having them. When a bulb burned out you would just pop the refractor out of the dash, replace the bulb, and then put the refractor back in the dash. I guess that way you only needed to carry one kind of bulb with you.