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    A Productive Saturday Hunt with Tony Two-Cent & Noah

    We met up yesterday morning to do a bit of door knocking In an old central Illinois town. Let me start out by saying it was great to get together with Tony again, it's been such a strange year!!
    We hit a few houses, but most of my finds came from one 1870s yard. It had obviously been hit before, but they left us all a few goodies.
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    This one put a BIG smile on my face!

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    Oh yeah, This one too!
    Any ideas on it's age?

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    The Illinois & St. Louis RR was in existence 1865-1889

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    I found 3 - 5 cent tokens from this bakery a couple of years ago in the same town

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    On the way home, Noah and I stopped in one more town and i finally found a few coins.
    Oldest Coin: 1699 William III Halfpenny


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    Silver 4
    Indian 3, Buff 1, V Nik 1, Rosie 2, Barber Dime, SLQ 1,

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    It was great getting out with you and Tim, Don! That one yard was a day saver. Lots of great finds came out of that soil. Your eagle button is gorgeous! We thought it would clean up well and we weren't wrong. Beautiful!

    That railroad baggage tag is a great find too. What a wonderful piece of history. Railroad relics are very collectible.

    I am curious about that flower button. Your photos don't really show how big it is. Could it be Tombac material? I'm not sure.

    Crazy that you've found three of those bread tokens now!
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    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    WOW, Don! Some great finds there...I've only found a few RR tags, and never heard of bread tokens until you posted one a few months back. One day I'm going to drive out there and tag along with you guys for some door knocking...if you'll have me.
    How'd you know that yard was hit before?
    Congrats on a sweet hunt!
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    The railroad baggage tag and the bread tokens are absolutely fantastic finds. Well done.
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    A couple of great buttons there.
    Oldest find: 5,000 year old copper spearhead
    Oldest coin: 1699 William III halfpenny
    Purdiest coin: 1832 Capped Bust quarter
    Coolest find: USA button with blue threads still on shank

    "He who would search for pearls must dive below."

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    Elite Member Digger Don's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    WOW, Don! Some great finds there...I've only found a few RR tags, and never heard of bread tokens until you posted one a few months back. One day I'm going to drive out there and tag along with you guys for some door knocking...if you'll have me.
    How'd you know that yard was hit before?
    Congrats on a sweet hunt!
    You're welcome here anytime Drew. We can grab Tony and do some door knocking, Illinois style.lol

    there were very few coins and no silver. someone got the easy stuff and left us the non coin signals. ok with me, we dug some nice relics out of that yard. ( Tony dug the only old coins there )
    Oldest Coin: 1699 William III Halfpenny


    20
    24
    Silver 4
    Indian 3, Buff 1, V Nik 1, Rosie 2, Barber Dime, SLQ 1,

    YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoU...FVGumMQ/videos

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    I've been trying to find a match to your eagle button without much success. The backmark says "W.H. HORSTMANN & SONS - PHI".

    I cannot find that exact button though.

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    Lifetime totals:
    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Great token and a glorious looking button!
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    (probably should have started with that one)

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    Great finds. I tend to think your button is 1850's.
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    Great finds Don! I am SO JEALOUS of that button! I showed a pic to my friend who is a Civil War nut and he said it was an (Infantry) officer's button. Glad to see you making the killer finds but leave some for me! Happy digging.
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    Very Nice!
    Best finds GW Button and John Adams Cufflink.
    Trust in the Lord...

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