A little bit of everything.

[Bucknut]

I have been spending the last few weeks or so hitting beaches in the hopes of finding gold. It has not happened but I have dug alot of junk jewelry and some silver...




I did hit an old park on Labor Day and found the pipe bowl. I hit it with the shovel and busted it in half but it glued up really nice. I also found a pipe stem. The cannon I think might be a cracker jack toy? The watch winder is a first for me.





And my old coins...





Any idea what this is? I see a date of 1879 and 1929 as if it is a 50 year memorial for something.





Thanks for looking!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Great finds!

The token is a "Light's Golden Jubilee" and features Thomas Edison. I found several examples with a Google search.

[Cheap Thrills]

Great hunts with some nice coins and quite a variety of stuff . Great pictures also. I believe the cannon is an monopoly piece . I could be wrong .

[Tony Two-Cent]

The pipe bowl looks like it might have a thistle flower on it? I think that was a symbol among the Scottish.

p.s. I did a search for Cracker Jack cannon and found several examples exactly like yours.

[Bucknut]

Thanks for the ID's guys! I just hadn't bothered yet to research anything.

[Cheap Thrills]

The pipe bowl looks like it might have a thistle flower on it? I think that was a symbol among the Scottish.

p.s. I did a search for Cracker Jack cannon and found several examples exactly like yours.

Good job on the id Tony , it didn't dawn on me to check " Cracker Jack" even after Bucknut mentioned it . It was about the only place I didn't check .

[wisconsin digger]

You have done a lot better then my attempts at beach/water hunting. All clad for me so far but I have a lot to learn, especially on recoveries. Great variety of finds. Congrats WD

[badgers325]

Nice job Bucknut. All I find in Milwaukee is clad and old aluminum fencing or lead or something that is annoying as heck and falls through the scoop.

[Menzl]

Great finds! What a coincidence to find the pipe. I only get these through the metal lid that is still on the pipe. Or were you digging in a trash pit? Check to see if the pipe has a mark at the base. You can date it pretty well.

[Bucknut]

Great finds! What a coincidence to find the pipe. I only get these through the metal lid that is still on the pipe. Or were you digging in a trash pit? Check to see if the pipe has a mark at the base. You can date it pretty well.

There is no mark on the bottom of the pipe bowl but there is a small chip off of it so maybe there once was a mark. I found it at a park that dates back to the 1840's and I just happened to find it while digging a target with the detector. The area has lumber and fur trade history that dates back to the late 1700's so perhaps it goes back all the way to the 1700's?

[Lodge Scent]

Some nice finds there Bucknut. Quite the variety. Love that Edison token. I've never found a full bowl just lots of fragments.

[Menzl]

What a coincidence! In any case, very exciting. Could it be that the object you dug up with the pipe belongs to the pipe lid?

[Digger_O'Dell]

Some great finds there! That cannon is a 1930 Crackerjack Tootsie Toy Field Cannon. Here's an example for sale on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/293039855543