Indian Head, Dime Trifecta, Silver Quarter and a neat Trade Token July 20, 2014

[Tony Two-Cent]

Today I hunted an old park in a small town on the Illinois River. I'm not sure why, but they had removed the top 6" of turf from most of the park. I asked a young boy why they had been digging up the park and he said they had been digging for Indian artifacts. (?!)

The conditions made for easy digging and I was finding old coins nearly on the surface. The sandy soil is very kind to the coins as well. It was a fun day.

I ended up with an 1888 Indian Head Cent, 20 Wheat Cents, an extremely worn 1901 Barber Dime, a nice 1923 Mercury Dime, a 1947-D Roosevelt and a 1959-D Washington. I also found a very large trade token.

Here are all of today's finds:



And here are the keepers:




Here is the large trade token:



I did eyeball some pieces of flint on the surface. Thousands of those small shells are lying on the surface as well.



It was another perfect day weather-wise. I had a lot of fun. Thanks for looking and happy hunting!