Last week was spring break for our kids so we booked a trip to Florida for a week of sun and fun on the beach! Oh yeah....some detecting too.!
I got to the condo, carried in my bags and was on the beach swinging within 35 minutes. After 45 minutes of finding random beach junk I got my first good find! A sterling silver cross and chain! About 10 minutes later I got a 10-41 and shifted the sand a little and seen a glimps of silver! It turned out to be a .925 silver ring! I thought "Here we go! This beach is going to be loaded with goodies!
During the rest of the week, about 32-36 hours of hunting.. not one more piece of jewelry! Nothing! Not even junkers! Well, one plastic ring I eyeballed, but other than that, just a bunch of exercise and a ton of that crusty beach clad! We checked out Friday morning. Mamma the kids and her aunts and kids went thier way I went in search of some new ground to detect. I stopped in a small town in Alabama checked out a school. Too new, lots of dirt work. So I moved on. Found a empty lot next to the local police department and hunted the parkway almost to dark. I found a Buff and a couple of wheats. So I decided I better get back on the road. As I was leaving town I turned a corner and there is the remains of a old school. It only had two walls still standing. I pulled over and started hunting. Nabbed a couple of wheats, just as it was getting too dark to see I got a nickle signal right next to the sidewalk. I dig it up and it's this tiny little coin. I couldn't read the writing on it. I just figured it was a play coin.
After getting it cleaned up it's a Alabama State Tax Commission token! (Sorry the pictures are blurry)
The other side: 5˘ Luxury Tax Token
After finding that token I was happy so I jumped in the truck and drove 12 hours straight through to meet up with Tony 2˘. He took me to one of his favorite little town parks. The one he calls SLQ park. We hunted there for a few hours I found a Merc, a War nickle, and a few wheats. Then we went to the local school. Only got one wheat there. So We were drooling over this old house we kept driving by.
I told Tony, "I'm just gonna go ask if we can hunt it." The owners were soooo nice! Offered to hunt all we wanted. The good finds started right off the bat! As you all probably know Tony dug a LC within the first 5 minutes we were in the yard! My first good find (other than a wheat) was something I've hoped to find someday.
A Railroad baggage tag!
I'm having a hard time finding any history on it. If anyone can help I'd be much obliged.
Here's a group picture of the weeks finds.
(It was getting dark tonight while taking the photos. I'll get some better pics and post them.)
Some of my favorite things to find are old tokens. Got a couple of those too! One is "Good for one glass of Archer Beer"
All in all it was a great week. And a unbelievable two day hunt with my buddy Tony!
I'll get some better pictures and post them later.
As always... Thanks for lookin' & HH!