Digger_O'Dell
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Hi all,
Went out for several hunts in the past week that got mixed results. Last night I finally got out to a bean field that was finally picked. I managed a really nice 1919 Buffalo, a buckle cover and another partial bull ring.
Last week I went down to Illinois for 2 days of water hunting. The first day didn't produce a whole lot probably since I was still trying to figure out the best way to hunt open screen in the trash, and figure out where everything was. But between both days I did find a very old silver class ring from Morgan Park Military Academy which only ran under that name from 1877 to 1889. Also found a very good condition 1925 Buffalo, a gold filled ring, swim buckles, a couple pendants, junker cuff link, cracker jack toy horse with rider, light fixture pieces, and lots of lead.
One oddity I found was a huge lead or pewter token with an elephant on one side and some kind of grid/writing on the other. Arabic maybe? If anyone has any info on it I would greatly appreciate the help.
Another odd find was a brass disc that looks like it was probably a token. Looks smooth front and back, but it does have ridged edges like a coin.
One good keeper is another first, a token from Burnham Gum Machine Works that dates from 1917 to 1928.
Went out for several hunts in the past week that got mixed results. Last night I finally got out to a bean field that was finally picked. I managed a really nice 1919 Buffalo, a buckle cover and another partial bull ring.
Last week I went down to Illinois for 2 days of water hunting. The first day didn't produce a whole lot probably since I was still trying to figure out the best way to hunt open screen in the trash, and figure out where everything was. But between both days I did find a very old silver class ring from Morgan Park Military Academy which only ran under that name from 1877 to 1889. Also found a very good condition 1925 Buffalo, a gold filled ring, swim buckles, a couple pendants, junker cuff link, cracker jack toy horse with rider, light fixture pieces, and lots of lead.
One oddity I found was a huge lead or pewter token with an elephant on one side and some kind of grid/writing on the other. Arabic maybe? If anyone has any info on it I would greatly appreciate the help.
Another odd find was a brass disc that looks like it was probably a token. Looks smooth front and back, but it does have ridged edges like a coin.
One good keeper is another first, a token from Burnham Gum Machine Works that dates from 1917 to 1928.
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