A token from the area.

[hoser]

Went to a friends house in town day before yesterday. I have been wanting to hunt his house for some time now, and this was the day. I found the normal amount of clad, and a few wheaties. Did find a pretty nice 1918 Merc in good shape. I was getting close to going home time when I got a good strong 50 cent reading that said 8 inches. I finally was able to locate the target and was a little dissapointed that it wasn't silver. However, it turned out to be a trade token from our town dated 1949. This is my oldes token so far. About one more good hunt left before I have to hang it up for the season.

I like those tokens, they usually have a lot of history connected with them. Yours is a nice one.

[hoser]

Thanks Bob. I have a question for you. What program are you running on your machine? You really do find some awesome stuff, and I was wondering just how you had your DFX set up. If ya don't mind that is.

[RingDancer]

Congrats on your find Bill! That is a very nice token!

Boobie I am wondering the same thing as Bill, are you using the DSMP and if so are you using those exact settings or are you having to change a few settings with it! How deep are most of your older coin finds!

Thanks for any information you can help me with!

HH
Pat

[Tom in SWW]

Originally Posted by ausableBill

I was getting close to going home time when I got a good strong 50 cent reading that said 8 inches. However, it turned out to be a trade token from our town dated 1949.

Hi Bill!

Congrats on your find! Trade tokens are excellent: They are usually many orders of magnitude rarer than any coins you'll ever find.
I was blessed to find a copper 5 cent token from the Penland (NC) store on a path to a mine.
It looked like a corroded penny, but turned out to be a trade token. The locals say they are extremely rare, and date from about 1916-1918.
I can only imagine some miner losing it, and bemoaning the loss of 5 cents, which could buy him a dope (NC talk for a Coke or Pepsi), or any number of other things.
Question on the depth reading you got: Do you figure that you got an honest 8" under the coil, or was the actual recovery a bit more shallow?
My DFX gives me readings, but the usually are an inch or two closer to the surface than the detector indicates.
The only thing I can think of is that the grass adds a couple of inches due to height above ground, and that the calibration may be off a bit.
I've never found a coin more than an actual 5 or 6 inches under the actual soil.
Comments, anyone?

HH! -Tom

[hoser]

Tom, I use a coin probe that I made from brass thats about ten inches long in the shank. When I am doing someones yard, I use this probe all the time so I really can pinpoint the exact location and depth of my target.. That way I'm not doing as much damage to the grass. I kept pushing the probe down till I felt the metallic tick I get when I hit a coin.(I do this VERY gently as to not damage the coin) Anyway, I only had about 2 1/2" of the shaft left when I hit the target. The ground conditions were nice black topsoil that was quite moist. I also agree with you that the depth readings will vary due to the type of soil conditions that are present at the time. I have gotten a deep reading, only to find the target is just an inch or two below the surface. Thats the main reason I like to use the probe. Might just save me from digging to China.

[Tom in SWW]

I appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions.

HH! -Tom

[weebee33]

very nice finds.im new to this site and im swinging the DFX too.most of the time i was over at dfxonly site until i found this site i like.keep the coil to the soil. my friends call me Murph

[Gregory]

Nice finds Bill Keep em coming buddy

[Joe(TX)]

Some people prefer to collect Tokens! Many reflect the local history of your town. Tokens are a by-gone era basicly they were the paper coupons of yesterday. Also tokens can cover a very wide area of interest, from The Civil War, to Mercantile-Trade type, to Transportation, for Taxes, etc. Many collectors will specialize in a particular type such as the Civil War or all the Bus tokens, for example! HOPE YOU FIND MORE! GOOD LUCK JOE