Recent SoCal Finds Including My New Favorite Token and a Cool Piece of History

Jamflicker · Feb 15, 2019

Hey everyone,
Here are some finds from one short after work hunt and an all day hunt with my buddy Dan. On the after work hunt I went to a pounded park in hopes of finding at least one silver which I did plus I also found a few wheats and a cool Green River Whiskies token from the 1930's.

The next hunt I went to a park with my buddy Dan and we both had great days. Dan highlights were an 1875 seated dime and 2 indians. I found a couple silver coins and about 20 wheats but the highlights we an International Harvester Co. fob and a cool Teddy Roosevelt token. From my research the fob is from 1890. The Roosevelt token is probably my favorite token that I have found. One side has an image of Teddy and says Theo. Roosevelt and the other side says President Roosevelt 1903. What makes it even cooler is I found an article which states that Teddy was at this location that I found it at in 1903 on his trip to California. Maybe he was the one handing them out but either way it is cool tying the token to him directly being there and the tokens being handed out that day.

Jason

SeabeeRon · Feb 15, 2019

Great token and those other items!!

Give Dan my best!!

Captain Silver · Feb 15, 2019

Congrats on the silvers, marbles, tokens and the rest...good digs as always Jason!

Saltshaker · Feb 15, 2019

Wow, looks like you had some fun. I love those finds and congrats on the silver. Some of those marbles can be worth some good bucks too.

Kraemer · Feb 15, 2019

What machines were you guys using? Jealous of your weather!

WyoTom · Feb 15, 2019

Nice job Jason! Great finds!! I have seen that Green River whiskey token before.

METALMANIAC-NY · Feb 15, 2019

Cool bunch of finds! Great job!

Jamflicker · Feb 15, 2019

SeabeeRon said:
Great token and those other items!!

Give Dan my best!!

Thanks Ron

Captain Silver said:
Congrats on the silvers, marbles, tokens and the rest...good digs as always Jason!

Thanks Bruce

Saltshaker said:
Wow, looks like you had some fun. I love those finds and congrats on the silver. Some of those marbles can be worth some good bucks too.

Thanks! The marbles are just cateyes, but I have found a lot of fun ones in the past but know nothing about what makes some rare.

Kraemer said:
What machines were you guys using? Jealous of your weather!

Etrac

WyoTom said:
Nice job Jason! Great finds!! I have seen that Green River whiskey token before.

Thanks Tom. Yes, I have seen the Green river tokens too, they seem pretty common but still fun. I did find that there are 12 variations of the token though.

METALMANIAC-NY said:
Cool bunch of finds! Great job!

Thanks bud!

Tom_in_CA · Feb 15, 2019

Excellent post, as usual. Only a computerized robot can pull more coins out of the sickly pounded junky parks of So. CA !

PS, there's a nasty rumor afloat, that a northern CA guy "may or may not", be in southern CA, at this moment. He "may or may not" have just lifted 2 seated dimes from under your robot noses. Tsk tsk. Better get to work on that 'puter glitch! :cool:

joee5 · Feb 15, 2019

Grats on the trip silver

Waveoff · Feb 15, 2019

Outstanding finds Jam! Very interesting pieces of history you unearthed there. Plus 4 more marbles! I've found a whopping 1 marble so far this year and it was in a hole with junk! :lol:

jwp1964 · Feb 15, 2019

That’s quite a haul! Lots of amazing finds. Congrats!

marcomo · Feb 16, 2019

Nice coin haul and great non-coin stuff too. Love that Teddy Roosevelt presidential token!

I've found a couple of those Green River tokens over the years, must have been a popular whiskey back in the day.

jack&jill · Feb 16, 2019

Some fantastic hunting Jason. Love the Fob and the Tokens, all look to be in great condition and have great history. Those finds almost make the the Silver insignificant, Almost! Congrats on adding 3 more to the count and the pile of Wheat's. Congrats to Dan on the Seated and the Indians. Trapper

Scooterjim · Feb 16, 2019

I don't think that little red marble is a cat-eye. Hard to tell from the dirty pic, but I think it might be one of the later American made marbles. Again can't tell from the pic, but if it's less than a half inch diameter and American made, that can push the collector value up to a dollar, even more for older, rarer marbles.

Jamflicker · Feb 18, 2019

Tom_in_CA said:
Excellent post, as usual. Only a computerized robot can pull more coins out of the sickly pounded junky parks of So. CA !

PS, there's a nasty rumor afloat, that a northern CA guy "may or may not", be in southern CA, at this moment. He "may or may not" have just lifted 2 seated dimes from under your robot noses. Tsk tsk. Better get to work on that 'puter glitch!

Thanks Tom! So if you came south of SB I guess I get a pass to go north. Nice goi g on the seateds. Park or lot?

joee5 said:
Grats on the trip silver

thanks

Waveoff said:
Outstanding finds Jam! Very interesting pieces of history you unearthed there. Plus 4 more marbles! I've found a whopping 1 marble so far this year and it was in a hole with junk!

Thanks!

jwp1964 said:
That’s quite a haul! Lots of amazing finds. Congrats!

Thanks

marcomo said:
Nice coin haul and great non-coin stuff too. Love that Teddy Roosevelt presidential token!

I've found a couple of those Green River tokens over the years, must have been a popular whiskey back in the day.

Thanks! Yes the green river tokens are fairly common.

jack&jill said:
Some fantastic hunting Jason. Love the Fob and the Tokens, all look to be in great condition and have great history. Those finds almost make the the Silver insignificant, Almost! Congrats on adding 3 more to the count and the pile of Wheat's. Congrats to Dan on the Seated and the Indians. Trapper

Thanks Trapper!

Scooterjim said:
I don't think that little red marble is a cat-eye. Hard to tell from the dirty pic, but I think it might be one of the later American made marbles. Again can't tell from the pic, but if it's less than a half inch diameter and American made, that can push the collector value up to a dollar, even more for older, rarer marbles.

oh yeah, forgot about the red one. Yeah I always like finding the solid color ones.

SilverSurfer74 · Feb 18, 2019

Great job guys

GroundSweeper · Feb 18, 2019

Man Jam that token is tops! Awesome hunting, and beyond. Congrats!

markinswpa · Feb 18, 2019

Just an outstanding couple of hunts. Congrats on the silver but the tokens put it over the top. That fob could reference our hobby-rich soil less toil. lol I dug the same whiskey token last spring, The TR tokens the best. He is my favorite. HH Mrk

cellrdwellr · Feb 18, 2019

Really like the tokens, nice wrap up Jason, congrats!

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