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Rare AZ token found , half dime, buckle, etc....
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GeoAngelo
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Sweet finds!!
EmuDetector
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Very cool grabs!
FreeBirdTim
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Wow, only two others known to exist! That's a totally different level of rarity! What a great find!
Cherry Picker
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Looks like the trip was a good one.
markinswpa
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Congrats on the sweet half dime, tokens and relics Tom. Love the buckle. And for me a hunt never seems complete without a token or two and to find a rare one is just icing on the cake. Well done. MarkWent on a road trip with a hunting buddy last weekend. We each got some keepers. I got this token that ... as it turns out, is quite rare. According to the AZ token book "1 to 2 known" on the rarity scale. I guess that's changed to : "1 to 3 known" now, haha. And as you can see from this page out of the AZ token book, it's worth $900, as of the date of that book. Not bad
Also from the same site, this maverick token came up. That Simply has "E. B. 50 in MDSE" As if hand-stamped. And nothing on the reverse. Ordinarily a maverick token like this wouldn't be worth anything, yet : We noticed it had the same initials as the proprietor on the other one. HHhhhmmm
And this 1864 s half dime. This came out grey-ish dinge. But with some spit & tinfoil, and some Ezest dips, came out so-so OK.
My buddy found this awesome buckle. It is reminiscent of a type found in the CA gold-rush camps. Which often had military themes/motifs on them . Eg.: Eagles, anchors, etc... Yet weren't military. But based on the similarity of type and feel, we are assuming 1850-70-ish range. Anyone here got any info they can add about this ?
Other than that, some CW era eagle buttons, rivets, lantern parts, etc.... Fun fun !
Diggerjonny
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Good show! I like that buckle, tokens are awesome!
Rudy
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Nice finds Tom, congratulations.
Tom_in_CA
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Funny, but my hunt partner & I were just making this observation prior to this trip that : Of all the time in the field, 3x of that is spent on research. Doh !
thanx for joining us on our hunt guys !
Kcs365
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Congrats on a great hunt that buckle is amazing HH
teotwawki12
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Nice stuff!
….surprised California doesn’t have a Treasure Act yet requiring you to turn in your rare stuff like England!!
Need some in-situ reveals!!
….surprised California doesn’t have a Treasure Act yet requiring you to turn in your rare stuff like England!!
Need some in-situ reveals!!
CarsonChris
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Looks like some fun hunting and you didn't even get to swing the D2.
metaladdict
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Congrats on the half dime and pricey rare token!
Tom_in_CA
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Thanx for helping us relish our finds !
Don't EVEN get me started !!
Hey Chris, it's out of the box. I read the instructions cover to cover yesterday. MAN this has a lot of control options that no one is ever likely to use. Doh ! Still haven't gotten it out for a spin yet. My trusty Explorer II got the targets in this post.
bluebird66
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Awesome finds!
GroundSweeper
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Good show Tom, you guys sure know what you’re doing! Congrats on the cool rare token(s) and the tiny 5 cent coin!
Tom_in_CA
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Treasure2some
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Nice finds Tom. Congrats on the rare token!
