goldpaninut
Senior Member
I had 2 hours the other day for a detecting trip. Short but productive! Through research I found where some swing sets used to be in our local park in the 1920s and concentrated my efforts there during my short 2 hours. I found $1.22 altogether. At one point I got a broken signal at 4" with a high VDI reading. Digging carefully I unearthed a dirty old thing that I thought was a modern token of some kind. Pocketing it, I continued my hunt. Next came a 79 signal at 5" meaning a true copper penny. It was black and the date was un-readable. Arriving home I cleaned it enough to see it was a 1918 - P Lincoln cent and the "modern token" turned out to be a 1906 Colorado token that read "Keep Your Money in Colorado". On the other side with the date it says "Colorado Manufacturers Assn." with some Latin saying "NIL SINE NUMINE" Anyone know what that means? Pictured on this side is the "all seeing eye", an indian peace pipe, and a miners crossed pick & shovel. One of the most interesting things I've recently found!