Yet another token....and IH, and SILVER, & cool Fob

TundraPlugger · Jun 17, 2018

Went out this morning for a Father's Day gift to myself. I went back to the little town where I scored the 2 Indianheads and 2 silvers on Friday..... it did not disappoint again!

I found the token first, which I knew would be tough to outdo. Dug the silver Rosie and the wheats afterward. The rusty coin looking thing is what I'm guessing to be my first Steel Wheatie since it came out of the same hole as the 1944-D.

Last came the Indianhead right before I had to take off for home.

On the way home I stopped in another little town on the way home where I have an old permission. I had detected the yard twice but somehow managed to miss the old County Fair watch Fob as well as the 1916 Wheatie.

Anyone know about what year the fob was made?
It says SCHWAABS and something else on the back.

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jwp1964 · Jun 17, 2018

You’re killing it! That Medallion is very nice. I found a similar one in a small town in Kansas a few years ago.

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TundraPlugger · Jun 17, 2018

jwp1964 said:
You’re killing it! That Medallion is very nice. I found a similar one in a small town in Kansas a few years ago.

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Thanks jwp! I've been lucky enough to find that old dirt that hasn't been hunted yet.

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ScaredOfClowns · Jun 17, 2018

Very cool finds! Sweet silver Rosie, very cool token, and that IHC is in terrific shape. Congrats on a good hunt.

GeneralQuarters · Jun 17, 2018

Great hunt and the tops is that medallion!

TundraPlugger · Jun 17, 2018

ScaredOfClowns said:
Very cool finds! Sweet silver Rosie, very cool token, and that IHC is in terrific shape. Congrats on a good hunt.

Thanks SOC! It's weird but I'm starting to get to where I'd rather find Indians and tokens than silver.

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TundraPlugger · Jun 17, 2018

GeneralQuarters said:
Great hunt and the tops is that medallion!

Thanks General! I wasn't too sure if that county fair thing was a watch fob or something that would have hung off the bottom of a ribbon? I just can't believe I missed it TWICE! And it was only 4 or 5 inches down.

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AirmetTango · Jun 17, 2018

Nice digs!! Got yourself a maverick token this time - no identifying marks at all. No worries, tokens are always a thrill, researchable or not! Definitely looks like a steel cent, too - put a magnet to it and see if it sticks. If so, odds are extremely high it's a steel cent considering it came out of the hole with the other wheatie.

Schwaab fob is awesome! The design sure looks "turn of the century" to me, maybe 1890s to 1920? It certainly doesn't depict high tech farm equipment on the front - though I guess it might have been state of the art at the time the fob was stamped :lol:

Here's an brief article I found on Schwaab that seems to imply the company was more active with this sort of product in that time frame. Here's a follow up to that article - seems like they moved on to other products certainly by 1950s, but I think your's is likely much older than that.

Congrats on the nice finds - the Indian, silver, and rings piled onto an already great hunt!

Vermonster · Jun 18, 2018

Looks like it was actually a souvenir pin. And an older one too. The bottom one is one that is specific to New Jersey, and they identify it as from 1897..... Great find!

Edit: I am going with 1890-1910. I found a couple more examples that were dated 1898, 1900, etc.....

jack&jill · Jun 18, 2018

Congrats Tundra on the Rosie, the Indian , the Fob and all the rest. Trapper

Captain Silver · Jun 18, 2018

Nice digging...congrats on the Indian, Rosie, token and the rest!

GroundSweeper · Jun 18, 2018

Man that’s a sweet token! Course the IH and fob and silvers are all awesome too! Incredible hunt for Father’s Day!

TundraPlugger · Jun 18, 2018

Vermonster said:
Looks like it was actually a souvenir pin. And an older one too. The bottom one is one that is specific to New Jersey, and they identify it as from 1897..... Great find!

Edit: I am going with 1890-1910. I found a couple more examples that were dated 1898, 1900, etc.....

Thanks for the info! It came from a little town incorporated in 1898 just outside of Minot. I imagine it was lost sometime within the first 10 years of the towns existence. I figured it was pretty old!

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TundraPlugger · Jun 18, 2018

Captain Silver said:
Nice digging...congrats on the Indian, Rosie, token and the rest!

Thanks Captain! It was a very productive day..... I like em that way.

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TundraPlugger · Jun 18, 2018

jack&jill said:
Congrats Tundra on the Rosie, the Indian , the Fob and all the rest. Trapper

Thanks Jack! I don't know what I like the best out of the finds from yesterday..... I'm kind of leaning toward the medallion though. That token is a pretty close 2nd.

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TundraPlugger · Jun 18, 2018

GroundSweeper said:
Man that’s a sweet token! Course the IH and fob and silvers are all awesome too! Incredible hunt for Father’s Day!

Thanks man! Funny thing is I am watching a token on EBay from the same town that also has one blank side. I thought for sure that is what it was when I dug it until I turned it over and wiped off the dirt to show the lettering. Strange to find a complete maverick token in any of these little towns up here in ND, they always have a name or a town on them. I'm happy with it though!

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