NevTrac
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I haven't been contributing much to this forum lately and I apologize for that.
This I have to share. Carcur and I got out for an all day hunt at a lake that has been stricken hard by the drought. I found some pretty cool stuff including wheat pennies, A '43 mercury dime, 3 Chinese cash coins, an old brass lipstick tube with lipstick intact, silver ring, and some various other stuff.
What really stands out from this hunt is the 20 trade tokens found in a 10' x 20' area. these tokens were so encrusted from being underwater for over a hundred years that even after 2 hours of tumbling I still could barely make out any details. I put together an electrolysis unit and the results after about 4 hours on each token were not bad.
The coolest part about this story is the story behind these tokens. What's the story you ask? Well, I don't know, that's the beauty of it. I can tell you this much though, after some research I learned these tokens are from all over Northern California, one is from Tonopah Nevada, and the one with the slot and arrow is a telephone token from Chicago. I was able to date one token at 1906/1907 so I can only assume they are all from the same era and lost by the same person.
Here's what I think happened. A guy moves out west from Chicago to try his hand at mining. He spends months traveling around from town to town prospecting and spending his earnings at local saloons and pool halls where he collects these tokens. One day he has a little to much to drink and takes a walk out on the pier at this lake where he proceeds to stumble and fall into the water, losing all his tokens he worked so hard to collect.
Anyway, thanks for reading my story and enjoy the photos
This I have to share. Carcur and I got out for an all day hunt at a lake that has been stricken hard by the drought. I found some pretty cool stuff including wheat pennies, A '43 mercury dime, 3 Chinese cash coins, an old brass lipstick tube with lipstick intact, silver ring, and some various other stuff.
What really stands out from this hunt is the 20 trade tokens found in a 10' x 20' area. these tokens were so encrusted from being underwater for over a hundred years that even after 2 hours of tumbling I still could barely make out any details. I put together an electrolysis unit and the results after about 4 hours on each token were not bad.
The coolest part about this story is the story behind these tokens. What's the story you ask? Well, I don't know, that's the beauty of it. I can tell you this much though, after some research I learned these tokens are from all over Northern California, one is from Tonopah Nevada, and the one with the slot and arrow is a telephone token from Chicago. I was able to date one token at 1906/1907 so I can only assume they are all from the same era and lost by the same person.
Here's what I think happened. A guy moves out west from Chicago to try his hand at mining. He spends months traveling around from town to town prospecting and spending his earnings at local saloons and pool halls where he collects these tokens. One day he has a little to much to drink and takes a walk out on the pier at this lake where he proceeds to stumble and fall into the water, losing all his tokens he worked so hard to collect.
Anyway, thanks for reading my story and enjoy the photos
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