Got out tonight to a house I've hit once before. Last time I was there I got a silver Washington quarter and a couple of tokens which was cool, but a little disappointing because the house dates back to the early 1800s. Tonight I stuck to the same small section of yard I hit before but I slowed WAY down and worked around iron...the thing that surprised me most was that I didn't bother to change to my small coil because the 3030's stock coil was doing great. In about a 5x5 area (that I'm not sure how I missed last time), I found 16 orchard tokens (gave some to the homeowner). All are stamped with either MB or M BROS as you can see, some are numbered (number of bushels/buckets harvested), and some are different designs. I'm assuming based on the different versions that these may represent a wide span of time that they were in use, although I would be willing to bet they were all dropped at the same time. Along with those I dug an 1880 IHP at the same depth in the same area, so I'm assuming that roughly dates the tokens as well. I'm in touch with the historical society right now about trying to track down what exactly this orchard was or who the M BROS might be.
Also found nearby was the heart/key pendant and the other thing which I'm assuming might have been a tie clip. It appears to be gilded, but there are no markings on it.
Also found nearby was the heart/key pendant and the other thing which I'm assuming might have been a tie clip. It appears to be gilded, but there are no markings on it.
