AirmetTango
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...Aluminum has absolutely no shot versus several decades of farmers’ plows! You might be thinking, “So what - let Farmer Joe grind those Coke and Bud Light cans into oblivion” , but not me!! As a lover of merchant trade tokens, I dread what plow blades can do to the aluminum variety.
Weather was gorgeous here on Sunday, so I went out for a night hunt in a field permission after the kids were in bed. I eventually got over an absolutely solid 17 signal in all directions using the EQ800 in 50 tones - a rare tone/number in this field, and the quality of the sound left no doubt this was something interesting, so I was instantly excited....but my heart immediately sank when I saw the target!! The glow of my headlamp was enough to see the incuse lettering of an older token, but I could also simultaneously see the devastation wrought by countless passes of a Farmall
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Despite its condition, I’m pretty sure I can read all of the lettering. “Good For 5c In Trade” is clearly readable in an usual top-center circle position, and I can make out “The Maine” underneath, which is probably the name of the establishment. The back appears to be blank. No other words seem to be missing, so no town name or proprietor to help nail down an ID, making this one a Maverick. But tokencatalog.com has some interesting historical information on a different “The Maine” token that might generally apply to this one, as well. Apparently several bars and saloons around the country were renamed “The Maine” to capitalize on the fervor over the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898...”Remember the Maine” was a defining slogan of the day, and it propelled public sentiment toward the Spanish-American War. If that’s how the establishment for this token got named too, it’s a pretty cool Maverick!
Pic showing the back:
Weather was gorgeous here on Sunday, so I went out for a night hunt in a field permission after the kids were in bed. I eventually got over an absolutely solid 17 signal in all directions using the EQ800 in 50 tones - a rare tone/number in this field, and the quality of the sound left no doubt this was something interesting, so I was instantly excited....but my heart immediately sank when I saw the target!! The glow of my headlamp was enough to see the incuse lettering of an older token, but I could also simultaneously see the devastation wrought by countless passes of a Farmall
:Despite its condition, I’m pretty sure I can read all of the lettering. “Good For 5c In Trade” is clearly readable in an usual top-center circle position, and I can make out “The Maine” underneath, which is probably the name of the establishment. The back appears to be blank. No other words seem to be missing, so no town name or proprietor to help nail down an ID, making this one a Maverick. But tokencatalog.com has some interesting historical information on a different “The Maine” token that might generally apply to this one, as well. Apparently several bars and saloons around the country were renamed “The Maine” to capitalize on the fervor over the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898...”Remember the Maine” was a defining slogan of the day, and it propelled public sentiment toward the Spanish-American War. If that’s how the establishment for this token got named too, it’s a pretty cool Maverick!
Pic showing the back:
