Home Metal Detecting

2 token's and a R.R. tag today!!

Okay got August started off right by finding a couple of token's,a banged up V-nickle and RR luggage tag.
First off the luggage tag:
C.D'A.&S.RY.
509
from
Couer D'Alene
So far I know it's from Idaho and the town may have started as silver mining town,but is now a resort town.Anybody have any info on this let me know??
1st token:
Whitehouse
Bouquet
Cigars

2nd token:
Lou Bates/Saloon/Milton/Cal.
Good/For/One/Drink/Or/Cigar
This token has 3 crack's in it,but they are manufacture defect's as there was crack's in the die.I am also finding out this is a very rare token!!There is one known and it is from another saloon,so now there are 2 known from this town which by the way do's not exist anymore.
Plus I got a very beat up 1899 V-nickel.
Here are the pic's:

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Thank's for looking and HH,Tom
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Comments

  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Some of those old saloon tokens can be worth $$$.

    Ditto for the railroad tags, of course. Awesome finds!

    I love finding old fobs and baggage tags and stuff like that.

    There was an old hotel near here that was built in 1888 and burned in 1898. Then they rebuilt it and it burned again in 1916. I hunted the site when it was being cleared for new condos several years ago, and found a key fob from the old hotel and another from the new hotel. They're some of my favorite non-coin finds.

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  • Very cool! Love the tokens!
    I lust for silver.
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  • Nice work.. tokens are cool!!
  • LM your right about those token's and this one I am finding out is super rare!!There are only 2 known token's from this town and both are from differrent saloons,plus the town no longer exist.

    The baggage claim tag is way cool,I have some info on it now so I will post it later.HH,Tom
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