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Saloon token

I never get tired of digging tokens. this one is good for a drink or cigar at the Lafayette saloon. its from Etna CA, dates to 1897. the enameled plate and bear are from CSAA ( can't find history of it). 1949 teamsters truck pin, snuff bottle.
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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,258 ✭✭✭✭
    that token is pretty neat! Interesting CSAA bit... keep us posted if you find any info what it is.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cool finds.... what is that 'mold' thing the token is resting on??? Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    what kind of bottle you got there demo? i kinda like it
  • PRECIOUSMENTALPRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭
    Great Post.
    My home is old, built on annexed farmland in 1877.
    Immediately found the 'hump', indicative of the trash pit.
    So many old bottles and crocks, only down 3-4-feet and 5'diameter. LONG way to go.
    Only problem is the Wife wants to dig like mad, I have to tell her, 'I'ts like archeologists on a TV show!"
    Grrrrrrrrrrrr.
    Found a 3 cent nickel and Indian heads, quarters, the usual.
    She 'FEELS' treasure back there, starting to as well.
    Take Care.
  • the mold thing has a car shape in it. maybe for candy? a lot of weird stuff here.
    the bottle is a snuff, which i'm guessing is from around the 1920's.

    I haven't had an 1870's dump in a long time. if there was one on my property, I would dig slow and sift every inch. any photos? what state are you from?
  • PRECIOUSMENTALPRECIOUSMENTAL Posts: 961 ✭✭✭✭
    NE OH. Earliest medicine bottles date 1870 or prior.
    The weather in the Fall is a nice time to sift through it.
    May have found the privy.
    The hump is about 6'wide, maybe 30 feet long, tapering close to ground.
    At the end is a stoned in area 20 'feet long by 5' wide with various bushes-floweres in it.
    By stoned, just field stone used to make a border.
    And some stone steps leading down a hill in the rear of the property.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Neat (enameled?) stuff!

    I never get tired of diggin' old tokens, either.

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