"Dr.Tones"
New member
My buddy Bill scored a permission on a piece of ground that has had some military activity since 1850. This spot was FULL of clad so we knew it had never been touched. Along with the clad came mountains of pull tabs. We knew there had to be great things underneath, so we were diligent. Soon time period cartridges started showing up followed by time period buttons and other military items. The old coins however, were few and far. It was almost like there was activity from 1850 to 1915 and then nothing until 1980. We did manage a few older coins including a 1905 S barber dime, a 42 merc, a 59 washington and a couple 58 rosies. Which was very strange because out of all the coins, we only found 2 wheats? Very odd for our area. Most of the time I dig 20 wheats to every silver. Bill was the first to pull a wheat. On day two I dug a wheat and without even looking at it a screamed "I got a wheat!" We had been joking about not finding them so I thought I'd fool around by acting excited to see one... and then... I looked at it... and I became legitimately excited. It's no 09 VDB S, but its the next best thing! The eagle button with some gold guilt left on it was another find that I had to look closely at. Up until this point ALL of my eagles have been Scoville buttons however this one read "Thos G Hood, Phil" which meant that this button was made by Mr Thomas G Hood in Philadelphia. Mr. Hood was only in business from 1878 to 1887 and these buttons were made specifically for the Indian wars of the west. Pretty neat stuff. Per our agreement with the land owner all military items were donated to a local "on base" military museum. The curator was amazed! What a dig! Thanks again Bill for lining this one up. Hopefully it will open some more doors. Oh! Right! The token! almost forgot. It was a cigar shop in Boise from 1916-1921.
