It's been a while since CZc and/or I have posted finds....obligations and health issues...so I thought I'd make at least a 'Token' post to let you know we're still alive. 
Here's a few shots of my 'oldies' from a couple of our recent short hunts...
Those little tokens are a bear to find. All three were quite deep and were very faint signals.
Surprisingly, I found both the CS tokens within an hour of each other.
The Kansas tax token comes from the era of the Great Depression, and was a way to keep from being overcharged tax on very small purchases (such as a 5 or 10 cent item).
The two Colorado Springs tokens are transit tokens...one primarily a bus token (the C inside the S one)...and the other for the CS&I electric trolley system that ran from 1902 to 1932.
Interestingly, I also found a smashed 1901 Indian Head penny nearby (at a solid 8.5") that had been flattened, probably by placing it on the trolley rails.
It was a popular pastime...and not only among kids...to make 'lucky keepsake coins' by placing them (especially pennies) on RR and trolley tracks/rails to be flattened and elongated.
You can see by the mild elongation of the IH penny that it was a relatively light vehicle...thus probably made by the electric trolley.
I included a photo of one of the actual trolley cars you could have ridden. (Maybe even the very one that made the lucky penny.)
HH,
mike
Here's a few shots of my 'oldies' from a couple of our recent short hunts...
Those little tokens are a bear to find. All three were quite deep and were very faint signals.
Surprisingly, I found both the CS tokens within an hour of each other.
The Kansas tax token comes from the era of the Great Depression, and was a way to keep from being overcharged tax on very small purchases (such as a 5 or 10 cent item).
The two Colorado Springs tokens are transit tokens...one primarily a bus token (the C inside the S one)...and the other for the CS&I electric trolley system that ran from 1902 to 1932.
Interestingly, I also found a smashed 1901 Indian Head penny nearby (at a solid 8.5") that had been flattened, probably by placing it on the trolley rails.
It was a popular pastime...and not only among kids...to make 'lucky keepsake coins' by placing them (especially pennies) on RR and trolley tracks/rails to be flattened and elongated.
You can see by the mild elongation of the IH penny that it was a relatively light vehicle...thus probably made by the electric trolley.
I included a photo of one of the actual trolley cars you could have ridden. (Maybe even the very one that made the lucky penny.)
HH,
mike
