More Trolley Finds and Fatty

[OxShoeDrew]

As many of you know I like to get out for an hour on most days. Last week I found a cool trolley key and this week I found a conductor's button! The Connecticut Co ran a trolley garage adjacent to this site until 1925.
I can't believe how many fatty IHs I've found this year :shocked01:...and this one has a date...as does the buff (1935)! That skeleton key has a number at the top but no teeth. Anyone know what it was used for?
Thanks!

[aloldstuff]

Odd looking key there Drew, no idea about its use. Congrats on the conductors button and another fatty.

[Digger_O'Dell]

Congrats on the cool finds! That fatty looks really nice, as does the conductors button.

[Lodge Scent]

Bunch of nice varied finds Drew. Cool key. Never saw a style like that before. Passed through your town today with the wife on our way to visit some friends in Manchester.

[MangoAve]

Nice scores, Drew. You didn't even bother to mention the rosette and the good luck token. Lol. What does the back of the '59 look like? Is this the only confirmed '59 you have? ( They did make them for 5 years so... and I'm too lazy to search :lol:). I wonder how you got a specific date on that trolley station. What I read on the Connecticut Co after I found those tokens, the company lasted unitl the 60's or 70's, but they were using busses from the 30's. The trolleys were before. (idr the specific date escapes me, but it wasn't the 20's and not trying to split hairs on a few years. lol.).

Maybe that's not a key. It's a bottle opener. :lol:

[Tony Two-Cent]

That is a sharp looking 1859 Fatty indian Head, Drew! One of the nicest dug examples I've seen. That conductor's button is very interesting also! Very nice!

That key is a head scratcher. I've never seen one like it.

Congrats on the great coins and relics! :clapping:

[Digger Don]

I really like those old buttons and you dug a good one. Very nice!!

The other stand out is your Fatty. that thing looks to be in great condition.
:congrats:

The key, sorry, no idea.

[OxShoeDrew]

Thanks, guys! You should have stopped by for coffee Jeff!:)
Jim, I'm guessing I have maybe four 1859s :thinkingabout: The reverse of that one is better than the obverse.
It's local legend that a trolley ran next to this site and the conductor's homes are still there. A friend of mine said this spur ceased service in 1925. This trolley line wasn't for daily commuting, it had a special use. Thanks!

[del]

I love the local relics Drew , the trolley button is a great example of that . I've got a few old trolley tokens and a vintage (1900) silver spoon from the Holyoke rail and trolley co. congrats sir !

[BTV Digger]

Excellent finds Drew! Goes to show you it doesn't HAVE to be colonial to be a good - just love the conductor's button. Sweet find for sure. I've found a number of IHs since I've been detecting the past 3 years, but never a fatty. Someday!

John

[Lodge Scent]

You should have stopped by for coffee Jeff!:)

I would have Drew but I was afraid your giant cat would have beaten up my dog :lol:

[calabash digger]

those are some nice finds! love the indian

[The Rebel]

WTG Drew! Love the Trolley Button! Perhaps that key is an uncut blank....???

[TJHess3rd]

The key looks like a watchman's key.

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[TJHess3rd]

Used to tick the clock they walked around with. Each station had a key.

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[OxShoeDrew]

Wow, I never heard of such a thing! After looking at a few examples I see many of them come with a chain. I'm slightly depressed as I found the chain too, about 30 ft away, then a few days ago I tossed it with the rest of the trash metal I dug. :bangahead02: Thanks for the ID!

[MangoAve]

Wow, I never heard of such a thing! After looking at a few examples I see many of them come with a chain. I'm slightly depressed as I found the chain too, about 30 ft away, then a few days ago I tossed it with the rest of the trash metal I dug. :bangahead02:

DOH!! I never heard of it either. I was almost thinking it was something from the movie with the family living out of the train station..