A great silverless hunt - Civil War Store Card

[jkress]

Arrived at a site tonight with about an hour left of daylight. The area once was home to a late 1850's school house.
I found the site earlier this year but never made it out that direction to hunt it.

Ron and I started off in different directions trying to locate evidence of the school. We both hit promising signals about the same time.
I pulled an early wheat cent and he found a piece of an old pot bellied stove. A few square nails came up for me next confirming we were
in the right area.

Right before dark, I hit a nice high tone. Dug down about 8 inches to accept my first Civil War Store Card. <:
The business is listed in operation starting 1861 until 1882. Tyler was born in 1832 and retired in Virginia where he bought a large farm.

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Have to admit... I didn't expect to find one of these in my area until DennisH found one here in town. :yes:
Then I thought it might be a possibility. I have been fortunate to find some nice tokens along the way,
but this is my favorite so far. :smitten:

[dave in iowa]

Dont be surprized if that token is worth 400.00 or more Joe , i sold just a bar token from my collection for 400 and that one has to be rarer than mine was..... great find my friend

[pulltabsteve]

Awesome piece of history Joe! Amazing its in such good shape |:cheering:Congratulations :clapping:

[randy]

That's a nice token :smitten: and its in very nice shape happydance02 Congrats.

[aloldstuff]

Amazing shape and congrats on digging a piece of history.

[PL8MAN]

Beautiful token !! thumbsup01

[CODY]

WOW, that is one awesome token. Love finding those old tokens.

[del]

great token Joe :smitten: :smitten: and its in superb shape too :beerbuddy:

[milco]

Very neat token your found there Joe! Great shape too!

[Epi-hunter]

Wow Joe, that is in AMAZING condition!! :perfect10: What a fantastic find!

[skribnod]

:perfect10: That is one sweet Token Joe. Congrats!!!!

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on a first and a fine example it is. I to found my first Civil war store card this year at an old school site that is now just a farm field. I did not even know what it was at first I had to do a little research. For Wisconsin or anywhere in the Midwest they have to be rare I do not see many post of CV store cards. Mine is not even close to the condition of yours but it is still one of my all time favorite finds.

[angellionel]

Excellent find, Joe! that is one sweet looking token for sure. :yes: I love how well it held up.

[mike l]

Real nice find :beerbuddy:

[MinelabIowa]

I like finding tokens more than anything! What a rare find! Congrats joe!!!

[Ill Digger]

I like finding tokens more than anything!
I'm right there with ya! :yes: thumbsup01
Tokens are one of my favorite things to find too!

Joe you find alotta tokens!
:thinkingabout: But I'd have to say. You've out done yourself on this one |:confused:) :clapping:
And in what great shape too! :drool: thumbsup01
Congrats :grin:

[Cheap Thrills]

That is a sweet find . :perfect10: :cool: