Popular Post Chase Goldman Posted July 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 3, 2020 Managed a couple keepers at a new site last week including an 1863 CW Patriotic token with "Army and Navy" on one side and an engraving of the Capitol building on the reverse. A little crusty but I'll take it. A fishing weight carved from a lead minie ball, another lead fragment, and a large flat button. Enjoyed the hunt though it was a balmy 95F out there. Snagged the token and lead with my GPX and the flat button with my Deus. Cheers. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureHunter5 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Would you sell the fishing sinker? Name your price. Reply and let me know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Great finds that you have snagged and I hope that you keep up the great work. Good luck on your next hunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 3 hours ago, TreasureHunter5 said: Would you sell the fishing sinker? Name your price. Reply and let me know? Sorry, TH. Thanks for the offer but I do not sell my relic finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureHunter5 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Chase Goldman said: Sorry, TH. Thanks for the offer but I do not sell my relic finds. Come on, everybody has their price, any number you want. Ok if you don’t, but I really want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 2 hours ago, TreasureHunter5 said: Come on, everybody has their price, any number you want. Ok if you don’t, but I really want it. This is not about money (frankly I wouldn't even know how to price it) it is about the find, what it took to recover it and the historical context of the item itself and where I found it, especially if it a unique "personal" item like that fashioned by some soldier on a battlefield/campsite or a native American's kettle point. Those all outweigh any financial considerations and is the same logic I use in reverse and is the reason I also seldom purchase relics. The historical context may be partially there, but the lack of an interesting story about how it came to be in my possession makes a bought artifact less attractive to me. In other words, it is less about what the object is, but the complete picture of how it found its way into the ground and back out and in my hands. It serves as a permanent record of the experience and I enjoy looking back on that experience in my displays just as someone likes to pour through their photograph album. Just the way I roll. It is also why I am a million miles away from the "detector has paid for itself" mind set. I don't mind finding gold and silver jewelry and modern coins, but I get a lot more satisfaction from finding items of historic value versus intrinsic value. I have never detected for natural gold, however. There I would likely be conflicted between cashing it in for its intrinsic value and admiring its natural beauty. Naw...I would cash it in. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn in CO Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 Nice relic finds, especially the 1863 CW Patriotic token with "Army and Navy". Found one here in Colorado at a Civil War era fort and the back reads " The Federal Union It Must and Shall Be Preserved". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 I see it was recovered in great shape, not exposed to the 157 years of farm field fertilizer and soil corrosive effects mine experienced. Attached is what a pristine version of my token would look like. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn in CO Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 I didn't know the made different varieties. When you find something like that or a relic, I always wonder who that person was, what were they doing, thinking at that time. That's what makes this hobby so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Yes there are several varieties of Patriotic tokens in general and at least three different "Army & Navy" token varieties that I am aware of. They were also used as penny coins when people started hoarding legitimate legal coinage during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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