You Get Lucky Sometimes!

[Glenn in CO]

Recently a group of us made a trip to the mountains in Colorado to search for coins and relics. We have made trips to these same sites in the past and came away with some nice coins, relics and tokens. Some of the sites can test your patience with the amount of iron you encounter lying above and below the surface, but putting in long hours of detecting you are sometimes rewarded with a few keepers. Three of us in the group were using XP Deus II and two were using the original XP Deus and we were able to come away with some nice coins, tokens and interesting relics. One of the tokens I was hoping to find this trip was a token from Bucktown, Colorado, as they are rare and valuable in any condition. The first two days I wasn't finding any thing spectacular compared to the others in the group, but the last day my luck had changed. I was very fortunate to find a "Good for 5 cents in Trade" square token from a proprietor that had a saloon in Bucktown. I check with several sources to see if others had been found and so far this is one of a kind.

Another interesting find was a "Knights of Labor" pin. The pin is 1/2 inches in diameter and still trying to find out what the meaning of the letters S,O and MA are.

 

Of course you find a "what is it". It measures 1 1/4" x 3/4" made of brass or copper, maybe a gunsight?

A few of the non-ferrous targets that I found.

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One of the sites we detected on this trip.

 

[Doc Bach]

Fantastic array of finds and congrats on the rare token!

[GB_Amateur]

Great report and nice finds.

59 minutes ago, Glenn in CO said:

Of course you find a "what is it". It measures 1 1/4" x 3/4" made of brass or copper, maybe a gunsight?

Not sure but that looks like some kind of gauge.  The top part looks like it was used to measure a size, possibly a diameter, of an object than can be slipped through it.  OTOH it does appear to be crudely made and gauges are usually rather precise.

Have you figured out the metallic composition the square token, e.g. from its VDI on the Deus II?

[JCR]

Very nice finds & beautiful location.

[Chase Goldman]

The "S", "O" and "MA" symbols on the Knights of Labor pin stand for the motto of the order - "Secrecy, Obedience, and Mutual Assistance"

More information from the source here:

https://heartinaheartlessworld.blog/tag/knights-of-labor/

Great finds.

[CPT_GhostLight]

Awesome finds, Glenn, and that Bucktown token is a one in a million find! Well done!

[strick]

Nice hunt...I wanna say the what is it is an old part of a typewriter or something of sorts..

strick

[Gold Seeker]

The "gauge" appear to be very much like a gauge that came with carburetor rebuild kits, back in the day we always rebuilt carburetors instead of buying another one and I rebuild many of them and used gauges very similar to that one on every rebuild, they were used for setting float level in the bowl and various other valves, levers, and linkage all of these had to be fairly precise for the carburetor to function properly.

That gauge may not be for carburetors but it's for other similar mechanical device rebuilds, IMHO

[UT Dave]

What a fun looking hunt!  Finds combined with location = good times!

- Dave

[UT Dave]

1 hour ago, Gold Seeker said:

The "gauge" appear to be very much like a gauge that came with carburetor rebuild kits, back in the day we always rebuilt carburetors instead of buying another one and I rebuild many of them and used gauges very similar to that one on every rebuild, they were used for setting float level in the bowl and various other valves, levers, and linkage all of these had to be fairly precise for the carburetor to function properly.

That gauge may not be for carburetors but it's for other similar mechanical device rebuilds, IMHO

Agreed.  I remember the carb kits well.  Actually just rebuilt a pair of Amal's for my old Triumph not long ago.  And the way that piece looks to have gaging for several different aspects built in, I think you are on to it.

- Dave