Jackpine Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Ice is starting to go out on the lakes here so I went down to the local swimming hole with the ID Edge & 6" coil for a go. At first I had trouble with iron falsing on the large rusty spikes from the old Ice House that stood on this spot before the lake level was raised by a power dam. With the Edge a proper GB is necessary and it took a few tries to find a spot to balance where it would settle down on the nails. Picked up 8 quarters a few dimes and nickels some corroded pennies and a kids Mood ring. After moving out a bit where the current was sweeping over a shallow bar I got a high coin hit and dug this. A Brunswick Balke Collender Co. Pool Table Check Token, Good for 5 Cents, French & Hastings. It's aluminum and has quite a bit of wear and some corrosion. These are quite popular and some command high prices. Did a search and could not find any attributed to "French & Hastings" so it appears to be an unlisted type. Like I said not the greatest condition and I'm terrible at posting pics. The Token is the same size as a quarter Tom 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hillis Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Anyway to see a picture, Jackpine? HH Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 The photo link was broken and I could not see a way to fix it so needs to be posted again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skate Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I love finding tokens and that one is great. Better than silver sometimes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 8:30 AM, Jackpine said: It's aluminum and has quite a bit of wear and some corrosion. IMO your pics came out fine. The side with the 5c looks strong, and since this is the face that shows the local proprieter, that is probably the one you want to look best. I really like old tokens (newer ones not so much) and the 5 cent (trade) value by itself is a good indication this one is old. Today anything that costs 5 cents ain't worth a nickel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverteachable Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Nice token. I will have to try out some of the old swimming holes in my kneck of the woods now that I have a waterproof detector on the way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackpine Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 17 hours ago, foreverteachable said: Nice token. I will have to try out some of the old swimming holes in my kneck of the woods now that I have a waterproof detector on the way. Believe me, all my local swimming spots will be given a going over again now that I have the Nox. I started hunting them in the early 2000's and made many old ring finds along with the fresh drops. Most are small beaches and they were gridded thoroughly! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverteachable Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I am excited for mine as well since alot of spots I hit through the years were hit by land hunters and I believe many water spots are undetected ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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