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Thursday 26 April 2012

My first token




Went back to the Tauranga Domain in the rain,worked my way around the old trees trying to stay out of the rain,found the two old silver coins one on top of the other at about 7",the sixpence is 1908,the shilling is 1918.I then moved to another area were an old bandstand used to be many years ago,and got a deep signal about 8"down turned out to be this old token pretty hard to make out the writing,but I can clearly read the words DUNEDIN OTAGO,and an S.WILSON the rest is unclear I will give it a good soak.The date is 1857 one of my oldest coins yet,when the rain stopped I headed out to the soccer field and found the other coins $19 in goldies,an english 1pound coin.the little silver ingot and a couple of pennys and the halfpenny.It always amazes me that coins keep popping up as I have been   over this area half a dozen times now,I guess it comes down to learning your detector and a bit more patience from me.
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5 comments:

  1. Metal Kiwi26 April 2012 at 19:19

    What a fabulous hunt. Tokens are better than coins in some ways. Hope you can decipher whose it was.
    Has that silver pendant met with the mower?

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  2. Unknown29 April 2012 at 00:58

    Thanks Chris,yip it looks like the mower struck again,but a smoother cut I have never seen almost like it was made that way.

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  3. TreasureSeeker29 April 2012 at 10:50

    Hi....This seems to be the info on your token
    Copper One Penny Token, minted by W.J. Taylor, London. Issued by A.S. Wilson, Chemist, Dunedin, 1857. Andrew Smith Wilson established a chemist's business in Dunedin under the name 'Medical Hall' in 1852, having recently arrived from Scotland. In 1863 he sold his business to Messrs. Wilkinson and Dixon. so he could work for worked for Reynolds & Co., Aerated water manufacturers. He is also said to have been one of the first photographers in Dunedin and is credited with having taken the first photograph of the town.

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  4. TreasureSeeker29 April 2012 at 10:52

    Here's a link to the rest of the info..
    http://museumvictoria.com.au/collections/items/58030/token-1-penny-a-s-wilson-dunedin-otago-otago-new-zealand-1857

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  5. kiwijim30 April 2012 at 03:09

    Thanks for the help guys,shame about the coins condition factor but still a buzz for me.

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