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I thought I would post several tokens I have found over the years metal detecting.
Palmolive Soap & Mc Donald's(1/20th of one cent).
No value, just some fun items. You never know what you will find when that detector goes off.
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Wow those are nice Packrat ! I found a token too but afraid to post it LOL It is for Mustang sally ranch in NV . Of coarse I think one of my girls left CW in disgrace as I recall I think she sent it . Anyway These old tokens are great fun and lots of history and who could mae Fries like McDonalds back in the day ! No one . I remember they were 15 cents :-) But we had to save to buy them . Thanks for sharing these pack and did you mail my ring I left there yet :-)
Thank you very much Manikin for visiting! Your Mustang token is probably a "fantasy token". This website has some interesting info on them.
http://www.saloontokens.info/page21.php
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AR8Jason,
you lucky dog!!!! Please keep us posted on the hunt results, and be careful!!!