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Message:: [QUOTE="Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 6258513, member: 101265"]I love finding trade tokens while metal detecting. Here are a few more. One of my favorites was a post exchange token for Camp Stewart, Georgia before it became Fort Stewart. The token and a bottle earned a nickel.The one with the Eagle and NO CASH VALUE was found at an old general store. There were slot machines on the counter for customers to gamble their change. Winners were awarded gum or a cigarette but if nobody was watching the store owners would substitute a Buffalo nickel. Awarding money constituted gambling which was illegal. And another favorite was redeemable for a bar of Palmolive soap[ATTACH=full]1247775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247777[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247776[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247775[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247773[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247755[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1247755[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1247756[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1247757[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1247758[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1247759[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1247760[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]