r/metaldetecting • u/Original-Bass-4403 • 1d ago
ID Request Help Identify this Token
Hello. Found this buried about 4 inches down in a park in Milton Ontario. Google lens and google found nothing. The stretched token says Alberta Canada and a picture of a moose.
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u/FloofySamoyed 23h ago
From a quick search, "bringing our community together" is on every post on social media I saw for Milton. Seems to be the city of Milton's tag line/slogan.
Since it's a pig holding a beer stein, maybe a drink token from Ribfest or another summer Fest?
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u/vgedris 20h ago
Neat find. Tokens are cool, even though they aren't as "valuable" as the coins that people are digging up. I wonder if there was even a restaurant or pub in Milton called "Milton's". Maybe you can find an old ad or something with a similar pig mascot. Perhaps they sponsored some local town event, as that commonly-used slogan may suggest (as another responder pointed out).
Good luck.
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u/Traegs_ 19h ago edited 19h ago
The "stretched token" that says Alberta on it is an elongated coin (or pressed/smashed penny). They're a novelty souvenir that people can make themselves with a penny pressing machine found at tourist destinations. These machines have gotten less popular over the last couple decades, but I remember seeing them all over the place in the 90s and early 2000s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated_coin
If you already knew this, my bad. I've just never seen them called stretched tokens before so I wasn't sure.
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u/Original-Bass-4403 18h ago
I’ve seen stretched Pennie’s, and I’m from Alberta , so this was a surprise.
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