I went metal detecting at lunch with my XP Deus metal detector again.
I returned to the site where I found the trade tokens and found some interesting brass and copper trash and also a watch fob.
I was using the Deus Fast program. The fob read as a zinc Lincoln cent and it was about six inches deep.
I looked up Sicher’s Hotel and found out that the hotel was built in 1872 in Sedalia, Missouri by two brothers. In 1880, they sold the hotel to a George T. Brown. Obviously, by the time this fob was given as a compliment, the owners had changed again. By 1937 the hotel was known as the Sicher, Elks, Antlers, and Royal. I don’t know when the hotel closed but I think these days the building serves as the headquarters to a company and it is not a hotel anymore.
The fact that the fob has Sicher’s Hotel and not the multiple name mentioned above, makes me suspect the fob goes back to before 1937. The site where I found the fob dates as far back as 1880 although I doubt the fob would be in as good a condition if it were that old. Given the other things I’ve found at this site, the fob could be from the 1920’s.
Thank you for looking!
I have been doing research on Sedalia, Mo and this hotel was established around 1878 and survived for no more than 10 years.