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Maybe a Club web site subject on buried chips?

It might be interested to add to the Club web site a list of known disinterments of casino chips. Here are some that I have run across in the past 12-15 years:

Sahara: LV, Tahoe, and some Reno BudJones metal center chips were buried in N. Nevada. Dug up later during construction. Many drums of chips were found. The $25 Reno chip doesn't seem to have been found. There were a few H&C chips included in the burial. All the chips I know of were buried in metal drums, not directly dumped into wet concrete.

Dunes: Early chips buried during various Dunes construction projects. Later found when the Dunes was demolished. Most chips are in varying stages of disintegration. Lots of these were the "marquee" design. Howdy documented this as "the dig". Many instances of chunks of concrete being found with "nuggets" of chips still in them.

Four Queens: I don't remember details but something was posted on this bb a few years ago about early chips found in the basement during construction. Think GeneT knows about it. He may have buried them [g].

Who else has instances like this to post?

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Maybe a Club web site subject on buried chips?
Re: info
I have a chunk of concrete in my hand now....
This is valuable info.I would love to see this !
Early CCTN pic of concrete being placed w/ chips
Re: Early CCTN pic of concrete being placed w/ chi
Re: pretty plaque
Hi Don, here is a picture of...
Sahara Dig...
Re: Sahara Dig...
Dunes Dig Chips. If I am not mistaken these were
Re: Maybe a Club web site subject on buried chips?
Archie, in all of the PB ebay offerings.....
Re: Only about 25-30 so far
Re: Archie, in all of the PB ebay offerings.....
Maybe they're in another hole yet to be found ?
Yes ... several of them Chuck...

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