Digger_O'Dell
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Hi all,
Had Tuesday off so decided to make a trip about halfway across the state and hit up a bunch of tiny towns hoping to find someplace that wasn't already sucked dry. As I found out though, even the smallest and most remote unincorporated hamlet had signs of recent digging. Rarely was there even a pull tab left to be found! Despite this, it was still a fun day and got a few nice finds.
One town park we chatted with a couple kids there, and one claimed to have lost a buffalo nickel in the play area some time back, and asked if I could look for it. Well, didn't find the buff among the woodchips but I did get about $6 in quarters! Not far away I also unearthed a tootsie toy "Pony Boy" cap gun which research shows is from the 40s and 50s era. I'm not convinced of this as photos of the complete cap gun shows the red tip, which was only required since 1989.
Among the finds from the rest of the trip, I also found a 30-06 she'll case, 12 Ga. headstamp, odd looking button, and a brass hoop. On the way home with my battery indicator already in the red and almost dark I stopped at one last park. As usual, little to be found but a heart off a necklace or pendant. But in the curb strip next to the car about a foot away from quitting for the day I got a nice deep 12-36. Couldn't resist this target, hoping for at least a wheatie if not an IH, so down I dug. Incredibly, it was over a foot down when I found a brass cosmetic lid. Looking it up, I found it listed in a Meyers druggists handbook from 1909 as being Houbigants talc.
The rest of the finds shown are from an earlier hunt at a local park which include a 44 wheatie, half of a bracelet, and a hollow sterling ring.
Had Tuesday off so decided to make a trip about halfway across the state and hit up a bunch of tiny towns hoping to find someplace that wasn't already sucked dry. As I found out though, even the smallest and most remote unincorporated hamlet had signs of recent digging. Rarely was there even a pull tab left to be found! Despite this, it was still a fun day and got a few nice finds.
One town park we chatted with a couple kids there, and one claimed to have lost a buffalo nickel in the play area some time back, and asked if I could look for it. Well, didn't find the buff among the woodchips but I did get about $6 in quarters! Not far away I also unearthed a tootsie toy "Pony Boy" cap gun which research shows is from the 40s and 50s era. I'm not convinced of this as photos of the complete cap gun shows the red tip, which was only required since 1989.
Among the finds from the rest of the trip, I also found a 30-06 she'll case, 12 Ga. headstamp, odd looking button, and a brass hoop. On the way home with my battery indicator already in the red and almost dark I stopped at one last park. As usual, little to be found but a heart off a necklace or pendant. But in the curb strip next to the car about a foot away from quitting for the day I got a nice deep 12-36. Couldn't resist this target, hoping for at least a wheatie if not an IH, so down I dug. Incredibly, it was over a foot down when I found a brass cosmetic lid. Looking it up, I found it listed in a Meyers druggists handbook from 1909 as being Houbigants talc.
The rest of the finds shown are from an earlier hunt at a local park which include a 44 wheatie, half of a bracelet, and a hollow sterling ring.
