another first for me....

[sandals]

Saturday was my birthday and I felt I was entitled to a birthday hunt....so, I headed to my favorite beach for a quickie....my first target was an 1897 Indian head penny (sorry, no pics) and as I was looking down something caught my eye....I scooped it up and couldn't believe what I found....my first ever clay pipe stem!!!....I never thought I would ever find one, especially at the beach!! Thanks for looking, HH...

[Ill Digger]

Wow! Thats cool! :yes: thumbsup01
Thats the closest I've seen one. A lot of work went into making that! :yes: It looks like Peter put a lot of pride into it :clapping:
Nice find Sandy! Way to keep your eyes peeled thumbsup01
Congrats! :grin:

[aloldstuff]

First off congratson the IH. That pipe stem is really ornate, good eyeball find.

[mike l]

Happy birthday Sandy, what a cool find. Finding old coins is great but finding cool colonial relics is just as fun :perfect10:. Thats a nice one! :clapping:

[MassDirtFisher]

That is quite a dandy find!! Congrats and Happy Hunting!!

[starman2]

:perfect10:! Cool Find!, And Happy Birthday! :cheering:

[JTGOLD]

awsome find sandie,wtg.

[CODY]

Sweet find! :perfect10: Happy Birthday to you!

[milco]

I have found a small piece of one before, but not that big, very cool find!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Very interesting find! How cool that it has a name on it! I wonder how old it is?

[sandals]

Very interesting find! How cool that it has a name on it! I wonder how old it is?


I came across this site:

http://www.hartgen.com/FOST/Archeo_pipes.htm

and I have been finding coins from the 1800's in the same area

[Fire Fighter 43]

Nice find and Happy belated Birthday!! 🎉🎈

[lee]

ohh..ohh i know a little about these clay pipes.
in england where im from there are loads of em , ya dig em up everywhere but its very rare to find one acturly whole.
i was told the reason for this was thay broke them after smoking the tobacco which you bought already inside the pipe .
you payed 1 penny for the pipe so thay got the nick name of penny pipes.

i feel faint now.....to much brain power........need to sit down........lol

[BOWSER]

:kiss: happy birtday to youi bet you don't look any older jim

[Cheap Thrills]

A great relic , I've never even seen one from the dirt . Sure have found a lot of pot smoking paraphanelia the last few years though . Congrats on the Indian and Happy belated Birthday . |:cheering:

[pulltabsteve]

Well, well... Now thats quite a find! Congrats :clapping: