Trooper Bri
08-28-2014, 05:14 PM
I'm off most of this week, so I'd like to thank my employer for paying me to dig stuff in the woods today.
Saw an area on Google Earth not far from me that had what looked like a stone wall, and decided to check it out for a few hours. Got to the area, and yep, there she was. The land inside the wall area seemed flat enough and looked right, so that's where I got started.
Didn't take but a minute or so for my first target, which turned out to be my mystery item of the day. Obviously lead from the patina & weight.
Not a lot of targets in the 3 or 4 acre area I was in. So if it made a noise, it got dug. Not a lot of junk either. Only thing not pictured is the few beer cans I carried out.
But, they were the right targets. Ox shoe, an ox tack ring maybe(?) ,something that's the size of a spoon handle but thicker, few lone nails, lump of mystery iron, something with a hook on the end (candle dipper :lol: ) and two items found close to each other. A small buckle, and length of metal that may or may not be a blade. No sign of a house site though.
Would have liked something round and copper (or silver), but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if this place has been whacked before. Plus I'll be back when the leaves start falling and the frippin' spider infestation dies down.
I'll be out getting paid to dig somewhere tomorrow too. Dunno where yet, maybe a couple parks. On with the pics, and thanks for reading.
Wall in the ferns:
41873
Today's loot:
41874
41875
Top of the 2 piece button buried deep (never found the bottom):
41876
And the mystery lead item. It's been crushed a bit. That lozenge shape part is 3/4" in diameter measured from the bottom. Plug for a bottle maybe?
41877
41878
41879
Saw an area on Google Earth not far from me that had what looked like a stone wall, and decided to check it out for a few hours. Got to the area, and yep, there she was. The land inside the wall area seemed flat enough and looked right, so that's where I got started.
Didn't take but a minute or so for my first target, which turned out to be my mystery item of the day. Obviously lead from the patina & weight.
Not a lot of targets in the 3 or 4 acre area I was in. So if it made a noise, it got dug. Not a lot of junk either. Only thing not pictured is the few beer cans I carried out.
But, they were the right targets. Ox shoe, an ox tack ring maybe(?) ,something that's the size of a spoon handle but thicker, few lone nails, lump of mystery iron, something with a hook on the end (candle dipper :lol: ) and two items found close to each other. A small buckle, and length of metal that may or may not be a blade. No sign of a house site though.
Would have liked something round and copper (or silver), but I wouldn't be surprised in the least if this place has been whacked before. Plus I'll be back when the leaves start falling and the frippin' spider infestation dies down.
I'll be out getting paid to dig somewhere tomorrow too. Dunno where yet, maybe a couple parks. On with the pics, and thanks for reading.
Wall in the ferns:
41873
Today's loot:
41874
41875
Top of the 2 piece button buried deep (never found the bottom):
41876
And the mystery lead item. It's been crushed a bit. That lozenge shape part is 3/4" in diameter measured from the bottom. Plug for a bottle maybe?
41877
41878
41879