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...
another first for me....
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Ill Digger
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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:
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
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First off congratson the IH. That pipe stem is really ornate, good eyeball find.
erfect10:. Thats a nice one! :clapping:MassDirtFisher
New member
That is quite a dandy find!! Congrats and Happy Hunting!!
Tony Two-Cent
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Very interesting find! How cool that it has a name on it! I wonder how old it is?
Tony Two-Cent link=topic=8983.msg101350#msg101350 date=1329923883 said:
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
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Nice find and Happy belated Birthday!! 
lee
New member
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
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
Cheap Thrills
New member
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
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Well, well... Now thats quite a find! Congrats :clapping: