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  1. #1
    us
    May 2011
    Gibraltar, Michigan
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    Michigan logging camp finds

    Two friends and i found these items at the site of an 1800s logging camp in northern Michigan. Hope to find more next weekend.

    fe2o3
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Michigan logging camp finds-logging1.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging2.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging3.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging4.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging1.jpg  

    Michigan logging camp finds-logging2.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging3.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-logging4.jpg  

  2. #2
    us
    Feb 2008
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Really cool finds, and I can't remember the last time someone's found a nickel 3-center on Tnet, congrats!
    We chased our pleasures here - dug our treasures there
    JM

  3. #3
    us
    Jul 2008
    SE Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Congrats on the 3 center, really like that lock and key too


    Good luck,
    HH.

  4. #4
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    Mike from MI

    Oct 2007
    Vicksburg Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Love the big lock. It would be cool to use electrolosis to clean it up. Looks like a SW token also. Nice digs!
    "There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure"
    Mark Twain

  5. #5

    Aug 2007
    West Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    You got a load of finds, great job. I'm told the workers got paid once a year, so finding coins in lumber camps is tuff. That coin is way cool. Looking for the old camps is what I like to do also. I found one coin, a 1885 dime in great shape.

  6. #6
    us
    May 2011
    Gibraltar, Michigan
    12

    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    One more pic i forgot to post. Mostly misc. pieces and parts?
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Michigan logging camp finds-logging5.jpg  

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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    sweet lumber camp finds!....very cool relics and nice score on that 3 cent nickel....good luck going back

  8. #8
    us
    Oct 2010
    Northern MI.
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    way to go on the coin in logging camp!! rare find indeed

  9. #9
    us
    May 2009
    Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Sweet lock and key along with a cool assortment of relics. WTG on the 3 Center too!!

  10. #10
    us
    Mar 2007
    SW Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Very nice CW token! Neat lock, too.

    HH
    p.s. Welcome to the MI forum.
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  11. #11
    us
    Jan 2009
    muskegon
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    very nice finds!!

  12. #12
    us
    Jan 2011
    49

    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    If I dare ask this question. What research would have to be done to locate logging camps? I have some property by Custer and the back side has an old RR grade. I have been told it was use just for logging. I have found parts of the track and they are a lot smaller in size than a regular RR track.

    Thanks

    Jon

  13. #13
    us
    Feb 2012
    Bay City, Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    great find i am very interested in the logging era. I also live in michigan but how did you or do you locate the old logging camps? I am a avid hunter and fisherman so im in the outdoors alot but new to relic hunting / metal detecting any tips would be great thanks
    cooknavy likes this.

  14. #14
    us
    Nov 2011
    Kzoo County, MI
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    I'm lovin' the lock~and with the key in it too! I guess I don't see the CW token-where is it in the pic?
    Great digs and beautiful country up there, I go every year for salmon on the Big Two Hearted.

  15. #15
    us
    May 2011
    Gibraltar, Michigan
    12

    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Please see my other post:
    http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.p...tml#msg2857925
    which shows more finds from last year. Also here are some pics of the lock after cleaning.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Michigan logging camp finds-lock1.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-lock1.jpg   Michigan logging camp finds-lock2.jpg  

  16. #16
    us
    Feb 2009
    Atlanta, Michigan
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    Great job cleaning up that lock. Have yet to find a 3 center silver or nickel.
    Set your goals High, but your discrimination Low to achieve your desired success.

  17. #17
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    Jul 2006
    Murfreesboro Tn.
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    Re: Michigan logging camp finds

    nice lock
    Garrett

 

 

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