Indianhead Jones
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- Jul 28, 2008
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Historic B&M R.R. Police Badge
This is not one of my finds, but rather my brother Paul's favorite discovery!
A few years ago, I did some research on an area nearby that had a long, dirt road which was being used for "shortcuts" by the local residents. Along this "dirt road" were old telephone poles, now bare of wires but still sporting their antique green glass insulators.
I had wondered about this road for a long time until my research finally revealed that it was actually the old roadbed for the Boston & Maine narrow-guage railroad that used to run through the area in the 20's through the 40's! After the tracks were torn up, it became, as I said, a shortcut route in an overgrown area.
Paul and I searched with our detectors along the length of the right-of-way and found some old goodies...several walking Liberty half dollars, mercury dimes, buffalo nickles, large and small cents, and this beautiful badge! It's his all-time favorite find, and we've been detecting since 1980.
It just goes to show that a little research goes a long way in filling your pockets with long-lost treasures...little moments in people's lives frozen in time from the day their coins and jewelry were lost, until the moment someone finds them!
Good luck to all of you in your quests for that next special find!
Larry G.
This is not one of my finds, but rather my brother Paul's favorite discovery!
A few years ago, I did some research on an area nearby that had a long, dirt road which was being used for "shortcuts" by the local residents. Along this "dirt road" were old telephone poles, now bare of wires but still sporting their antique green glass insulators.
I had wondered about this road for a long time until my research finally revealed that it was actually the old roadbed for the Boston & Maine narrow-guage railroad that used to run through the area in the 20's through the 40's! After the tracks were torn up, it became, as I said, a shortcut route in an overgrown area.
Paul and I searched with our detectors along the length of the right-of-way and found some old goodies...several walking Liberty half dollars, mercury dimes, buffalo nickles, large and small cents, and this beautiful badge! It's his all-time favorite find, and we've been detecting since 1980.
It just goes to show that a little research goes a long way in filling your pockets with long-lost treasures...little moments in people's lives frozen in time from the day their coins and jewelry were lost, until the moment someone finds them!
Good luck to all of you in your quests for that next special find!
Larry G.
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