She Had a Big Hart

tabdog

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There is a place in Little Rock that was built as a park
by tha WPA during tha depression. It is a rocky valley,
or a large gully. It isn’t anything special. It’s rock walls
and walkways with rock steps.

It was forgotten over tha years and rediscovered in tha
1990’s. At that time there was a big article in tha paper
and tha city cleared brush and trees so that tha old rock
work could be seen again and tha walkways could be
open to tha public.

It is now used as a bike and hiking path.

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Tha WPA also built tha road above tha park. Here is an
old drainage pipe and retaining wall that was built by tha
WPA and it’s still in use today.

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In this photo you can see tha main trail going to tha right.
There is another trail going up tha hill on tha left. There
are several of these with rock stairs at tha top. I wanted
to search around tha steps for coins.

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Here is one of tha old rock stairs built by tha WPA.

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On tha way up I dug this thingy and there was glass every
where. Next to it was most of an old coke bottle.

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Then I found a very old, un-fired 357 magnum .

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Then I found a real old American Eagle, un-fired 20 gauge,
single 0 buck, shot gun shell end.

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That was about it. Not one coin.

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It wasn’t raining, but tha bushes were still wet and it was
cold. My feet hurt form walkin on rocks and my battery was
runnin low.

Then I cut my finger on tha broken glass.

Nice thing about glass is it makes a nice clean cut. lol

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I went to tha store and got me a jumbo hot dog and some
chips, with a pack of band aids.

After that I decided to do tha tot lots down at tha Arkie River.

This will be tha last time for a while because winter is settin
in.

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Wasn’t much there, but I just wanted at check one last time
for tha year.

Before I left I had at check out tha volley ball court where I
found a gold ring one time.

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Glad I checked. I found a huge silver ring. It has at be at
least a size 15.

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I found a silver pig, a broken necklace and and a couple
of tiny pieces of jewelry and a couple of pieces of braclet.

Those two balls in tha lower right are BB’s I found for size.
Tha Vaquero is very sensitive to small stuff.

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Here’s tha whole wad.

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And like I said, “She Had a Big Hart”.

But tha Tabdog’s got it now… lol

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Hope yaw are haven a good holiday season,

Tabdog
 

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CivilWarJR

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Looks like the little pig lost itz feet on some of that glass you found... One of the good things with your hunt was that you didn't have to go to the Emerald City to get that heart...<grin> Nice finds, Best to you.
JR
 

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Nana40

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Yipes! :-X Careful of that broken glass!

Great pics, great story and great finds! :thumbsup:

Merry Christmas!!!

Nana :)
 

kdismuke1

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you did great. hope you have more good hunts. :thumbsup:
 

1996

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Nice finds tabdog. Cool old spot there.
Getting cold here too, maybe we can get in some more hunting before it gets to cold to spit.
 

Captn SE

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Wow, I love detecting old sites like that. ::)

I suspect the older stuff was very deep, with years of rotted leaves creating layers and layers of mulch.

Congrats on your park finds!

Nice presentation of your post!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

Montana Jim

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plehbah said:
The green thing in the upper right hand corner of the second to last picture is beautiful.

That is the finest example of magnetic plastic refrigerator magnet clip thinggy I've seen all week.


Great pics... I like seeing the stonework of yester-year rescued to be enjoyed, even though most folks don't even notice it.
 

camb1

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Great Finds Tabdog. Nice looking area. Hope to hook up with you when I get down your way next spring. HH
 

Detectingfreak

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Looks like you had a fun day recovering history! That coca cola bottle is way cool! :thumbsup: Broken Glass does suck! I cut my finger while digging through a trasy pit on a farm looking for 1920's bottles. I love the heart :thumbsup: :thumbsup: The silver ring is also nice! Probably worth some $$$! ;D
 

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Tetanus Shot...............................PRICELESS ! jgas
 

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You may have alerady known this but the Super Vel cartridge was one of the "new breed" of super high velocity rounds, touted to be the best defense round and hunting round in the world. Turns out it was only a 110 grain bullet and it came apart and wouldn't penetrate worth a darn. They were in production in the 1970s and only lasted a few years. Great finds by the way. Monty
 

1996

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plehbah said:
Montana Elf said:
plehbah said:
The green thing in the upper right hand corner of the second to last picture is beautiful.

That is the finest example of magnetic plastic refrigerator magnet clip thinggy I've seen all week.

I had not noticed that it also had a magnet.

And just when a man has traveled so far and is almost beginning to believe there is no Heaven........

ROFLMAOL
 

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