silversweeper
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- Aug 22, 2011
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- All Treasure Hunting
This group of finds is all from a lot where a couple of houses was torn down recently. Those houses weren't all that old but, according to the Sanborne maps, there were two other houses on the lot going back into the 1800's. And at some point in between there was a school on the lot as well. Before this bunch of finds, I'd found two large silver men's rings, a nice barber dime and some other odds and ends. Last Sunday I hit the lot for a few hours and picked up the Indian, the Conductor's button cover (was covered in crud, still has some gilt on it but it's soaking in baby oil now in the hopes of loosening the last layer of crust), a great little token from the Cape Brewery Bar Good for 1 Beer, some early wheats and the big lipstick charm. My favorite find from that day is the Conductor piece It was completely covered and filled with very hard, solid crud/dirt. I really couldn't even tell there was anything on the top even after brushing it under water...until I cleaned out the inside and saw the reverse of the letters! The Cape Brewery token is a duplicate of one I found quite some time ago. Yesterday I had an hour to spare so I thought maybe there might be a goodie or two still hiding there. I dug some trash, a few pieces I've not cleaned up yet, and then I got an iffy signal that I thought for sure was going to be an asphalt roofing nail/fastener (most of you know the type....always sound real good. I've dug about 20 or so from that lot so far.). I dug the signal and deep in the hole was this chunk of dirt encrusted grayness....it was getting a little dark by that time so I thought at first it was just another piece of dirt encrusted and mangled aluminum can......so I picked it up and immediately saw the chain of the bracelet. Could have knocked me over with a feather. I sure wasn't expecting a chunk of silver! It weighs in at 1.6 ounces and marked on the back "Silver Made In Mexico". That little lot has been good to me, at least 2 ounces of silver so far and several decent coins and other relics. And can you imagine.....they hauled off SEVERAL dump truck loads of dirt to level the lot. Guess who knows where that dirt is........muhahahahahaha
Happy Hunting!!
Happy Hunting!!
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