tnt-hunter
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- Apr 20, 2018
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- Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
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Went back to the old high school no longer in use. Worked 2 parts of the fields. Pop tabs were everywhere and more plentiful than coins and there were also about 10 .32 cal blank casings and 3 .22 cal blank casings that gave just enough of a good signal I had to dig them. Recently I have been finding a decent number of the aluminum “bones” used to hold Ace bandages in place and of course the metal band from the eraser end of wooden pencils. Being a school field they are a necessary evil to deal with.
I did manage to find 32 coins with a face value of $1.60, a lightning bolt that looks like it might be part of an earring, 3 brass tags, 2 CW bullets from the camp that was here, a modern small brass button, 2 wheaties, (1935, 1946) and a folded over lead disk the size of a nickel (possibly a vending machine slug folded over so it couldn’t be used again).
The bullets are a dropped .44 cal. Watervliet Arsenal without the punch in the base and a mangled round ball. This is the first Watervliet I have found without the punch base so this is a new variety for me. It was about 9 inches down and gave a nice mid tone on the CZ 21.
The tags are interesting, but rather crusty which seems to be the rule in this soil. The mid sized and smallest were found on the wire as you see them. The third was about 2 feet away so I think they were all together before the ground was moved around to create the sports field. The smallest simply has a number, 332, the mid size is a B&O RR number 687. All things B&O are cool in my book. The largest one is a bit of a challenge. Part of the name of the company was damaged when the tag was hit by a tiller or some other earth moving machine that moved it away from the others. It starts with an initial S and them about 2 letters are missing and then RBAUGH INC 621 DOF GULLY WORK. So it might be a key tag used by a crew doing gully cleanout on the B&O railroads. I’m not sure what DOF stands for. It would be nice if I could get the name of the company so I could pin down the time frame (definitely after the Civil War). Anybody ever seen one of these before? Any help would be appreciated.
So the usual trashy stuff, a small number of coins and a few cool and interesting finds for a good day of digging. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
I did manage to find 32 coins with a face value of $1.60, a lightning bolt that looks like it might be part of an earring, 3 brass tags, 2 CW bullets from the camp that was here, a modern small brass button, 2 wheaties, (1935, 1946) and a folded over lead disk the size of a nickel (possibly a vending machine slug folded over so it couldn’t be used again).
The bullets are a dropped .44 cal. Watervliet Arsenal without the punch in the base and a mangled round ball. This is the first Watervliet I have found without the punch base so this is a new variety for me. It was about 9 inches down and gave a nice mid tone on the CZ 21.
The tags are interesting, but rather crusty which seems to be the rule in this soil. The mid sized and smallest were found on the wire as you see them. The third was about 2 feet away so I think they were all together before the ground was moved around to create the sports field. The smallest simply has a number, 332, the mid size is a B&O RR number 687. All things B&O are cool in my book. The largest one is a bit of a challenge. Part of the name of the company was damaged when the tag was hit by a tiller or some other earth moving machine that moved it away from the others. It starts with an initial S and them about 2 letters are missing and then RBAUGH INC 621 DOF GULLY WORK. So it might be a key tag used by a crew doing gully cleanout on the B&O railroads. I’m not sure what DOF stands for. It would be nice if I could get the name of the company so I could pin down the time frame (definitely after the Civil War). Anybody ever seen one of these before? Any help would be appreciated.
So the usual trashy stuff, a small number of coins and a few cool and interesting finds for a good day of digging. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things.
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