A few finds - Need a few ID's please
Well, I just got back from a vacation / funeral back in my hometown in Indiana.
Some of you may know from my post a few days ago, what started as a vacation for my son and I visiting my Dad, turned out tragic unfortunately.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,101412.0.html#lastPost
He's been gone a week now, and I will greatly miss sharing my (and your) MDing finds with him.
I wanted to post up a few things I found before things went bad.
* At a 1936 school I dug up the cross pin looking thingy.
Any ideas what this is?
*At the same school I had a signal that was driving me nuts right where some busted up asphalt met a cornfield. I could not find the target. It ended up being a penny buried inside the asphalt. Once I got it out & cleaned up, I discovered it was a 1944 wheat penny. No big deal, but I found another 1928 wheat.
*Early on the same day my Dad was killed, I was digging at what used to be my great grandparents old 1800's house. I dug up the piece of a Jeep (?) you see. I'm not sure of the make or age, but I gave it to my Dad that day and he was excited to see it. It looks too old to be a toy from the 1960's that I would have played with, so I'm thinking it may have been his? At least I hope it is.
Can anyone ID this toy? It would mean a lot to me.
Other pictures are of my son and a Bass he caught, a fawn we spotted, and an old mid 1950's Sunbeam electric mower I picked up at an estate sale back there.
Dad,
I love you & I miss you.
-MM-
Doug
Well, I just got back from a vacation / funeral back in my hometown in Indiana.
Some of you may know from my post a few days ago, what started as a vacation for my son and I visiting my Dad, turned out tragic unfortunately.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,101412.0.html#lastPost
He's been gone a week now, and I will greatly miss sharing my (and your) MDing finds with him.
I wanted to post up a few things I found before things went bad.
* At a 1936 school I dug up the cross pin looking thingy.
Any ideas what this is?
*At the same school I had a signal that was driving me nuts right where some busted up asphalt met a cornfield. I could not find the target. It ended up being a penny buried inside the asphalt. Once I got it out & cleaned up, I discovered it was a 1944 wheat penny. No big deal, but I found another 1928 wheat.
*Early on the same day my Dad was killed, I was digging at what used to be my great grandparents old 1800's house. I dug up the piece of a Jeep (?) you see. I'm not sure of the make or age, but I gave it to my Dad that day and he was excited to see it. It looks too old to be a toy from the 1960's that I would have played with, so I'm thinking it may have been his? At least I hope it is.
Can anyone ID this toy? It would mean a lot to me.
Other pictures are of my son and a Bass he caught, a fawn we spotted, and an old mid 1950's Sunbeam electric mower I picked up at an estate sale back there.
Dad,
I love you & I miss you.
-MM-
Doug
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I can honestly say I feel your pain. At least he was with you for more years than my dad. My dad was killed by an automobile striking him as he was crossing the street with his bike. He was only in his mid 50's. He was down in Maryland to help my brother move. I was fortunate as I had a good relationship with him and had no unresolved issues. I was rebellious as a teen but a life changing experience(being born again) changed me dramatically and my life changed for the good. A couple of my other 4 brothers did not have the same experience. They never really had my father's approval when he died suddenly. It was really hard on them. He was a very good, unselfish man as it sounds like your dad was. It also was really hard on my mom as she saw it unfold. 
