A little birdy told me there would be treasure

[Kevlardini]

It's been pretty nice weather out lately (that is, for December) so I went digging. One of the first finds was this cool blue plastic or celluloid bird whistle. It's all intact too! Then out popped a nice marble, and some other assorted things. There was a pair of "bracket things", does anyone know what they are? Then there was a chrome handle piece. I think I've seen it somewhere, but I just don't know what it is. Then a little amber bottle with lid, and an old sickle blade. I dug it out and thought that will go straight in the metal recycling when I go home...Aww who cares, the guys on Treasurenet might like it! Lastly was this square buckle. Is it a nice old one, or just a junky one?

 

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[Nepa-Will]

The bird whistle is really cool. Not sure what the bracket things are

 

[Trezurehunter]

Can't help, but that bird whistle is a very neat piece.

 

[Randy Combs]

To me, the joy of detecting is finding oddball old stuff, you never know what you may find. Glad you posted these beauties.

 

[bearbqd]

Those two odd things almost look like friction primers but not quite right looking. You know, if you put a little water in that bird whistle and blow on it, it really sounds like a bird.

 

[NC Digger]

Those bracket things are shutter holders. So you can swing them in in times of a storm.

 

[Kevlardini]

Thanks everyone! I really enjoyed finding that bird whistle. The fact that it isn't broken is cool. I was tempted to blow on it, but a close examination yielded a slightly chewed mouth piece caked with old mud.
And thanks NC digger for the ID. Never would have guessed that!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on a nice hunt. .
Clean up that birdie with some bleach and lots of alcohol.

 

[treblehunter]

Cool finds, keep digging

 

[sideshowbob]

People lick muddy silver coins that were around when the plague and cholera devasted whole populations. You blow on the petty blue birdy [emoji16]

 

[sutphin]

WHISTLE IS NUMBER 1 ......