All along the boarder line

[Qball]

I have just returned from a series of relic hunts in Nogales Arizona and the First World War training camps along the US Mexican boarder. These camps were used to train infantry and artillery personnel for the US Army in both the Great War and to make incursions into Mexico "in pursuit" of Pancho Villa under the command of General "Black Jack" Pershing. We had exclusive access to some great and historic sites on private land and made some great finds like this Sixth Army dress coat button and my favorite a gold signet ring from Fort Little close on the boarder. One experience stands out and deserves special note. Me and my "pard", Don David, were working our way up the low hills to a flat spot we reckoned was a tent camp about a mile from the boarder when a young boarder patrol agent suddenly appeared "out of no where." "What are you guys doing out here? " he inquired. "Just prospecting, we have permission." "Oh, treasure hunters. I don't care about that we been watching you on the infrared scanner but we couldn't tell what you were doing just your bodies." "Sorry about that", says I. "No problem, it's just, see those two guys on the mountain top on the other side of the boarder? they are up there with cell phones directing drug mules through this corridor. Here is my card give us a call if you see any one running by, would ya?" So with a thank you and hand shakes all round our Samaritan departed. We had dipped a toe in the shark infested waters of "this ocean in which no oar is dipped."

 

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[Rookster]

Thanks for finding my ring.Great day.

 

[dansalata]

fantastic finds!!!!!

 

[kingskid1611]

Didn't find no body attached to that ring did ya? Ive heard some stories about whats found in the desert....

 

[cambria09]

Hello Qball. Nice button and that ring is a sweet find. Glad to hear our border folks are on the ball. Good Luck out there. C9

 

[WaterScoop]

Thank you for sharing. Love the background on the area you were in. Congratulations on your awesome
Permission site. No telling what else might be there hope you can return to the site and produce some more treasure.

The phone caught my eye. It looks like a modern satellite phone “drug mules” might have drop or its an older phone from the early 90’s.


The signet ring looks old is it 18K? It’s a redder Gold color which tells me it might be.

Anyways supper happy for your finds. Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing with the rest of us.

 

[Johncoho]

Nice finds. I have also run into border patrol people when detecting close to the border here in Arizona. The ones we have talked to are very nice folks.

 

[A2coins]

i have also near rio rico az

 

[A2coins]

I wasnt always a pillar of the community a thread in the fine fabric of our population, the gold spoon on a table with stainless ect there is alot that can be found out there great post

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice finds, congratulations!

 

[thrifty76now]

Great finds from no- mans land.

 

[Qball]

The signet ring was not marked for karat and I have not tested it yet. it has the makers mark CS inside a circle but I have not yet found it listed. The soil down there is not kind to copper and brass. Ring had some tarnish so I figured it to be 10k. I imagine the trooper who caught it on his trigger guard and broke the band while drilling did not dare to look for it. I think I will have it repaired. It's just too historic a find to dump in a box and forget.

 

[against the wind]

Sweet finds and that's the first time I heard about one of us being stopped by the border patrol.
Congratulations on your finds.