1Privateer
Jr. Member
- Oct 3, 2006
- 20
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- Garrett Ace 250 Gtp 1350 Bounty Hunter Pioneer
It be a great nor'easter matey!
Wid de wind and de pounding surf a chest of treasure is bound ta be uncovered.
This storm has kept me pinned up like a new puppy and I'm itching to get out. At least it has provided some time to do some cleaning on my finds and research. I had a bunch of coins and other things I had found and needed to sort through. Many surprises once the dirt and all was cleaned off. One was a pocket watch that had been wrapped in some kind of waxy paper and put inside a foundation stone apparently by a drunk sometime in the past. A friend that does watch repair as a hobby thinks he can get it working again. Its really not in bad shape.
Also found a lot of coins, straight razor, and surprisingly a few foreign coins. This is family owned property that used to be a country store and homeplace. Both are long gone but the remnants of some of our ancestors are still there. The surprising find was an 1853 liberty quarter in remarkably good condition except for being darkened. Luckily this is a very sandy well drained piece of land that is basically worthless for any crops. It won't even grow pig weed. We planted some pine trees about five years ago and they haven't grown much at all. So, much of whats in the ground isn't damaged all that badly.
Hopefully this storm will wash some of the sand they rebuilt the beach with away and uncover some of the older stuff.
Hope to see some of you out there soon.
Wid de wind and de pounding surf a chest of treasure is bound ta be uncovered.
This storm has kept me pinned up like a new puppy and I'm itching to get out. At least it has provided some time to do some cleaning on my finds and research. I had a bunch of coins and other things I had found and needed to sort through. Many surprises once the dirt and all was cleaned off. One was a pocket watch that had been wrapped in some kind of waxy paper and put inside a foundation stone apparently by a drunk sometime in the past. A friend that does watch repair as a hobby thinks he can get it working again. Its really not in bad shape.
Also found a lot of coins, straight razor, and surprisingly a few foreign coins. This is family owned property that used to be a country store and homeplace. Both are long gone but the remnants of some of our ancestors are still there. The surprising find was an 1853 liberty quarter in remarkably good condition except for being darkened. Luckily this is a very sandy well drained piece of land that is basically worthless for any crops. It won't even grow pig weed. We planted some pine trees about five years ago and they haven't grown much at all. So, much of whats in the ground isn't damaged all that badly.
Hopefully this storm will wash some of the sand they rebuilt the beach with away and uncover some of the older stuff.
Hope to see some of you out there soon.
