New house gives up treasure !

[Squirrel322]

Its been a long time since I posted. Between winter and moving, I haven't had time to do much detecting. Hopefully I'll have lots more to share in the coming weeks!

So, we moved to a new house built in the 1930s. It has a couple laundry-chutes leading to the basement. It empties into a very strange place, not very practical for depositing laundry. Anyway, below the chute I noticed a small gap between the wall and the top of the back of a built-in shelf. Inside that gap I could see the edges of a few coins and found these >>>>



Not sure how to 1970s nickel got in there. It might have gotten mixed in with them when I put them in my pocket.

Well, I have detected most of my new yard save a couple places. Found lots of wheats, only 3 Rosies and a lonesome Indian (lot was originally the site of a carriage house for the older home next door). I also dug a GP ring, SP buckle, and a cool "reflector device", lead soldier and a 1950's republican button-hole pin. Also, I found a small band marked "P 29". Maybe an old pigeon band?







Else where in my digging I have retrieved a toy car, harmonica reed and a couple more wheats at a sidewalk tear-out.



The trails a a local park gave up an old "good for 5 cents" token from the local Moose lodge which I am pretty happy about (+crusty wheat).



And a playscape build at another park gave up a couple modern tokens to the local cinema, a very crusty Indian (a couple wheats not pictured) and a very interesting (but very trashed) engineers button from the by-gone "Pere Marquette' Railroad that once operated here in Michigan.



Thanks for looking !

 

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[dman80]

nice finds. I Guess other than better construction there are other advantages to buying an older home.

 

[A2coins]

i had a dryer when i was a kid the drum was loose and it always made a banging noise everytime we used it and it lasted 20 plus years i found so many coins lighters just about everything you can imagine when i finally took the back off one day ill never forget it . mostly clad but i hit pay dirt that day

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[Carolina Tom]

You really did well sir.

I have a soft spot for lead toy soldiers. That one looks really intact.

Best of luck to you!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds

 

[DetectingGodlikeOnOlympus]

Holy smokes! I am selling my metal detector and prowling some mid century laundry chutes!

I hope none of the YouTube guys steal this idea- it could be BIG.

 

[insontis]

Very nice. Guess I know what type of home I'm moving into next..

 

[dirtlooter]

pretty darn sweet!

 

[Kurios1]

That laundry chute eyeball finds was a nice one. The rest are fine as well. I guess our treasure hunting radar never turns off. Well done.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the nice finds!

 

[DiamondDan]

Wow. What a haul. I wish my house would have been that kind to me. Also, I found a reflector exactly like yours a couple months ago and was wondering what the heck it was.

 

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