pocketfull of pocket watches

gxray

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Today I took a hunting buddy with me to an 1840'shouse where i recently found a Carolina tarheels buckle. This house is about 3 miles from a major Confederate hub in a railroad town. We decided to hunt the pasture behind the house and within 5 mins my buddy was yelling that he found something ....i ran to see what he found . It was a very unusual looking CW bullet...one that didnt look familiar to me. It looked as though it was a Gardner that had the center between the rings carved out of it. We continued hunting another hour or so and i found a piece of pocket watch. It was getting hot so we took a water break and resumed hunting not finding much so i returned to the spot where i found the pocket watch ( almost directly behind the house) and bam...another pocket watch ...another swing with the detector and another pocket watch ,,,then another and another ,,,then a bracelet with chain,,,perhaps from one of the watches?.... I'm thinking at this point...jewelry box spill... now another pocket watch....by this time , i am hot and tired of digging pocket watches....I'll hunt that spot next time and maybe some jewelry will pop up.
HH and thanks for looking.
 

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MUD(S.W.A.T)

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Seems your hunting the right kind of site, pocket watch parts is a good sign. Keep looking you should turn up some old coins maybe some jewelry or silver coins, but older copper coins and iron are more likely. Cool finds !

Keep @ it and HH!!
 

John987

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Congratulations!!
Sounds like you can start a pocketwatch collection.
HH

John
 

STH69

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great stuff
 

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