old pueblo

Hello again, just wanted to show you some more of my recent finds from here in southern Arizona, and how I like to display them in a rikers case. To start, it was kind of an unusual day in that I was hunting with my dear old mother, and not really looking for these kind of things, but managed...

Hello everyone, its been a while but Im back now. Ive been very busy but managed to get out and do some more hunting, and I will be posting some of my recent finds and questions about them over the next few days.! I cant remember if there is a place to post your "recent finds", instead of just...

Wanted to show you guys this "Magic" bullet casing I found the other day. From what little I could find online, these 44 Center Fire "Magic" bullets were made by UMC in 1889 for an Australian company (F. Lassetter & Co., Sidney, Australia) and shipped across the Pacific, making them a "rare"...

Found this at the site of an old cavalry stable from the WW1 era and was wondering about its age, since I believe it may predate the camp, which opened in 1910 or so. Its brass with the back filled with lead or solder. You can see (in the two red circles) where there was a bar for attaching to a...

My mother found this at a Goodwill store the other day and asked me to post it here to see if we can find out more about it, like what it was used for and how old it might be. Any help would be appreciated. Ive included several different photos so you can see how it was made. I believe it does...

Out looking for some date nails at my grandparents place and found this instead! No nails, though. All the ties my grandpa used appear to be too modern, or they're flipped over in the dirt and I dont want to tear them up just to look for a nail I probably already have. Im not sure if this is...

Went out yesterday with some family and found a bunch of more date nails from the old railroad, including some nice large ones in good shape. These are all the different ones we found. Last photo is a little bit of the desert around here.

Some more finds from the old c.1900 garbage dump and surrounding debris field by the RR. Best finds is the frosty glass rose stopper, probably from a perfume bottle, the old railroad button from c.1908-1910, and small 1922 date nail in great shape for its type. Also found some other date nails...

Found another button thats been on my bucket list forever, today, and some other stuff as you can see. A rimless Great Seal button (1902-1910) from the old garbage dump near the railroad I mentioned a while back. I was getting discouraged and had 15 minutes left before it was time to go. I...

Went out this morning and checked out a couple more old corrals down the road from here. In this part of Arizona, with all the ranching and farming around, it seems like everyone has an old corral in their back yard. Anyway, found six at the first corral, 10 more in the second, and left one...

Went out hunting for some date nails in some of the usual spots. I continued down the fence line I had found a bunch in previously, and found 17 more today, including one I left behind. Afterwards I checked out another one of the corrals out here and found 9 more nails, including two I left...

Went out hunting for some date nails in some of the usual spots. I continued down the fence line I had found a bunch in previously, and found 17 more today, including one I left behind. Afterwards I checked out another one of the corrals out here and found 9 more nails, including two I left...

Some finds from an old ranch, which goes back to the 1920s, or a little earlier. Best find is the silver flower concho you see at the right. Also found that tiny horseshoe, the smallest Ive ever found, 1958 D wheaty from the top of the garbage dump, marbles and some insulators. The smaller ones...

Can anyone tell me what kind of lighter this is? I found it in an old garbage dump from the early 1900s. The lid was stuck on there from dirt and so forth and it wasn't until after I soaked it in vinegar overnight that I was able to pull the lid off and find out what it is. There may be a...

Some more stuff from the past few days. Best find are the miner's tag and the old Army rifle casings from the Apache Wars era, including two 45-70s dated February 1886 and one blank .50-70 Government. Also some shotgun shells from around the turn of the century and that quartz crystal, which...

Found this old tag in a cigar box that belonged to my grandfather. The box was full of relics and other similar things he had collected over the years. I always thought it came from one of the old mines around here, but had never seen any old miners tags like it until today, when I found this...

Actually yesterday's finds, but my camera batteries needed charging, and that took all night. Anyway, a few more things from an old mining camp nearby, including a neat old miner's check tag, some old shotgun shells, a tack loop, knob insulator, little RR spikes, some rifle casings, and so...

Does anyone know what this is? Its glass and was found in a garbage dump from an old mining camp that goes back to the late 1800s. Found other late 1800s artifacts right nearby, including a couple pearl shell buttons within a few feet of this thing.

Does anyone know how old these Eagle buttons are? They were found in a garbage dump from an old mining camp that goes back to the 1880s. There is no writing on the back, which seems unusual but Im not the expert here. If anyone knows more, please let me know. Thank you all.

Found this in a garbage dump from an old mining camp along the side of this dirt road near home. Still in awe. I never expected to find an old General Service button in a place like this, let along three of them! All in great shape. And right next to the Eagle buttons and the Levi button and...