A few of today's finds, including a cowboy's worst nightmare (a tiny little arrowhead, called a bird point), a 10 gauge Repeater shell, which is kind of cool, since you most often find them in 12 gauge, and an old flat key. Can anyone put a date or date range on this key?
Date nails include...
Found these today, anyone know more? The suspender buckle looks like two different kinds attached together. The "President" was patented in 1901 and the other has an 1892 patent date on it.
Found this box of silverware in the local garbage dump when I was a kid, I was wondering if any of it is actually silver, how old it might be, and so forth. Its all the same design except for two forks. If you need more pgotos, please let me know and I will be happy to take some more. They all...
Can anyone make out the manufacturer's mark on the bottom of this old bottle? And does anyone know what kind of bottle this is? I'm thinking its early to mid 20th century, since it has not changed colors, but it does have some very small bubbles and it looks like a cork top. Any info would be...
I found this a long time ago, and Im 99% certain it is an Native American awl, used for drilling holes into things. Its was found near where a person close to me found the pottery spindle whirl you see in the photos, and it looks like the awl would have been perfect for drilling out the holes...
Found some more cool stuff, including a little train car made of lead I think, some more marbles ( a clay one and a solid black glass one), a sterling silver ring, missing its stone, some date nails, buckles, buttons, shotgun shells and so forth. Please let me know if you know anything about any...
Found this in the back of a U-haul truck when I moved into the house Im living in now. It looks like a authentic old one, based on its design. (Ive never seen any modern repos that look like this). Does anyone know what kind of point this is, and if so, where it might have came from?
Can anyone date put a date on the REM-UMC Nitro Club shell? And does anyone know what that little harmonica reed looking think went to? Maybe a tiny harmonica? And what about the buckle? Horse tack? I also found whats left of an old watch. I didnt see any writing and its light, although it kind...
Does anyone know what this stuff is? The stuff at the bottom next to the ruler is what Im interested in. The other stuff is just to show. The thing at the far left is what I believe is another .50-70 round, without a headstamp, as it is exactly the same size as the other darker one you see...
Found these date nails on a ranch my sister lives on here in Southern Arizona, and a bunch of camouflage stuff from the drug smugglers, which I recently posted another threat about. This time I stopped at the same spot and found several more camo backpacks, camo clothing, camo hats (baseball and...
Some stuff we found yesterday at an old place here in Southern Arizona. Please let me know what you think, as Im trying to determine the age and/or origin of this stuff. Thanks
Hello,found these online a few weeks ago for a couple bucks each, so I figured they were worth it, if they are real. From what I read, these are late 19th century to early 1900s (WW1 era) buttons from California and New Mexico State Militia/National Guard uniforms. Both say "Superior Quality" on...
Hello, I was hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction for finding old newspapers from Arizona that are online and free to view. Im mainly interested in the 1910s and 1920s, so if anyone knows where to find any, please let me know. Thank you
Today I have what I believe to be a .38 rimfire casing without a headstamp. According to what I read on Wikipedia's ".38 rimfire" article and some other random stuff online, this casing dates back to the latter half of the 1860s (when the round was developed) to the 1880s or so, when headstamps...
Does anybody know anything about this old tire iron. Its weird in that it has holes through it, and is broken off at one of them. It must have been made to be lightweight or something. I found it in what used to be an army camp dating from 1910 to 1933. The whole area is houses and stuff now...
Since the Mexican coins I found the other day seem to be popular, I thought I'd share these with you all. All found in the desert in Southern Arizona, in the border country, and at least one of which came from illegal aliens coming across. The glass one I found on the southern side of the...