300 Million - 1940’s... last week

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Hit a few spots in the park woods last week. Trying to get in a couple more hunts before the briars, poison ivy and mosquitoes get bad.

First spot was a coal mining stop on a now defunct set of RR tracks. Lots of 19-23 signals with these miners tags. The most I have found in one hunt.



Found this near the tags, about the size of an extra large chicken egg, thinking wild turkey, mostly off white with some speckles.



Here is the roundness.



The 1865 IHP has some nice details.



The Allegheny County Police must have used some “strong arm tactics” back in the day.



Here is the handful of miscellaneous finds.



The piece in the upper right was iD’d as a 300 million year old fossil, found in a stream bed.



I believe the spoon collar/ring is silver, but can’t make out the mark.



And the piece in the center bottom is a smashed ring, seems to be lead, from the China-Burma-India theater of WW2.



You never know what you will find...

Oh, and some glass surface finds, Billy Baxter sassafras soda early 1900’s.



And some horse tack that sounded like big silvers...



Good luck out there!

 

[Mudflap]

Great finds! Love the Allegheny Police.

 

[BeenThere DugThat]

I'm always tempted to play the lottery on the miners tag numbers. The police button is really sweet. Good stuff!

 

[Trezurehunter]

What an excellent variety of finds. I like all of those Miners tags.

 

[washingtonian]

You did very well. Congrats!!

 

[Tuberale]

Nice finds, congratulations!