3xIH, Mickey and some stuff is SE Ohio

[chrisanddiane]

Some finds from a little town in southern Ohio that is no longer there. Funny story, my wife and I were going crazy because we couldn’t find anything and I knew we were in the right place. Turns out we were close... the area was naturally ‘terraced’ and we were one terrace down from where we were supposed to be. We climbed up there found the foundation stones we were sure we’d find. Neat area, must have been all family or some kind of religious community as it was laid out in a way that would not have easy to get out of- no road in. Even the 100 year old map showed no road in. We did about half the area, took us about 7 hours.
We found no silver but lot’s of interesting stuff. The triple Indian Head find was a nice bonus. The no date one I was sure was a flying eagle but after cleaning it up realized it wasn’t. The date is coming out on it, another week in our secret date revealing ingredient© and I’ll know.
We had great time, no cell phones or kids along with beautiful weather.
Does anyone have any idea what the mickey thing is or an age. It seems to be made of cast lead or some other heavy metal. (in hind sight the side view kinda looks like Mr. Hanky. Not flattering)

Thanks for looking

Chris & Diane

 

[chrisanddiane]

Here's the map slice, now that we did most of it:

 

[dank]

nice finds, i found one of those oval things that you put the "?" in. i sure would like to know what they are.

 

[Chug And Red]

Nice finds!!! it sure looks like a early micky mouse!!!

In the spring of 1928, Disney asked Ub Iwerks to start drawing up new character ideas. Iwerks tried sketches of various animals, such as dogs and cats, but none of these appealed to Disney. A female cow and male horse were also rejected. They would later turn up as Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar. (A male frog, also rejected, would later show up in Iwerks own Flip the Frog series.)[1] Walt Disney got the inspiration for Mickey Mouse from his old pet mouse he used to have on his farm. In 1925, Hugh Harman drew some sketches of mice around a photograph of Walt Disney. These inspired Ub Iwerks to create a new mouse character for Disney.[1] "Mortimer Mouse" had been Disney's original name for the character before his wife, Lillian convinced him to change it, and ultimately Mickey Mouse came to be.[4][5] Actor Mickey Rooney has claimed that, during his Mickey McGuire days, he met cartoonist Walt Disney at the Warner Brothers studio, and that Disney was inspired to name Mickey Mouse after him.[6] Said Disney:

 

[chrisanddiane]

I read the same thing you did and considering all the other finds at that site predate 1928 it sure makes a good arguement that this piece is probably at the very begining of Mickey's presence. aside from the rough condition from the front it appears complete and in overall good shape. This thing could be worth big bucks if it's as old as I suspect!

 

[jeffmrgan]

the spot i've been hunting got concreted over, some hit another old site, more old bottles, old brooch,buckle, some kind of metal purse? has initials engraved on it & some kind of tag with a name engraved on it...............the only coin 1980 memorial penny....oh well the artifacts are cool

 

[Bushido Dude]

I too have also found one of those oval ?'s ....no idea myself. Great finds!! HH

 

[Shambler]

are the ovals made of lead?

 

[Mr Tuff]

that is a old mouse nice finds!!!!! MR TUFF

 

[willie d]

Nice finds

Your mystery item is an old tarp grommet.

 

[dank]

Nice finds

Your mystery item is an old tarp grommet.

o cool a trap grommet!! wow whats it trap? bears, tigers, gold, luck?

O you said TARP.
dangit!
lol

thanks for the id!