5 hours along the RR

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 10, 2009

Weather warm this morning in my part of Illinois.

Enjoy hunting along different sections of RR.
Lots of interesting finds along the route and
next to it.

Got out bright and early.

One of the things I always search for are old
RR nails. No luck today.........but............
did find 3 newer ones.

Never know what you may find or who you may meet.
Bridge over a small stream.

like I said, never know what you may find. Brought a smaller
one home in the past and SWR gave me an ID.
Hope SWR can help with this.

Always hunting; these someday will be mine. :wink:

Also bringing home bricks; heavy load today with the bricks
and the item above. Have to check and see what I can find
on the bricks. Thats half the fun of the hunt, hunting and
finding out what you got.

7AM until almost Noon. Had a heck of a good time.
like I said the big thing is BIG

Got the woman to take a pic just like bringing home
the big fish.

Couple of closed small business near where I parked.
Just hit them for about a half hour. Clad only.

Thanks for looking :wave:

all have a good un.....
SHERMANVILLE

fossis · Feb 10, 2009

Looks like a 'busy & productive ' day Sherm, just don't get your foot caught between anything on the tracks.
I read a newspaper article about the local train, (around 1902), that would stop & let folks pick blackberries along the track, another time the train stopped to let a man retrieve his hat that blew off, ah the 'good ol days'.

Fossis.............

HolyDiver · Feb 11, 2009

Cool bricks, I too bring old old ones that I find. :thumbsup:

Bavaria Mike · Feb 11, 2009

That was a great post Sherm! That hammer looks colonial, LOL. No idea what that UFO is. HH, Mike

done dug it all up · Feb 11, 2009

hehehe you folks crack me up.

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 11, 2009

fossis,
yes, had a good hunt.

'good ol days' be gone; live as best you can.

rtde3,
some go here, some go there; many are out in
what we call the council area out back of the property;
every now and again will have a fire out there and just
sit and enjoy, bricks help if its muddy. :wink:

HolyDiver,
yes, bring home a lot of strange things; woman don't
mind.........unless its moving.

Bavaria Mike,
"That hammer looks colonial"
old, old , hammer.
Found it next to an Ark

done dug it all up,
life is short, enjoy. :wink:

all have a good un.......
SHERMANVILLE

allen · Feb 11, 2009

When I was a kid, the railroad tracks ran right behind us and every day we would walk it and find old soda bottles and back then all the guys on the trains always waved at us.
But after a few trains derailed , things started changing and the guys on the trains would call the police who would run us off, if they could catch or find us..
Have a great day of detecting,
Allen

lumbercamp · Feb 11, 2009

My neighbor has a huge insulator like that. He made a tripod and hangs it in his front yard. He takes it in for the winter and when spring comes he'll take it back out. I guess spring hasn't come yet. I don't see it hanging out.

kimsdad · Feb 11, 2009

Nice finds!! :thumbsup:

Glad you got out to enjoy it for a little R&R. :wink:

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 11, 2009

allen,
seems like a lot of folks on Treasure Net
spent time, as a kid, on the RR tracks.

"if they could catch or find us" :wink:

lumbercamp,
woman asked where the "heck" it was going.
Thanks for the idea. :thumbsup:

kimsdad,
yes; you know what the weather was like.
Was good getting out; started the hunting blood
flowing for this year.

all have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

COUNTRY GIRL · Feb 11, 2009

Sherm, Thanks for taking us along! What a great adventure................here is all I could find on your B A R R BRICK.

Mr. Barr was born May 6, 1901, at Urbana, a son of Andrew and Hortense Call Barr. He is survived by a brother, John Barr of Lake Bluff. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.

His grandparents were among the area's early settlers and his grandfather's business, A. Barr Brickworks, supplied the bricks used to build Altgeld Hall and Lincoln Hall at UI.

Here is the rest of the story about his Grandson.

http://www.3ad.com/history/wwll/university.pages/barr.tribute.htm

Neat read!

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 11, 2009

COUNTRY GIRL,
wow,
thank you very much for all the info;
it is most appreciated.

:thumbsup:

Again, thanks.

you and yours have a good un..
SHERMANVILLE

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 11, 2009

Just some info on the nails:

This is a surveyor's nail, not a RR nail. Surveyors drive
them into anything wooden near their work to mark points.
The MAG on the head indicates that the nail is magnetized
in some way (a retired surveyor told me this a few years ago).
The most common surveyor's nails have a PK stamped in the
head for the manufacturer, Parker-Kalon. The MAG nails are
pretty new, maybe introduced in the 1990's. You can still buy
them new.

Also our own "What is it forum", solved the nail question.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,217328.0.html

all have a good un.....................
SHERMANVILLE

1491 · Feb 11, 2009

SHERMANVILLE,

That is my favorite kind of treasure hunting. A stroll along an old route, fresh air, a variety of items to keep things interesting. I imagine you must come upon RR labor campsites if you hunt rail lines with any frequency. Any Chinese coins over the years? You've inspired me to get back out to my local rail lines for a stroll. Again, nice Buk avatar and nice "fish". It would look even larger if you held it out closer to the camera. Nice that you have a good woman to take the picture. A reader of Bukowski lucky enough to have a sweetie. Rare combo.

Jim

civil war hunter · Feb 11, 2009

dude why did you do that take RR survey nails out ahhhhh.

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS · Feb 11, 2009

ziphius
never know what you will come across with
the RR.
Hank had a lot of love in some of his stuff. :wink:

wvfunny,
dude,
old line, rails missing.
Mona is going to need the work, when she gets out
of school :wink:

all have a good un....
SHERMANVILLE

civil war hunter · Feb 11, 2009

ow then thast fine go ahead pull all you want!

SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS said:
ziphius
never know what you will come across with
the RR.
Hank had a lot of love in some of his stuff.

wvfunny,
dude,
old line, rails missing.
Mona is going to need the work, when she gets out
of school

all have a good un....
SHERMANVILLE