accidental find

[coloradocav]

A lot was being dug out for a new building while on a visit to New York, upon further inspection a layer of about 8 feet thick of leather goods and cavalry horse equipage from early 1900's was located. Must have been old surplus or somthing. bits, bridles, great seal eagle and bullseye rosettes, holsters, shako buttons, jungle hat vents etc. most of the leather I got, after using saddle soap revealed mostly Rock Island arsenal stamps. Unfortunatly time and no more room cut the dig. The rest of the stuff now is probably burried in the City dump. Talk about what dreams are made of! Here is a picture of a holster that cleaned up real nice.enjoy!

 

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[pippinwhitepaws]

fantastic finds...
and here i thought you were digging up ft carson..lol

 

[Montana Jim]

Wow! Nice !

 

[aa battery]

very cool

 

[RelicHunterSantise]

That is a great accidental find!

thanks for sharing.

xoxo

 

[RETREAD]

When Bannerman's Surplus store on Broadway was closed in the late '50's there were many sub cellars and basements that were full of similar material. It was bulldozed and covered over. I wonder if this was a similar situation ??

 

[Twin Digger]

Very Nice...

Happy Hunting

Twin Digger

 

[allen]

way to go on those great looking finds....

 

[Goldiver]

How interesting. Did old Sanborns reveal anything on the site that would account for the surplus dump?

You are very out of control lately.

Tot-lots are full of treasures. Try them.

!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

That's really a stroke of good luck!

 

[fortbball9]

You did a great job on cleaning that up coloradocav,
Congrats on a very nice accidental find

fortbball9

 

[Woodland Detectors]

wow. Great find there

 

[coloradocav]

How interesting. Did old Sanborns reveal anything on the site that would account for the surplus dump?

You are very out of control lately.

Tot-lots are full of treasures. Try them.

the only reason I go to tot lots is to take my tot to the playground, I've got better items to dig than lincoln cents.

 

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[rjw4law]

Now this is what dreams are made of.