OutdoorAdv
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I went away on a business trip, dug some buttons and buckles, then got stung by some bee's and lost my new toy! 
For the last 5 years, I have spent one week in CT every month for business. I used to travel with my machine and swing after work when its was nice out... sure beats sitting around in the hotel. However, for some reason I haven't been bringing my machine with me lately. On last months trip I did some new research and hiked to a few cellars I had discovered. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to spend a bit of time at them this month when I brought my machine with me.
Two weeks ago my new Garmin GPSMAP 64s arrived. I loaded it with a bunch of topo maps, some satellite images and some custom overlays of old maps. I was psyched to use it out in the field. A good hiking GPS is a huge asset when bushwacking in the woods for cellars and for marking locations of interest. Anyway, as I was climbing over some rocks in some very thick brush a couple evenings ago, I felt stings on the back of my legs. I look down and realize I'm getting stung by yellow jackets. I brush them off my legs and take off in a full sprint. 50 yards later I stop, catch my breath and realize my new GPS isn't in its clip anymore
I only got stung twice, but was willing more stings not to take a $250 loss on that new GPS... so back to the nest I go to look for it. After a quick search I realized it was truly a needle in a haystack situation with all the underbrush in this area. I returned the following day and still couldn't find it. Tough loss!
I hit a few different cellars this week and all were detected pretty hard in the past, however I managed to squeak a few buttons and other various relics out of the thick iron. I don't dig many oxen shoes back home, so I'm excited to put a few through electrolysis. I typically dig an insane amount of horse shoes though.
I got a sweet watch winder which was a very nice surprise. Also a Civil War era Infantry cuff button with a "Fine Gold Plate" backmark. An online resource says that backmark is "likely manufacture by Steele & Johnson, ca. 1860". I've been digging a lot of iron keys lately and was very surprised when this one turned up. Excited to get home and preserve it.
I pulled this pewter spoon out from at least a foot down and I was hoping it would be my first rat tail spoon... I was a little bummed when I flipped it over, but its still a cool relic.
This copper or brass "saw" sort of thing is odd. Any ideas? It reminds me of a pocket knife saw, but it cant be based on the metal its made from and the rivet through it is old and looks like its hammered by hand. The thing below it I believe is part to a sterling silver mechanical pencil... not as old as the other artifacts that turned up.
This is the second GPS I have lost! A few years ago I lost my Garmin GPSMAP 60csx when it went overboard on a boat on a remote lake in Maine and sunk straight to the bottom! I had the GPS for about 5 years though and took it all over the country with me on many adventures. So it was a little easier to swallow that loss since I felt like I got some good use out of it. But losing this one was certainly not as easy. If I replace it I am going to tether the damn thing to a belt loop.
For the last 5 years, I have spent one week in CT every month for business. I used to travel with my machine and swing after work when its was nice out... sure beats sitting around in the hotel. However, for some reason I haven't been bringing my machine with me lately. On last months trip I did some new research and hiked to a few cellars I had discovered. Needless to say, I couldn't wait to spend a bit of time at them this month when I brought my machine with me.
Two weeks ago my new Garmin GPSMAP 64s arrived. I loaded it with a bunch of topo maps, some satellite images and some custom overlays of old maps. I was psyched to use it out in the field. A good hiking GPS is a huge asset when bushwacking in the woods for cellars and for marking locations of interest. Anyway, as I was climbing over some rocks in some very thick brush a couple evenings ago, I felt stings on the back of my legs. I look down and realize I'm getting stung by yellow jackets. I brush them off my legs and take off in a full sprint. 50 yards later I stop, catch my breath and realize my new GPS isn't in its clip anymore
I only got stung twice, but was willing more stings not to take a $250 loss on that new GPS... so back to the nest I go to look for it. After a quick search I realized it was truly a needle in a haystack situation with all the underbrush in this area. I returned the following day and still couldn't find it. Tough loss!I hit a few different cellars this week and all were detected pretty hard in the past, however I managed to squeak a few buttons and other various relics out of the thick iron. I don't dig many oxen shoes back home, so I'm excited to put a few through electrolysis. I typically dig an insane amount of horse shoes though.
I got a sweet watch winder which was a very nice surprise. Also a Civil War era Infantry cuff button with a "Fine Gold Plate" backmark. An online resource says that backmark is "likely manufacture by Steele & Johnson, ca. 1860". I've been digging a lot of iron keys lately and was very surprised when this one turned up. Excited to get home and preserve it.
I pulled this pewter spoon out from at least a foot down and I was hoping it would be my first rat tail spoon... I was a little bummed when I flipped it over, but its still a cool relic.
This copper or brass "saw" sort of thing is odd. Any ideas? It reminds me of a pocket knife saw, but it cant be based on the metal its made from and the rivet through it is old and looks like its hammered by hand. The thing below it I believe is part to a sterling silver mechanical pencil... not as old as the other artifacts that turned up.
This is the second GPS I have lost! A few years ago I lost my Garmin GPSMAP 60csx when it went overboard on a boat on a remote lake in Maine and sunk straight to the bottom! I had the GPS for about 5 years though and took it all over the country with me on many adventures. So it was a little easier to swallow that loss since I felt like I got some good use out of it. But losing this one was certainly not as easy. If I replace it I am going to tether the damn thing to a belt loop.
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