chinese coins,old lock, and a knife

[haylen]

found some chinese coins my 2 lock and a pretty cool knife

 

[pepperj]

Holy cash coin!

 

[kuger]

Awesome Haylen!Your knife looks an awful lot like the one I dug Saturday only my blade is broke in half,I love diggin them!Great digs man!!

 

[haylen]

Awesome Haylen!Your knife looks an awful lot like the one I dug Saturday only my blade is broke in half,I love diggin them!Great digs man!!
I thought that when I dug it about our conversation last night
Thanks

 

[tymcmurray]

You hit the chinese motherload!!!
Knife is awsome!!

Ty

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[haylen]

You hit the chinese motherload!!!
Knife is awsome!!

Ty

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Thanks Ty

 

[kuger]

So you dug it today?Thats crazy!!!We were just talking about that!!!

 

[haylen]

So you dug it today?Thats crazy!!!We were just talking about that!!!
ya as soon as I dug it I thought I just talked to u about one who would of thought the next day I would dig one/quote]

 

[kuger]

Heres mine,had my heart going when I dug it....then I realized it was broken,makes ya wonder though,how did it break?Not as purdy as yours though!

 

[Knightwalker]

AH SO, Very nice finds. Tho kind of makes ya wonder why did they put square holes in their coins.
HH in 2010

 

[kuger]

You know another odd thing,remember the Opium tin I told ya I dug had 13 Chinese coins?How many did ya dig today?I dont think I have done that in a day since!Good job,I could dig them all day

 

[SkyPirate]

Wow! thats great stuff! May ask where you are located in general to find all these Chinese coins?

 

[jgas]

Found a lock just like that last year, how old do you suppose that might be?? Nice digs. jgas

 

[kg6yll]

Nice! Thats the good stuff there.

 

[allen]

you found someones cache for certain !!

 

[The Patriot]

looks like an ironhorse's hunt...Great hunt

 

[haylen]

Found a lock just like that last year, how old do you suppose that might be?? Nice digs. jgas
I would have to say between 1850 and 1900

 

[kuger]

Found a lock just like that last year, how old do you suppose that might be?? Nice digs. jgas
I would have to say between 1850 and 1900

Great assumption Haylen!!!I find those frequently in '50's sites and dont seem to find many in sites that date much after 1870's.Just my experience.Often there is markings on the key hole cover that one can date them with....a crown,VR, etc

 

[vayank54]

Some cool stuff
I think Kuger's right about the locks. Most I've found have been in mid 1800's and earlier sites. Another guy and I were talking one day about finding so many in civil war camps and what they could have been used for. I got a book for
Christmas and in the book is a picture of a civil war mess tent and outside the tent are wooden barrels, at least one has an iron strap across the top held by one of those big locks.

 

[haylen]

Found a lock just like that last year, how old do you suppose that might be?? Nice digs. jgas
I would have to say between 1850 and 1900

Great assumption Haylen!!!I find those frequently in '50's sites and dont seem to find many in sites that date much after 1870's.Just my experience.Often there is markings on the key hole cover that one can date them with....a crown,VR, etc

Good to know I was not sure on the time line but I did find one other that was at a 1850s last year same kind of a deal lots of chinese coins