Detecting an Old Quarry by the Railroad...

[lairmo]

Found this stuff in an hour and a half hunt right before dark today between an old quarry, an old lead mine, and the tracks...



Colgate/Palmolive token

Soaked the pennies in hot vinegar for the first time...not sure how long to do it for, but it seems to have over-cleaned them. They are 1917D, 1919D, and a 1925S..
And my first RR Lock...Everything still moves freely, not sure how old it is (The Atlantic and Pacific RR finished the tracks in 1870, and sold them to the San Francisco RR in 1876), But it's been the BN for quite a while...



And some buckles and stuff...

 

[Detectingfreak]

very nice lock!

 

[Monty]

Somewhere I have a silver plated belt buckle that says."The Frisco, Gone But Not Forgotten". They handed them out to select people when the Frisco was bought out by the Burlington. My wife was the rate clerk for her short line RR and she got one. I have misplaced it along with my Honus Wagner baseball card. Don't worry, I do this all the time. You'd think I'd get use to it by now! Monty

 

[VOL1266-X]

Very nice finds and SUPER lock. WTG!!!

 

[OPUS1]

Nice findings. Love the lock, i can't believe the good shape it's in!!

Thanks for sharing

OPUS1

 

[lairmo]

Somewhere I have a silver plated belt buckle that says."The Frisco, Gone But Not Forgotten". They handed them out to select people when the Frisco was bought out by the Burlington. My wife was the rate clerk for her short line RR and she got one. I have misplaced it along with my Honus Wagner baseball card. Don't worry, I do this all the time. You'd think I'd get use to it by now! Monty

The Honus was a joke right?

 

[Monty]

No joke, original Honus Wagner tobacco card given to me by my son's great grandmother. I wrapped it in notebook paper to protect it and put it up several years ago and have never been able to find it since. Monty

 

[allen]

way to go on those good looking finds...