Digging in 1890s park/woods thru iron trash today :-)

[lonewolfe]

Hey all,


went to an old 1890s park I've been wanting to dig for a while. It has some woods out back on 10 acres and it (the woods) was used as the neighborhood dump site for a long while. There was broken glass, junk and iron scattered everywhere. I managed to dig out a 1950s kids sheriffs badge and a 1909 Barber dime among the trash along the edge of the woods with the AT Pro and a nice old Button with a 6 point star on it - has nice green patina and looks to be 1800s - not shown are some copper relics/pieces, a brass dresser pull, etc. that was mixed in with the iron that I managed to salvage - will post a pic of that stuff at a later date.


But anyway


after digging/sifting thru the iron and about going nuts listening to it for about 2.5 hrs - I decided to hunt the park itself - I pulled 3 wheats from the 40s/50s and a PILE of clad...


Hope you'all had a good weekend and got some diggin in too :-)


HH

 

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[Michiganne]

Congrats on the Barber, cool button and sheriff's badge. That looks like a lot of digging!

HH

 

[Mike from MI]

Well done. Great haul!

 

[dig kzoo]

Nice digs! HH

 

[mjc_lakedweller]

That's a nice haul. Really like that sherriff badge and of course the barber. Always nice to come home with a full pouch!

 

[fistfulladirt]

Congrats on all the coinage, and Barber is icing on the cake!

 

[postalgriff]

way to sniff out that barber! I like the old sheriffs badge too! congrats on a good hunt!

 

[Brentallica]

Sweet digs!! Love the Barber and Button!!

 

[releventchair]

Some fun oldies. Congrats. Heck of a clad pile!.

 

[Machxin]

The sheriffs badge is awesome, something that would be a great talking piece and display piece. You had a great day! congrats on all the finds!

 

[Oneshot]

Great Day! That badge looks like one of the arcade tokens used on a key chain. We used to spell out a name or a good luck saying, then pull down the handle to impress it on the token. If there's no pin in back that might be one.