Farm Hunt - A couple of "First Finds" for Me!!!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 29, 2011

Farm Hunt - A couple of "First Finds" for Me!!!

Hello Tnet Friends, :hello:

I got permission from a friend a couple of weeks ago to hunt the property his farm sits on. He lives in the small town of Marlbank, Ontario, his family's lived in this town for at least 150 years! There's even a cemetery named after their family on the main road into town! :laughing7:

I got in about 4 hours of hunting yesterday until the sun went down. I need to go back again as there's an old tobogganing hill in his backyard, apparently a lot of the neighbourhood kids used it from the 1940's onwards! :thumbsup:

I spoke to his Mom & Dad while I was there and they suggested, "I might want to hunt the foundations of an old farm house that sits on their property down the road! :notworthy:

My friends house was built around 1900 or there abouts, but there's obviously been quite a bit of previous activity here in the past 150 years! :icon_thumright:

A number of "firsts" for me here . . . a "three ringer" and a crotal bell to name a few of my finds. I also found a horse harness buckle and a very small buckle with a date of 1870 on it. It also had some other printing which I can't quite make out. If any of you buckle experts out there can help tell me what this buckles use was, I'd really appreciate it! :icon_thumright:

Thanks for looking and have a great long weekend everyone! :hello2:

Dave

pl8man · Jul 29, 2011

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Great finds Dave ! I would love to hunt a place like that

. I have never had the nerve to ask someone to hunt their property .
Glen

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 29, 2011

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pl8man said:
Great finds Dave ! I would love to hunt a place like that . I have never had the nerve to ask someone to hunt their property .
Glen

I think they saw how meticulous I was about filling in and repairing my holes and they just offered to let me hunt their other properties! :icon_thumright:

I couple of weeks ago I offered to help find my friends mother find a ring she lost it at her elementary school back in the early 1960's. I hunted the 1870's school yard for 2 hours, but never did find it! $:-\$

Have a nice weekend Glen,
Dave

JW15 · Jul 29, 2011

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Sweet relics!! :icon_thumright:

Definitely go back there and hit all the places you mentioned,bet there's some largies and silver there!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 29, 2011

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JW15 said:
Sweet relics!! Definitely go back there and hit all the places you mentioned,bet there's some largies and silver there!

My buddy told me that, "his grandmother use to find coins in the garden all the time", but I didn't find any coins in the 4 hours I was there! :'(

Thanks very much JW,
Dave

GioTheGreek · Jul 29, 2011

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Awesome finds Antiquarian.

We really do have to be meticulous. That is a great word to use when asking for permission.

steelheadwill · Jul 30, 2011

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Looks like a great site Dave :wink:

ya beat me to a crotal bell! She's a beauty

Like that enamelled ornamental.

Thanks for showing, looking forward to more.

Sometimes those coin Finds 'Come in Spurts' :laughing7:

CRUSADER · Jul 30, 2011

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Nice piece of Lead :icon_thumright:

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 30, 2011

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GioTheGreek said:
Awesome finds Antiquarian.

We really do have to be meticulous. That is a great word to use when asking for permission.

Thanks for your post Gio! :thumbsup:

Having good manners also helps! :laughing7:

Dave

steelheadwill said:
Looks like a great site Dave
ya beat me to a crotal bell! She's a beauty
Like that enamelled ornamental
Thanks for showing, looking forward to more.
Sometimes those coin Finds 'Come in Spurts'

Thanks very much Herbie!

Finding that bell was very satisfying, especially since it's in such nice condition! :icon_thumright:

Have a great weekend!
Dave

CRUSADER said:
Nice piece of Lead

Thanks Cru! :icon_thumright:

Compared to all the "lead" that yourself and the CW guys find here,
I'm happy to just find one! :laughing7:

Cheers,
Dave

HISPAN · Jul 30, 2011

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Hi Dave !
This buckle was to adjust the straps in back of the vests, is 19th early 20th century, I have some , but is difficult to find complete because they are very dim and break easily.
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=26124&cat=177

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 30, 2011

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HISPAN said:
Hi Dave !
This buckle was to adjust the straps in back of the vests, is 19th early 20th century, I have some , but is difficult to find complete because they are very dim and break easily.
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=26124&cat=177

Thank you very much for the link Hispan! :icon_thumright:

That's my buckle alright!

I'd like to try and flatten mine out, but as you mentioned, "they are very dim and break easily."

Here are a couple of pictures I just took of my buckle following a 10 minute bath in hot peroxide! :laughing7:

Dave

cntrydncr1 · Jul 30, 2011

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Nice bell and colonial buckle!! congrats!

ANTIQUARIAN · Jul 30, 2011

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cntrydncr1 said:
Nice bell and colonial buckle!! congrats!

Thanks cntrydncr1! :thumbsup:

Dave

Getty · Jul 30, 2011

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Nice array of finds there! Good job!

Michiganne · Jul 30, 2011

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Congrats on the nice finds. :icon_thumright:

Great crotal bell and buckle. Looks like a good place to hit repeatedly. :thumbsup:

HH

artzstuff1 · Jul 30, 2011

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There has to be a lot of goodies in a yard that size,,,nice finds!!!

swing ahead!!! :headbang:

ANTIQUARIAN · Aug 1, 2011

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Getty said:
Nice array of finds there! Good job!

Thanks Getty!
Happy hunting to you,
Dave

Michiganne said:
Congrats on the nice finds. Great crotal bell and buckle. Looks like a good place to hit repeatedly.

HH

Thanks Michiganne! :thumbsup:

I'll definitely be heading back to the tobogganing hill in the backyard! :laughing7:

Dave

artzstuff1 said:
There has to be a lot of goodies in a yard that size,,,nice finds!!!

swing ahead!!!

I found that there was a lot of iron and beer caps, but there's no way I could've found all the good stuff! :thumbsup:

Thanks Art,
Dave

civilman1 · Aug 1, 2011

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Great mix there Aqua......Watch those tang's there if you do decide to try and straighten :thumbsup:

Found my first ever stamped "1871" this year Cool find's !!!

ANTIQUARIAN · Aug 1, 2011

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civilman1 said:
Great mix there Aqua......Watch those tang's there if you do decide to try and straighten Found my first ever stamped "1871" this year Cool find's !!!

I thought about trying to straighten her out, but I'm more concerned about damaging it further! :thumbsup:

Thanks for your post.
Dave

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