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I hit the large 164 acre farm property at lunch again and found a variety of goodies, including a silver bracelet.
HISTORY: This is the property that has the house that was built in 1936, but I've also found CW era items here too.
Since I was limited on time, I decided to search more around the backyard area under the trees where a swing used to be (still has two chains hanging), and the clothes were hung on the line. I was hoping to find a coin or two, since I had found two 1940's wheat pennies in that area in the past. As usual, I started digging up those 1940's aluminum clothes pins again. Then I found a 1942 wheat penny. I also dug up three interesting looking rusty iron pieces that I hope someone can help me identify. Could they be CW era related, or just common farm iron? I dug them up close to where I had dug that CW era baggage trunk latch/plate before.
I then proceded to MD around a large oak tree that I think one end of the clothes line used to be tied to. I had a large hit right up by the tree. I dug down about a foot to reveal two large metal plates that are now embedded into the tree. One of plates has some sort of casting design in it as you can see. I couldn't pry them out, so I have to return with a hatchet to chip away at the tree a bit. I had thought I found a hidden cache. Hopefully it's under the plates.
With my luck it will probably just be more farm iron. 
It then got a weak hit close to the same tree. I wasn't even going to dig it, because I thought it would be another square head nail. I'm glad I did though, because it turned out to be a thin silver bracelet!!! At first I thought it was a wire, or the top rim of a tin can, and I almost chucked it.
After I wiped it off, I realized what it was. I was hoping to find a silver coin, but instead ended up with a silver bracelet. I'll take it!
Now I need some help on it from some of you pros out there. To me it looks very old, and almost homemade. You can see the design on the outside is not consistant like a store bought bracelet. Also, I found nothing engraved on the inside. There is about a 1" section on the inside of the bracelet that has some slash type grooves, and a non-smooth surface. I tried to capture this in the pictures hopefully. Any guesses?
Sorry for the long-winded post as usual. I get a bit excited when I find some things.
This property always has me puzzled on some items, because I never know if it is a simple farm find or CW era item, since I am finding both there. One things for sure, it's a blast MD'ing there.
Thanks all,
MM
HISTORY: This is the property that has the house that was built in 1936, but I've also found CW era items here too.
Since I was limited on time, I decided to search more around the backyard area under the trees where a swing used to be (still has two chains hanging), and the clothes were hung on the line. I was hoping to find a coin or two, since I had found two 1940's wheat pennies in that area in the past. As usual, I started digging up those 1940's aluminum clothes pins again. Then I found a 1942 wheat penny. I also dug up three interesting looking rusty iron pieces that I hope someone can help me identify. Could they be CW era related, or just common farm iron? I dug them up close to where I had dug that CW era baggage trunk latch/plate before.
I then proceded to MD around a large oak tree that I think one end of the clothes line used to be tied to. I had a large hit right up by the tree. I dug down about a foot to reveal two large metal plates that are now embedded into the tree. One of plates has some sort of casting design in it as you can see. I couldn't pry them out, so I have to return with a hatchet to chip away at the tree a bit. I had thought I found a hidden cache. Hopefully it's under the plates.
With my luck it will probably just be more farm iron. It then got a weak hit close to the same tree. I wasn't even going to dig it, because I thought it would be another square head nail. I'm glad I did though, because it turned out to be a thin silver bracelet!!! At first I thought it was a wire, or the top rim of a tin can, and I almost chucked it.
After I wiped it off, I realized what it was. I was hoping to find a silver coin, but instead ended up with a silver bracelet. I'll take it! Now I need some help on it from some of you pros out there. To me it looks very old, and almost homemade. You can see the design on the outside is not consistant like a store bought bracelet. Also, I found nothing engraved on the inside. There is about a 1" section on the inside of the bracelet that has some slash type grooves, and a non-smooth surface. I tried to capture this in the pictures hopefully. Any guesses?
Sorry for the long-winded post as usual. I get a bit excited when I find some things.
This property always has me puzzled on some items, because I never know if it is a simple farm find or CW era item, since I am finding both there. One things for sure, it's a blast MD'ing there.
Thanks all,
MM
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