Finds from old park

treasurehound · Jun 12, 2010

Last week my wife and I went on a road trip and found this old park in a small town. It was much too large for me to hunt alone so I asked if any members of our club would like to join me and hunt it. About 9 or 10 of us made the hour drive there. When we arrived we kind of scoped out the park. There was a huge old tree stump that was about five feet across so we new this a very old park. While taking a break a gentleman approached us and was giving us some history in the area. He has found several Civil War buckles, bullets and buttons. Some right here in the park. Now that got me all excited as I love relic hunting. One guy found a couple wheats, one found a mercury and two rings, another wheat and some clad from the 60's and 70's. I found a couple unusual finds. One looks like what I thought was a padlock. But after cleaning I see gears inside. Another piece I thought was an old button but not sure.