Finds from The Cemetery Overflow Parking Lot

ANTIQUARIAN · May 20, 2015

First off, let me clarify by saying… I don’t think this actually was an ‘overflow’ parking lot, but this field is located across the road from a c1832 cemetery.
I thought, “well if there were too many mourners in cars or buggies, then this is where they might have parked. :icon_scratch:

I spent 1.5hrs here on Monday morning and after only finding a cool looking ‘Oldsmobile’ Radiator Cap, a toasty half penny and a porcelain Alligator (stamped ‘Wade’ England), I realized I must be wrong. :laughing7:

Thanks for looking,
Dave

ironhorse · May 20, 2015

The Oldsmobile decal is rad!

qaela4 · May 20, 2015

The cap and gator are cool little finds. Congratulations.

ANTIQUARIAN · May 20, 2015

ironhorse said:
The Oldsmobile decal is rad!

Thanks, I think it's cooooool too! :laughing7:

SusanMN · May 20, 2015

Love the gator!

MuckyBottles · May 20, 2015

I saw cemetery and I was like Eeek! Hope he didn't hunt it.....lol good finds

Back-of-the-boat · May 20, 2015

The little gator came from Red Rose tea box they have collections of 12 things and you have 1 of the 12 in the collection.My wife collects them LOL.

deershed · May 20, 2015

Nice finds!!

Can't say you were totally wrong, you went home with some nice finds, the gator is cool!!

Old Dude · May 21, 2015

That was a very good educated guess about the parking anyway Dave. I had forgotten all about those Red Rose figurines. My gf used to collect those too. Nice finds.

Msbeepbeep · May 21, 2015

Nice radiator cap and gator! Good thinking on the additional parking area!

That is one nice looking detecting partner you've got!

romeo-1 · May 21, 2015

ironhorse said:
The Oldsmobile decal is rad!

Haha...see what he did here?

Seriously...I'd be pretty happy with those!

CoinandRelicMan · May 21, 2015

It is good just to try places at times , you can research away , but it seldom does any good out here , scouting is where it is at and it can be a long hard journey but with perseverance, finds will occur !

Havillah · May 21, 2015

Great finds! Congratulations! Now, how did that butterfly read on your detector? :laughing7:

Carolina Tom · May 21, 2015

Very well done my man! Congrats on the finds. I like the Oldsmobile badge, but I am a car guy, so that figures. GL&HH.

CMDiamonddawg · May 21, 2015

Hi Dave , I like those finds !
Cemetery overflow , what ,
standing room only in that boneyard, nuk nuk :laughing7:

ANTIQUARIAN · May 23, 2015

qaela4 said:
The cap and gator are cool little finds. Congratulations.

Thanks very much qaela! :thumbsup:

SusanMN said:
Love the gator!

Thanks for your post Susan. :hello:

It's always nice to find these personal kids finds when detecting.
Dave

MuckyBottles said:
I saw cemetery and I was like Eeek! Hope he didn't hunt it.....lol good finds

Cemeteries are sacred ground as far as I'm concerned... but a parking field, now that's another story! :laughing7:

Back-of-the-boat said:
The little gator came from Red Rose tea box they have collections of 12 things and you have 1 of the 12 in the collection.My wife collects them LOL.

Thanks for letting me know this piece came from Red Rose Back-of-the-boat! :thumbsup:

I thought it might be a novelty of some kind, the sort of thing you might find in a fish tank or an aquarium. :icon_scratch:

Dave

deershed said:
Nice finds!!

Can't say you were totally wrong, you went home with some nice finds, the gator is cool!!

I was hoping to find something more substantial, but this was clearly not used for 'buggy parking'! :laughing7:

Take care buddy,
Dave

Old Dude said:
That was a very good educated guess about the parking anyway Dave. I had forgotten all about those Red Rose figurines. My gf used to collect those too. Nice finds.

I'll definitely have to investigate these rural area parking areas further, whenever the opportunity presents itself! :thumbsup:

Msbeepbeep said:
Nice radiator cap and gator! Good thinking on the additional parking area!

That is one nice looking detecting partner you've got!

Thanks MsBB!
Although I usually detect alone. :laughing7:

Dave

romeo-1 said:
Haha...see what he did here?

Seriously...I'd be pretty happy with those!

I noticed that too romeo! :laughing7:

The Oldsmobile cap definitely made the hunt for me.

CoinandRelicMan said:
It is good just to try places at times , you can research away , but it seldom does any good out here , scouting is where it is at and it can be a long hard journey but with perseverance, finds will occur !

This is so true CRM, sometimes it's just a gut feeling we get about a site we see while driving by.
But you never know what might be there unless you stop and turn on the detector! :thumbsup:

Best of luck to you,
Dave

Havillah said:
Great finds! Congratulations! Now, how did that butterfly read on your detector?

I had to be careful that I didn't step on him, thankfully I'm always looking at the ground when I'm swinging along! :laughing7:

I think his wings were wet and he was drying them in the sunshine.

Best of luck to you in Mexico and thanks for posting! :thumbsup:

Dave

Carolina Tom said:
Very well done my man! Congrats on the finds. I like the Oldsmobile badge, but I am a car guy, so that figures. GL&HH.

Thanks very much Tom! :occasion14:

The condition isn't too bad and it still had the metal clip on it to lock it to the top of the rad when I found it.

What year do you think it dates from? :icon_scratch:

Dave

CMDiamonddawg said:
Hi Dave , I like those finds !
Cemetery overflow , what ,
standing room only in that boneyard, nuk nuk

Hey buddy, how are you doin! :hello:

Yeah, I was wrong about the 'overflow parking' theory, but i got a really rad cap for my efforts! :laughing7:

Dave

pepperj · May 23, 2015

I missed this posting, :dontknow:

brain dead sometimes. :laughing7:

Nice going on the half penny and the decal. There's alway 4 sides to the yard for parking.

sutphin · May 23, 2015

??I have no more words to describe your finds , just have to think of some more . Let me try thumbs up,vanzutphen

ANTIQUARIAN · May 24, 2015

pepperj said:
I missed this posting, brain dead sometimes. Nice going on the half penny and the decal. There's always 4 sides to the yard for parking.

No problem Jim! :thumbsup:

Yeah, the Half is pretty toasted... but it sure beats digging tin cans eh.

This was just a 1/2acre field that I hoped might hold a lot of coins lost by folks jumping out of cars or buggies. :tongue3:

sutphin said:
??I have no more words to describe your finds , just have to think of some more . Let me try thumbs up,vanzutphen

Thanks for your post sutphin, nest of luck to you this weekend! :icon_thumright:

Dave

pepperj · May 24, 2015

ANTIQUARIAN said:
No problem Jim!
Yeah, the Half is pretty toasted... but it sure beats digging tin cans eh.

This was just a 1/2acre field that I hoped might hold a lot of coins lost by folks jumping out of cars or buggies.

Dave

Your results was a lot better than what I got from the 1803 church over from the station field, then again almost anything beats a piece of lead that had no friends.