Finds from the last few months...

Stone · Dec 22, 2014

Hi everyone... It has been a while sense I've posted anything. I have been going through some tough times here lately. My F75 has been in the pawn shop for the last 6 months so I have had to scratch my digging itch somehow. This is what I have found. I know none of it have much monetary value but I enjoyed it and I hope y'all enjoy looking. The pictures are of old soda and beer bottles from the late 60's, a few old marbles, a Crowley's rat and mouse poison bottle from the 40's, a large chunk of petrified wood that has a knot on it (looks cool), a fossilized crab with claw, a shark vertebrate, 2 large shark teeth, 2 small shark teeth, a Chevy Bel-Air steering wheel insert, a model T Ford door ( could be wrong on the door but it's just a guess) and an old tricycle. I can't find any info on the tricycle but looks nice. Thanks for looking.

PeteWmass · Dec 22, 2014

that Sprite can is real clean - did you soak it with oxalic acid - or did it come out of the ground that clean(?)

Stone · Dec 22, 2014

I came out like that. All I did was rinse the dirt off. I thought it looked neat so I kept it.

PeteWmass · Dec 23, 2014

hmm - if you find a lot of cans -you might want to read up on soaking them - (check www.therustybunch.com) - Ive dug totally brown unreadable ones that have soaked up pretty nice - certain cans can be only semi-readable and still worth a lot - that Sprite can dates from the late 60s..

g-olden years · Dec 23, 2014

Love your finds! :hello2:

Very nice variety. :hello2:

Best wishes for a better year in 2015 - may the sun shine on you every day!!! :icon_thumright:

Andi

Stone · Dec 23, 2014

PeteWmass said:
hmm - if you find a lot of cans -you might want to read up on soaking them - (check www.therustybunch.com) - Ive dug totally brown unreadable ones that have soaked up pretty nice - certain cans can be only semi-readable and still worth a lot - that Sprite can dates from the late 60s..

Thanks that has some great info. I also found an old brown glass Clorox jug. I didn't add a photo of it but I can if anyone wants to see it.

Stone · Dec 23, 2014

g-olden years said:
Love your finds! Very nice variety. Best wishes for a better year in 2015 - may the sun shine on you every day!!! Andi

Thank you, I'll need it.

TokenMan · Dec 23, 2014

Your shark teeth are awesome! I am pretty close to Calvert Cliffs, MD and have found thousands of shark teeth over the years. Only 1 big one though, a 3" megalodon. Good stuff!

Stone · Dec 23, 2014

I find most of mine in Blue Springs, MS. at the coon creek formation. I've been told I should go to 20 mile creek. I can pull 5 gallon buckets of teeth from that location. Don't know how true that is but I may give it a try this spring. Finding a Megalodon tooth is on my bucket list. I found a large Mosasaur vertebrate a while back.

park pirate · Dec 23, 2014

Nice old bottles..

Stone · Dec 23, 2014

park pirate said:
Nice old bottles..

Thanks, my favorite is the rat poison bottle. A friend offered me $20 for it but I turned him down.

sutphin · Dec 23, 2014

Man the trike looks retro , neat looking design from the 30s to early 40s

Looks like the old humpback chevys ,doge,etc. Just think what that thing looked when new....The belair horn plate would fit nice between the handle bars. vanzutphen

Stone · Dec 23, 2014

sutphin said:
Man the trike looks retro , neat looking design from the 30s to early 40s Looks like the old humpback chevys ,doge,etc. Just think what that thing looked when new....The belair horn plate would fit nice between the handle bars. vanzutphen

It was a neat looking trike and I say was because I left it and the door in the woods where I found them. No place to put them and wasn't sure if they would be worth it.