Found a Railroad Pocket Watch & a 1910 LC

ANTIQUARIAN · Oct 31, 2014

This is an open field that I've wanted to detect for a few years now. It's situated between two old limestone buildings, one is a water tower, the other is a farmhouse.
I was able to detect this site for 2hrs today before the rains came. There's been a lot of soil disturbance in the field in between the two structures and the majority of the finds came from near the farmhouse. :icon_scratch:

The pocket watch is nickel-plated on brass and has a locomotive engraved on the back cover. My last 'keeper' of the day was a 1910 'King Edward VII' Penny!
I also found part of a skeleton key, a squished bullet and a rose head nail. I'll tumble the remains of the pocket watch to try and get more detail.

Thanks very much for looking and Happy Halloween! :blob8:

Dave

Msbeepbeep · Nov 1, 2014

Nice finds! The coin is in awesome shape! I hope the pockets watch has some engraving on it that would be so cool!
I see you have trained the AT Pro to find to find treasure on it's own, it's out in the field searching, hopefully it digs it up too! :laughing7:

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 1, 2014

Ahab8 said:
You're not a man if you don't have at least one black fingernail bud lol. Or a split forehead with some hammer claws ha ha

I guess you were the guy with "a split forehead with some hammer claws'! :laughing7:

The problem with black fingernail bruises is they take months to grow out!

Ahab8 · Nov 1, 2014

I edited my post so you could see my injury. Pictures with a thousand words

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 1, 2014

Msbeepbeep said:
Nice finds! The coin is in awesome shape! I hope the pockets watch has some engraving on it that would be so cool!
I see you have trained the AT Pro to find to find treasure on it's own, it's out in the field searching, hopefully it digs it up too!

Thanks for your post MsBB! :thumbsup:

The AT is a very easy machine to use and great at finding brass, bronze & silver!
Unfortunately, I don't dig enough of the lower tones, this is why I haven't found any gold this year. :dontknow:

I dig all repeatable signals no matter what the numbers are, but I tend to listen for the tone first, then I look at the VDI.
If I could just train the AT to pick up after my wife, I'd be a happy man! :laughing9:

Dave

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 1, 2014

Ahab8 said:
You're not a man if you don't have at least one black fingernail bud lol. Or a split forehead with some hammer claws ha ha

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That's a great looking NS cent you found bud. Funny that the only holed coin I've found is the same as yours....and we both drink beer at the Sea Dog lol

Oh man did you have to post that pic, I just ate breakfast! :laughing9:

I'll be in Maine in late November or early December for company meetings... I always look forward to a visit to the Sea Dog downtown Bangor! :thumbsup:

No more hammers for you Abe!
Dave

cjon455 · Nov 1, 2014

Ahab8 said:
I edited my post so you could see my injury. Pictures with a thousand words

Wow, graphic but effective lol

Trezurehunter · Nov 1, 2014

Great looking Large Cent.

Msbeepbeep · Nov 1, 2014

Lol! Careful you maybe sleeping in the dog house!

Ahab8 · Nov 1, 2014

ANTIQUARIAN said:
Oh man did you have to post that pic, I just ate breakfast! I'll be in Maine in late November or early December for company meetings... I always look forward to a visit to the Sea Dog downtown Bangor! No more hammers for you Abe! Dave

Sorry bud. Sometimes words aren't good enough lol. Let me know when you're coming to Maine bud. Maybe I can sneak out for a beer

WheatWaffle · Nov 1, 2014

Nice finds!

Garrett424 · Nov 1, 2014

Great finds. That cent is in beautiful shape.

jewelerguy · Nov 1, 2014

cool pocket watch

Ironman! · Nov 1, 2014

Congrats Dave! Looking good!!

IM

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 2, 2014

Trezurehunter said:
Great looking Large Cent.

Thank you TH! :thumbsup:

Msbeepbeep said:
Lol! Careful you maybe sleeping in the dog house!

I'm use to it, as I spend most nights there! :laughing7:

Ahab8 said:
Sorry bud. Sometimes words aren't good enough lol. Let me know when you're coming to Maine bud. Maybe I can sneak out for a beer

A picture certainly says a thousand words! :occasion14:

I'll let you know when I'm coming to Maine, although my schedule is usually pretty tight with meetings and all.
Dave

WheatWaffle said:
Nice finds!

Thank you!

Garrett424 said:
Great finds. That cent is in beautiful shape.

Thank you Garrett! :thumbsup:

Dave

jewelerguy said:
cool pocket watch

Thanks very much JG! :icon_thumright:

Dave

Ironman! said:
Congrats Dave! Looking good!!

IM

Thanks IM!
Best of luck to you,
Dave

49r Relics · Nov 2, 2014

Congrats on a really productive day, nice assortment of quality finds! ;-) Was there a railroad station or tracks nearby?

treblehunter · Nov 2, 2014

Great pix, great finds and too bad about your boo boo. I had many of those in my 32 years of commercial roofing. Those Canadian Pennies are cool looking.

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 2, 2014

49r Relics said:
Congrats on a really productive day, nice assortment of quality finds! ;-) Was there a railroad station or tracks nearby?

There was a railway line near by, within 1/2 a mile. :thumbsup:

The tracks were pulled up back in the 1920's 0r 30's to encourage growth in the downtown core.
The 'winder knob' on top has been pulled out of the watch, so I like to think that maybe he was in a hurry to get to work and lost it! :icon_scratch:

Thanks for your interest 49r Relics,
Dave

treblehunter said:
Great pix, great finds and too bad about your boo boo. I had many of those in my 32 years of commercial roofing. Those Canadian Pennies are cool looking.

Thanks for your post Brad! :occasion14:

Yeah, these things look gross, but it's almost like a badge of honour for a guy! :laughing7:

Best of luck to you bud,
Dave

pepperj · Nov 2, 2014

Nice looking Eddie LC! The pocket watch is a cool find, if only more would show up it'd be great.

ANTIQUARIAN · Nov 4, 2014

pepperj said:
Nice looking Eddie LC! The pocket watch is a cool find, if only more would show up it'd be great.

Thanks J!

You probably recognize this site eh, I definitely thought there'd be more to find here.
Think I'll try closer to the house on my next trip to K'town... cold weather permitting of course! :laughing7:

Dave