Found my lost sailor boy

River Rat · Jan 8, 2007

Found the sailor boy on Dec 31, lost him and found him again today along with the other items at a new site I am hunting on. I have yet to use the MD out there, everything has been surface finds. Another marble, and musket ball?? I think it's a lead weight. The Indian artifacts are kinda hard to see on the scan, but you can see the works. 1st time to find a multiple colored arrowhead...that's a pride for me. Plus much more pottery (not pictured). The dime was found on the side of the road next to my car.

RR

RED THUNDER · Jan 9, 2007

Cool finds! VTG!

Red Thunder

Bavaria Mike · Jan 9, 2007

Nice finds RR! HH, Mike

COUNTRY GIRL · Jan 9, 2007

Those are some awesome points girl, love the color. What about the age on Mr. Jack there, I love him! How DID you lose him, we are all dying to know? Keep on looking!

Monty · Jan 9, 2007

Now go back and find his dog! Amazing. Monty

River Rat · Jan 9, 2007

Re: Found my lost sailor boy (update)

I'm not even sure if he's the Cracker Jack guy, but he was unique & wanted to keep him for "show & tell".

After the 3 of us finished walking the hunt site, we placed all our finds on the tailgate of the truck. That was the last I saw of him, I looked on NY's day with no luck. :'(

Yesterday, when I parked the car on the side of the road, I just walked a little bit more and found him.

So, I had no hole in my pouch...but he's in a safe spot staring down as me from the shelf next to my monitor. I think it may had been a clasp attached to the back judging the rusty area.

Thanks for all the nice comments on all my finds.

RR

Noodle · Jan 9, 2007

Hey Judi, nice stuff! I like the arrowhead. Keep it up!! -Noodle

The Beep Goes On · Jan 9, 2007

Cool eyeball find RR! Nice arrowheads too.

HH!
TBGO

Sonnydigs · Jan 16, 2007

Seems the top left artifact in the photo is in fact a shaft scraper.. Great find..

trk5capt · Jan 16, 2007

RR, I Don't Know How I Missed This One, But Congrats On The Great Finds, Sorry For Being So Late. trk5capt...

hollowpointred · Jan 16, 2007

cool stuff! i would get out there soon with a detector if i were you!

ModernMiner · Jan 16, 2007

Is that Mr. Salty the pretzel guy? The face looks like the Stay-Puft marshmallow man in Ghostbusters.

Too many snacks and movies for me.
Great finds.

Mirage · Jan 17, 2007

Neat finds Rat.

Sailor boy is cool.

Moonshadow · Jan 17, 2007

I'm glad you found him too! He's kind of creepy though.....looks like a Cyborg sailor man!

Those are some great finds!! Keep up the good work!

HH,
Moon

mchamby · Jan 18, 2007

good going river rat, I like the artifacts,
HH
Mchamby

Mac the Knife · Jan 18, 2007

Nice finds, RR.... I'm gonna need to hook up with all y'all around this area... All this fishin, huntin, and more huntin...

I'm thinkin 'bout going to Fontainbleau Park's beach... Will have to use Jerry Lee (the tender for the sailboat) to get there, as they haven't opened the gate fer business.... Then I'm thinking about boatin out by the Madisonville Lighthouse to see if there might be anything 'round where the old keepers house used to be...

I've been looking on Google Earth to look around the lake to see where sand bars and such are located... I can get a good lat/long position off the cursor, and then program it into my handheld GPS... Yeah, I'm scheaming...