hit local park

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

all,

well hit the local park to make sure the Md still worked..they have been resurfacing this park and making alot of changes, this park i usually hit the kiddie area, which was very busy at this time of day so stayed away, allybeanie(MrsSix) had left me there to run to the walgreens down the road. Got the usual junk finds aluminum cans, tabs,etc and got a strange small button i dug at about 4 inches pic isn't that clear , has a brass look to it, i personally don't think its that old. I have found over the few times i have gone to this park, at least 5 or 6 shotgun shells, from what i have learned from older folks in the area is that park used to be a wooded area long time ago 30 years plus. all the shells are rem umc no 20. . tried to find out if you can tell age of of casings? but i haven't had moch luck, found a few clad coins today as well..MrsSix was nice enough to snap off a few shots,

here are some pics, unfortunately like some of of us here i too am not so lucky to find the big finds.. but least i got out..66 degree today

need help id'ing dates for shell

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

forgot to post a pick of the button

again it looked old to me, but i know it isn't..gregg

 

[The Beep Goes On]

Here you go... http://members.shaw.ca/cartridge-corner/shotgun.htm (the pics on this site aren't showing up for me at the moment...)

Gratz on gettin' out!

HH!
TBGO

 

[seger98]

Hey, there's gotta be a silver coin out there somewhere then! Keep looking..

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

thans , i had found that same link..lol... but i actually sat here for a second and read, the writing on it was what is different for rem-umc it seems 1911- 1934, so that could help possibly...any other ideas..gregg

thanks again guys ..still hunting for that silver there, that park is huge and still gonna try some of the wooded parts as of yet..

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

anybody else want to take a crack at this ...gregg

 

[ringfinder]

MMMMMMMMMM, Now I never thought about it, but maybe I should make a box with nothing but
shotgun shells in it. I have a ton of them. Every year in the summer the club I belong to detects in
the water. We have a contest on who can find the most different colored shotgun shells. We have
found a ton of them that have never been fired. We still dig some that have been in the lake for over 50 years
or more.

Nice day hunting, you must live where the sun shines a lot and no snow. What a Lucky guy you are!!

HH,Ringfinder

P.S. Have you ever tried hunting the edges of the park? Maybe under the trees I see in the background, good places for older coins.

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

yeah they have been doing alot of excavating around the roadside, so i may try down a bit further in the tree line...thanks..gregg

 

[mlayers]

It sure seems like there would be silver there. Just keep looking sure you will find some....mlayers

 

[crazyjarhead]

I found some UMC's last year. I believe they are pretty old. I will check and try to help you. Ron


Check this out

http://www.cabincreekcds.com/RemingtonUMC.htm

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

thanks jar for the link, and thanks everyone else for their thoughts will try to hit the local park again soon, gregg

 

[Nana40]

8) Looks like a great day for hunting there, OC! Let's hope the weather's just as nice in a couple a weeks!

Nana

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

well lets all pray for some good weather for the big hunt next weekend! Mrs and i are battening down the hatches so to speak, as another cold front is supposedly coming through with this rain ...gregg

 

[Bridge End Farm]

look where they are tearing up the road too if they will let you, I have found some nice stuff under roadways that have been paved for years

nice finds Congrats

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

BEF,

thats inside the park, not sure what they are doing down there, all i found were old aluminum cans down that way, going back this weekend possibly in the early am to hit play area and then hit some of the tree line...gregg

thanks again

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

here are a couple other pics i took of front and back , also gonna post this in help section...gregg

front

back

used quarter for scale...

gregg

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

tried to rescan it this morning as i couldn't remember what it rang in at, but it rang in all over the place, so not really sure....gregg

 

[ftwhite03]

I think I know which park you are at. Me and a bunch of guys from work used to play flag football there if its the one I am thinking of lol. Interesting button, I am curious to see if anyone knows anything about it. Keep up the good work!

 

[YankeeDownSouthAdv.]

yeah its a pretty big park..barely scanned a bit of it so far...gregg

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE FINDS.