hunted a civil war area in ohio, 2 old schools in the area

[weasel606]

we went to an area where there is a small protected monument area for the battle field but 100 yards away is an old grade school that has turned into a community center, they said we could detect there so off we went, some interesting history for the area there http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=660 , so we tried our luck hopeing to find buttons or a belt buckle or just some old change. Buffington island is the name of the monument located in a small town of portland. found some clad ,cans ,toy cars, a couple door latch things and a coin of some kind i cant read but is very light, i have never seen one like it maybe you guy's can help us out on it ! and a spigot of some kind , not sure what it is or used for maybe someone who see's this will let us know. found lots of trash such as cans pulltabs screw tops we didnt save or take pics of them but i did find a clad quarter that after i got home i can not find, must have fell out of my pouch anyway its lost again. we had a great time met some good people who told us to come back and was out for about 5 hours . hope you enjoy the pics thanks for looking

 

[Dman]

Nice finds

 

[halfdime]

Israel.

 

[weasel606]

thanks Dman, and halfdime yor right , i have been researching since my post and here is a pic of what i come up with , i think its worth less then a penny of our money but i'm not 100% sure yet , thanks halfdime, i still think its a cool find for me and this area

 

[Gribnitz]

I don't know what those spigots are used for. I found one exactly like it in a union camp. Barrel tap maybe ?

 

[weasel606]

we sure enjoyed ourselves Hoss and thanks, and gribnitz i never thought that the spigot could be from the civil war but since you have found one at a union camp then maybe it is , thanks for the info

 

[Bertman]

Sure is a great spot weasel606... Keep us posted on future finds from that site...

HH Robert

 

[ringfinder]

Looks like a nice site, might want to go back there next spring when the ground is a little softer and you can find things deeper.

Good luck in your future hunts at this site.

HH, Ringfinder

 

[tracey]

Nice finds. That spigot is pretty neat. Looks really old!

 

[Jack(IN)]

Nice finds!! Congrats!

 

[Merf]

Very nice finds and Pics Weasel --That spigot looks very old.

 

[outraged]

I just sold My spigot that looked almost identical and came from a british encampment. Those keg spigots are worth some loot.....here is mine....I also found the same one in my back yard. They are from the 1700s.....My other will be on ebay this week.


http://cgi.ebay.com/1700S-KEG-SPIGO...ryZ10951QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[weasel606]

thanks guys i think i'll be going back to that site and try some more ! hey outraged i didnt think those where worth much , i just looked at the site you posted, did you clean your up some or not ? i have just run water over mine

 

[weasel606]

oh and i sure would love to see a pic of the one you had outraged !

 

[outraged]

I did not clean mine at all....other then run water over it. Yours is in nicer shape than mine...I would expect it to fetch more money than mine brought. GL

 

[RUDY2003]

Nice diggs weasel.
I see you found one of those CW trailer balls too....

Keep safe...

 

[weasel606]

thanks Rudy , and outraged mine sure is the same as yours , did yours have alittle hole in it just behind the valve ?? was wondering what that might have been there for , i think you can see it in one of the pics above

 

[outraged]

I really do not remember....Maybe it was like a carb on a pipe?...lol i dunno

 

[weasel606]

here is a pic of the hole in it , i got it to stand by itself