It was a.... Grommet Kind of Day

[dirtlooter]

It wasn't the best day but it also wasn't the worst. The coolest things were the Fire car and the old oil lamp wick adjuster piece. I was digging the trash, had a lot more can slaw and foil with the usual rusty iron. I started wading through the pull tabs but they were quickly over taken by the grommets, they were everywhere! I managed to find some clad in amongst the grommets and a few other things, the dog tag from 89 etc. The grommets were hitting from 74 to 78 and after so many, I just began skipping them, maybe another thirty or more. not a lot and yet more grommets than I care to dig but at least they are out of the ground. Hopefully you are doing better than this! LOL View attachment 1050424

 

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[WHADIFIND]

Those grommets are a pain. Not magnetic so you can't pick them up that way. Too good of a metal to ignore and sure to be masking other stuff when there's that many.

At least the place is cleaner. Maybe just do one small patch at a time?

 

[streakert]

looks like you found the whole darn tarp,

 

[dirtlooter]

maybe several tarps

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Hi Dirtlooter ! Wonder why so many grommets is it a former camping site maybe ? Have to wonder what goodies might be lurking in the ground still !!

 

[bootybandit]

Funny how that car got caught up in the mix!

 

[park pirate]

Man thats a lot of grommets, i get them every now and then read like IH'S on my machine cool finds dirtlooter..

 

[g-olden years]

Enlarged your pic to see the fire car better - cool find! Mean gremlins left those grommets, bah! Andi

 

[beez0404]

Goodness, that is a LOT of grommets!!!!! Seeing that photo made my right knee hurt just thinking about digging all those holes.

 

[dirtlooter]

they are annoying to say the least, went back today and dug a couple more, they are kind of like pull tabs here, dang it you do and dang if you don't. sure as the world one would an IH or something else. I finally moved to another area to hunt. I found them over a fifty square yard area and pulled out some sort of matchbox truck. the best signals were deep and turned out to be the dreaded beer cans... I really hate digging in the hard dirt 8 inches or more just to find a mashed can but that is life, I keep hoping it is some sort of silver coin LOL