Looking For That Site!

[Nana40]

I have been intending on searching for this site that is in my own back yard for quite some time. :P After being stuck in the house with a cold over the weekend I decided to work on this one. Mapped and re-mapped.....new map, old map....Google Earth and old map overlay. It's an old wagon trail with a few old homesteads noted on the 1892 map. I finally got out there this afternoon. DiggerBug was on her way out and I flagged her down to see the buckle I had just found. Figured it would speed up her errands and she would get back in time to dig a few holes! (It worked!) Found lots of neat stuff including the back to a button....well...guess it's the back to a button. The shank is broken and it reads rich gold and then something else on the bottom that I can't read yet. Also there is this tool looking thingy..has what looks like a little wrench on one end and then on the other end it looks like a big needle. The buckle is my favorite find of the day...I think it's the best one I have found so far. I didn't take a picture of the pasture today, but here's one from last fall.

Nana

 

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[Ridley]

That buckle has so much detail. It's one of the nicest artifacts I've seen so far.

Congratulations!



Ridley

 

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[DCMatt]

Wow! Nice stuff and a beautiful view!

I think your "whatsit" is a skillet handle.

DCMatt

 

[Salvager]

Nice finds! Hope all that research pays off BIG!

Have fun,
Salvager

 

[Mirage]

Cool buckle. Looks like a lot of area to hunt.

Bob

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Great finds Nana....I think Your button is like the one in photo...or at least the backside...Says Rich Gold Color...

 

[warsawdaddy]

OK.Onery! Rub that nice weather in to this frozen hillbilly.Hope your cold is gone for good.Terrific finds and pics.It's starting to snow again here,uggghhhh!

 

[River Rat]

Nana,

Excellent research, excellent finds...luv that buckle. Good luck at that site...much more to be found.

RR

 

[RED THUNDER]

Very nice area Nana! That barb wire looks quite old as well.
Love the outdoor picture. Nice finds and WTG! Motor on!

Red Thunder

 

[hollowpointred]

love that buckle nana! im glad you are feeling better too.

 

[Gribnitz]

Nice Nana, looks like a mid 1800's suspender buckle. Is that LITERALLY your backyard ? Think we need to schedule a hunt

 

[Burdie]

All right Nanna!!!! If you keep finding buckles like that one I'll for sure be down banging on your door. LOL!!
It is so cold here that goose bumps don't want to come out. I hope you find many more good finds.
Burdie

 

[99Brown]

Great finds Nana. Along with everyone else, that buckle is nice. WTG!

 

[DiggerBug]

Oooo! The buckle clean up nice!

I was so excited when I stopped and she said she found something good, I jumped out of the truck so fast I slid down the ditch and had to do my errands with mud and grass on my a#$.

 

[SilverDreams]

Nice relics!

 

[tsgman]

Thats a really nice suspender buckle. Tsgman

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice finds and great research Nana, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[romeo-1]

That buckle is a beauty! Nice find Nana.

 

[civilman1]

Nice job Nana ang best of luck to ya....HH!!

 

[Nana40]

Thanks ya'll!

Stoney....pocket knife is good!
Dan........that would be a good thing! Means I'm gettin close!
35..........you would!
Gypsy.....That's it! The back anyhow...Thanks!
WSDaddy..I'm sorry.....but....if it'll make ya feel better....it is rainy and cold here today.
Grib........The pasture is not owned by me...but I get the view for free! I own the woods next door.

Here's a little map I sketched of the area...I am terribly afraid that the old place I searched for in the pasture is VERY close to the road...if not covered up by the road. I have the GPS co's and I need to get Charlie out there to map it for me....as I don't have a clue on that part! The cemetery that Bug put up on her post is right behind my property and there is also an old homesite or two back there that we will have to find.

Thanks again!
Nana

 

[arkhunter]

wow...what a view...great site...and even better about the travel time.