Lovers Lane and Forgotten Fairgrounds Finds

[deano]

I spent a couple evenings after work last week in a wooded area near one of our parks. When I first got there I started finding these

My first thought was that I would find some pocket spills, I found about a dozen of these old tins so somebody was busy. Well no pocket spills but I did get these

A '41d and '43 walker, a sterling and 925 ring and the thing that I thought was a locket but it is sealed and jingles like a bell, it's marked sterling. If anyone has any ideas please tell.
This weekend I spent a couple afternoons at a long forgotten fairground spot, it is located in a cornfield near a park that I have hunted before. I discovered this place while looking at old aerial photos of the park and noticed what looked like a race track in the field next to the park. After a little more research I found out that it indeed was a fairground around the turn of last century and proceeded to get permission. The owner was surprised that I even knew about it and said that I was more than welcome to hunt it. I was stoked about it especially after my first find was the key date 1896 O Barber dime. I also found the '99, '00 and '06o Barber dimes the '17 Merc, '53d Rosie '93 and the '96 Injuns and a 1909 wheat.

Thanks for looking and HH
Deano

 

[Roland58]

I didn't know what a Merry Widows tin was, so, I looked it up.......should have known, being an old "make out" spot. BTW, I saw some tins on eBay going for as much as $73, however, they were in better shape. Maybe they still had the contents, !

Nice finds!!

 

[detectahead]

Great investigating! Merry Widows cannister is in great shape. Fantastic finds!

 

[underarock]

Awsome looks to be a virgin spot!

did you see the tins? certainly was no "virgin" spot

Zing!

 

[AGBlex]

thats a " Im gunna skip work" kinda place

 

[wyattrr]

The making of another great site for you...Keep going at it!