my yard today.

[pookie-princess of rust]

i was in my front yard near a large bush and wasn't really expecting to find anything.  anyway i swung my detector and beep beep...  it said silver i believe.  i started digging and found an odd comb thing   anybody know what it is


then i was under another part of the bush and in one hole i dug out alot of pieces from an old kerosene lamp i believe.  and a bottom piece of a light bulb.  how did that get there?

all my finds  plus square nails that i found a while ago and my dad mounted for me...

 

[bootybay]

Holey cow, keep on digging, its looking like you have one heck of a killer yard to hunt..wtg on the goodies and git out there n find some more..

 

[Urban Prospector]

Think it's called a frog, you stick stems of cut flowers in it so they stand upright.

 

[grasshopper]

it could be what urban prospector said, it makes sense. i was also thinking possibly an aerator for the grass but the spikes look like they are placed too close together.

 

[GL]

Flower arranging base. Kids love playing with them because they look fierce but the tines are too closely spaced to do much damage.

 

[Michellets]

That could be a comb for carding(?) sheep's wool. It's used to work the wool. HH M.

 

[kimsdad]

Definitely looks like a flower frog to me.

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Yeah, me too, a flower frog. Neat finds!!

 

[thompy]

looks like a horse comb to me, where you brush before the saddle goes on

 

[willpond & LLK]

Now you are finding the cool stuff, next thing you know you will have a handfull of coins to show us! Good job, and keep digging!!!

 

[prolab69]

Once you clean some of the iron out, you may get some good coin hits. Right now your finding square nails and iron trinkets that are probably throwing off your signals, you may just find some silver and copper in there, keep going! I found many many square nails before finding the good stuff in my yard. I just had to realize that people dropped alot more than just nails and iron.
good luck and keep us posted!!

Pro-

 

[NGE]

My first thought when I saw that spikey thang, was one of those things you set furniture legs on to stop them from being moved about too easily on carpeting. But now I see that the prongs are too long ( unless you were using it on very long shag carpet). Great finds, keep diggin' the iron, there may be a "psychedelic eye" down there somewhere.....

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

My first thought when I saw that spikey thang, was one of those things you set furniture legs on to stop them from being moved about too easily on carpeting. But now I see that the prongs are too long ( unless you were using it on very long shag carpet). Great finds, keep diggin' the iron, there may be a "psychedelic eye" down there somewhere.....

lol...

the flower frog idea makes sense... so does the comb for wool... they did have sheep here at one time.

 

[Quix Ten]

Trust me on this one... it's definitely a frog. My better half worked at a florist years ago, and I've seen dozens (if not hundreds) of those things. I've also dug a couple while metal detecting old yards.

Cool finds, though.

 

[allen]

i thought it looked like some kind of paint scraper...but...

 

[pookie-princess of rust]

Once you clean some of the iron out, you may get some good coin hits. Right now your finding square nails and iron trinkets that are probably throwing off your signals, you may just find some silver and copper in there, keep going! I found many many square nails before finding the good stuff in my yard. I just had to realize that people dropped alot more than just nails and iron.
good luck and keep us posted!!

Pro-

thanks. i'm still hoping to find old coins or other "treasures" here. i did find an old axe head before though... and i've found quite a few metallic rocks that must have iron in them or something...

 

[Lee43]

It is for sure a Flower frog, I have a few. Congrats on your digs........