Nice 5 hour hunt with some keepers and a nice pile of clad

[Johncoho]

I was able to get out to a local park that has been pounded to death, but still keeps giving up some keepers. We had a little rain the other day which made it a little easier to dig and the signals sounded much better. I did find a nice pile of clad and a ring that almost was a heart stopper, but turned out to be more bling than anything else. I also recovered a nice 1935 wheat, 1954d silver Rosie, A service award pin for Gap Inc., and a really toasted round object that I thought may be an odd ball coin, but shown next to the Rosie, can you see a resemblance? I cleaned it to make sure it wasn't a silver Rosie that was flattened. Maybe a railroad flattened dime as there is a light rail track close by. Last I dug a cartridge that I wasn't sure about until it was cleaned. It was marked REM UMC 5-in-1 on the bottom. After some research it turns out to be a blank that was used in the movie industry, mostly westerns. The five in one referred to the fact that it could be used in five different guns, 38-40, 44-40 rifles, and 38-40,44-40, and 45 Colt revolvers. My wife said maybe John Wayne shot it one of his movies. Slim to none chance of that. Still a nice piece of Arizona history as many old Westerns were shot here. It did clean up nice. Thanks for looking and happy hunting.

 

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[Tired Rooster]

Really nice finds there. That movie set cartridge blank is kind of an interesting find.
Thank for sharing!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on the Silver and almost gold,, lol
Nice hunt,,

 

[Kurios1]

Cool stage blank bullet thingy. I'd stick with your wife's story. Has to belong to the Duke. silver Rosie, bling, and a nice Gap medal is A-ok. You didn't get frost bitten either. Have you ever attempted to chase after some gold nuggets while out there? I'd certainly be tempted to do so.

 

[Kray Gelder]

You had a good day. Looks like you aerated the grass pretty good. You need to go back there. There hasn't been a detectorist go over that park for awhile. Something good awaits!

 

[Johncoho]

Congrats on the Silver and almost gold,, lol
Nice hunt,,

For the first few winters out here, I did try some prospecting but could only find some fine gold in my pans. Never found any nuggets. Any time I went out hiking I always wore a backpack with pans and classifiers and sampled many dry washes and streams. There are still some small private owned mines that give up some gold but you won't get rich. All the easy gold is long gone.

 

[scruggs]

Congratulations on your nice variety of finds!

 

[Johncoho]

Congrats on the Silver and almost gold,, lol
Nice hunt,,

Thanks ATW. Is it cold in your neck of the woods?

 

[Johncoho]

You had a good day. Looks like you aerated the grass pretty good. You need to go back there. There hasn't been a detectorist go over that park for awhile. Something good awaits!

That park is one of my favorites because there used to be old homes there before the park was put in. Anything good is deep.