not a true mding find but still nice metal

[geo4472]

not a true md'ing find but still nice metal

found theese things digging old bottles

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds HH

 

[testing123]

any info on anything?

 

[jewelerguy]

cool stuff

 

[geo4472]

I love your camera, makes everything appear as gold!

most of the stuff is brass 2 of the spoons are gold plated the 1 in the middle is gold ,the button is gold plated when i first started finding the stuff the way the soil with all the chems from the factory's that used to dump all their stuff into the river back in the 1860-1890's kind of made it all look gold i think it also helped preserve a lot of things

 

[geo4472]

spoon and fork

heres a pic of the spoon with a silver fork also found in same area

 

[creskol]

Nice digs! Love those dolls and the picture button!

 

[Army of 1]

Nice artifacts geo4472 , congrats on your finds .. cheers Mick

 

[Damon64]

Cool carbide bicycle light with the green jewel. Is the red jewel still on the other side? Missing the reflector/lens on the front, but cool find!

 

[geo4472]

Cool carbide bicycle light with the green jewel. Is the red jewel still on the other side? Missing the reflector/lens on the front, but cool find!

yes it is there this is an aladdins 1897 bicycle lamp the bike is there also but in bad shape i have to get it after water goes down (found by a river on its banks in a old dump)

 

[geo4472]

Did you say the spoon is actually made of gold and not plated? How much does it weigh!?

16 grams

 

[relicmeister]

Terrific finds,geo- I'm assuming the Passaic river? I was born in Paterson, and grew up in Fair Lawn- anywhere near RT 20?

 

[geo4472]

Terrific finds,geo- I'm assuming the Passaic river? I was born in Paterson, and grew up in Fair Lawn- anywhere near RT 20?

yes the passaic but not by 20

 

[Damon64]

yes it is there this is an aladdins 1897 bicycle lamp the bike is there also but in bad shape i have to get it after water goes down (found by a river on its banks in a old dump)

Cool! Post up pics of the old bicycle when you recover it, I love old bikes.

 

[PeteWmass]

were you sifting...or just spotting stuff....I would sift given how much you are finding - Ive been having luck doing that.......

 

[wheatfinder13]

As long as I find it in the dirt, it goes with the detecting finds!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Treasure is where you find it! Congrats!

 

[relicmeister]

I'll bet there's a first-class bottle dump waiting to be found somewhere in Paterson.

 

[bottlehunterofcoscob]

I'll bet there's a first-class bottle dump waiting to be found somewhere in Paterson.

Check the massive thread geo4472 has going right now in the bottle forum. He's found some beautiful stuff at his bottle dump.

 

[gunsil]

I'd like to see the karat markings on the gold spoon. No karat marks, it's not likely real gold. can we get a good photo of the back of the spoon? Looks like you have a good spot, any valuable bottles yet? I used to dig bottles and found a lot of similar stuff, great fun.