mfitzy111
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I hit the bank CRHing and dumped change, then headed to the local park (only to come to the gate being down and park was closed for some unknown reason.) so I backtracked off to local park number two where I have been once before and only found new clad...I figured I'd give some providence to digging all signals again ...until I get sick of finding pull tabs or dig up a gold ring, what ever came first -it was after noon and just warming up for the day
...so I started near the recreational area- play ground, concession stand and worked that area (again- as I hit this area just last fall and only found a few dimes, and clad quarters) I was working that area again and found a clad dime, then I hit a weird signal. was it a penny? copper?
it appeared to be a tone like copper but to me on the etrac the numbers didn't seem right (very likely why I didn't want to dig it last time I was here- just another Lincoln memorial penny.) so I just decided to dig as it was about my third good hit for clad by this time.
I dug down about 5-6 inches and saw what I thought was a walker- the size was right - but something was wrong- I know it wasn't silver from the tone- I was thinking wow! a gold coin, flowing lines in the design- what is this
, and I'm killing it with my digging utensil 
- no way, scratching it to death in the coal rocks!!! ug! no!! it can't be!!...so I carefully removed some coal chunks and carefully dug out what turned out to be a 1887 pocket watch. ok I took this picture in the car after one of the covers broke off- just picking it out of the hole that happened. (well and I wanted to see what the inside looked like as it was partially open and dirt was coming out of it!)
I really looked it over going from the hole to the car. I decided that if it was gold- gold doesn't rust or turn green like copper, so it was wrong, but gold colored!
...after opening it up at home and washing it out I found some serial numbers on both the doors, breaking door number two off! (that was how I found the date online as to what year it was- it had all the info including the fact it wasn't a gold watch- meaning it was just gold plated.) major bummer.
bummer. I stopped in to the local jewelry store and asked -the dude was like- man you should just toss this in the trash- this isn't gold, it's not worth anything. He used his air tool to cut the back open so I could see every part in the watch had sadly rusted in to a trashy rusted pile in the center of the watch.
anyhow - I decided that this wasn't going in to the trash- I plan on finding the web site again printing the info up on the watch and boxing it up and sending it off to the Lackawanna historical society - I've already been in contact with them and they said just call before sending any relics to them. The watch artwork in my opinion was pretty cool looking- and someone who worked on the local rail lines that ran through the small town (town settled in 1871, incorporated in 1888) where i found it, lost it way before I was born!! so why not. That poor rail worker lost what was likely his tool for keeping the line running on time over 100 years ago. and I totally found that! Yeah, it's true! if it was gold it would have been a fantastic find, something I could pay off my car with...but it's still history so it's not my worst find! I have to share that...right!?!?!!
ok - I am so going back there when I'm off again. if someone lost a watch in 1887 they might have dropped some other really good treats also. you never know...
...so I started near the recreational area- play ground, concession stand and worked that area (again- as I hit this area just last fall and only found a few dimes, and clad quarters) I was working that area again and found a clad dime, then I hit a weird signal. was it a penny? copper?
it appeared to be a tone like copper but to me on the etrac the numbers didn't seem right (very likely why I didn't want to dig it last time I was here- just another Lincoln memorial penny.) so I just decided to dig as it was about my third good hit for clad by this time.
I dug down about 5-6 inches and saw what I thought was a walker- the size was right - but something was wrong- I know it wasn't silver from the tone- I was thinking wow! a gold coin, flowing lines in the design- what is this
, and I'm killing it with my digging utensil - no way, scratching it to death in the coal rocks!!! ug! no!! it can't be!!...so I carefully removed some coal chunks and carefully dug out what turned out to be a 1887 pocket watch. ok I took this picture in the car after one of the covers broke off- just picking it out of the hole that happened. (well and I wanted to see what the inside looked like as it was partially open and dirt was coming out of it!)I really looked it over going from the hole to the car. I decided that if it was gold- gold doesn't rust or turn green like copper, so it was wrong, but gold colored!
...after opening it up at home and washing it out I found some serial numbers on both the doors, breaking door number two off! (that was how I found the date online as to what year it was- it had all the info including the fact it wasn't a gold watch- meaning it was just gold plated.) major bummer. bummer. I stopped in to the local jewelry store and asked -the dude was like- man you should just toss this in the trash- this isn't gold, it's not worth anything. He used his air tool to cut the back open so I could see every part in the watch had sadly rusted in to a trashy rusted pile in the center of the watch.
anyhow - I decided that this wasn't going in to the trash- I plan on finding the web site again printing the info up on the watch and boxing it up and sending it off to the Lackawanna historical society - I've already been in contact with them and they said just call before sending any relics to them. The watch artwork in my opinion was pretty cool looking- and someone who worked on the local rail lines that ran through the small town (town settled in 1871, incorporated in 1888) where i found it, lost it way before I was born!! so why not. That poor rail worker lost what was likely his tool for keeping the line running on time over 100 years ago. and I totally found that! Yeah, it's true! if it was gold it would have been a fantastic find, something I could pay off my car with...but it's still history so it's not my worst find! I have to share that...right!?!?!!
ok - I am so going back there when I'm off again. if someone lost a watch in 1887 they might have dropped some other really good treats also. you never know...
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