Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

[tinpan]

Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Hi all, Been while since i have had a chance to get a good days hunting in. Yesterday afternoon i headed back out the local forrest. Followed the creek along the bottom of the gully. I can upon a large old gold mine shaft . The hole is about 80 feet straight down. Old mines is something i don,t go down. Spring here but the weather is still wet and a little chilly. Very wet and muddy in the low land ,so i decided to work around the old shaft on higher ground. Good drainage and dry clay just soft enough to dig without breaking my back. Often theres many targets around these shafts. Considered to junky for the gold only seekers. Yes for those who are not so lazy these junky mine areas are worth the hard work.Well i didn,t find any gold not even a 10th of gram. Got one good buckle and a broken wreath buckle, 3 small silver 3d 1862, 1874, 1838, Parker ironmonger token, buttons and some junk.The red dots on the site pic are where the good finds were made.



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[BuckleBoy]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Those are some Great finds! Can you tell me what the maker's mark is on that wreath buckle?

Cheers,


Buck

 

[tinpan]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Those are some Great finds! Can you tell me what the maker's mark is on that wreath buckle?

Cheers,


Buck

hi buck S.W. Silver & Co London 3

tinpan tried to find the tongue no luck

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Those are some Great finds! Can you tell me what the maker's mark is on that wreath buckle?

Cheers,


Buck

hi buck S.W. Silver & Co London 3

tinpan tried to find the tongue no luck

It weighs heavy on the heart to just find the wreaths and know that there is little chance to dig the other piece.

I'm having a beer in your honor right now.

 

[KOOTNEY KID]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Very sweet bunch of goodies,wtg.The shafts sound alittle nervy.K.KID.

 

[mainer]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Cool buckle. Never seen one with that design before. Kuger is great with those buckle I'm sure he can tell you more about it.

 

[dfx willy]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

man that hole looks dangerous! it looks like it could be fatal if it was partialy covered and someone stumbled across it. be careful out there bud! cool finds. willy

 

[DougF]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Nice finds, especially the buckles. The first one looks like a buckeye tree leaf with buckeyes (fruit). It's the state tree of Ohio here in the states, so maybe someone from Ohio lost it. The buckeye tree has five leaflets arranged in a radial pattern. Also the Ohio State football team is known as the Buckeyes. Maybe someone from Ohio would be familiar with this buckle.

 

[colorado14ers]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

wow, those are some awsome relics!!!

 

[pepperj]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

Nice hunt, liking the buckle!

 

[tinpan]

Re: Oak leaf Buckle & lost relics of a gold rush miner

thanks for the replies and comments, this will be only hunt for a week



tinpan