cheese
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There's a spot in the old part of town where the big old brick 1800's businesses are where they tore down one of the buildings. They scraped the dirt underneath, and will be building over it soon. There are loads of pieces of old broken bottles and china/porcelain from the 1800s. Lots of signals too. I have permission to the site, and will never get it cleaned out before the new building begins...so if anyone wants to hit it, give me a shout.
I found a few interesting things here...an eagle button, some sort of jewelry or hair piece, and some other odds and ends but no real old coins yet (a few wheats around the perimiter). Lots of iron. I did find this old compass. When first found, I couldn't even tell what it was. Eventually I got it clean enough to see the needle and thought it was a compass. It was caked over with green corrosion and I couldn't read anything, so it went into the electrolysis for awhile. I now see that there is an "O" where the letter "W" would appear. This makes me think it's French. Does anyone have any idea how old it is? Looks older than the 19th century compasses I've been seeing on the web.
I found a few interesting things here...an eagle button, some sort of jewelry or hair piece, and some other odds and ends but no real old coins yet (a few wheats around the perimiter). Lots of iron. I did find this old compass. When first found, I couldn't even tell what it was. Eventually I got it clean enough to see the needle and thought it was a compass. It was caked over with green corrosion and I couldn't read anything, so it went into the electrolysis for awhile. I now see that there is an "O" where the letter "W" would appear. This makes me think it's French. Does anyone have any idea how old it is? Looks older than the 19th century compasses I've been seeing on the web.
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