Old underground railroad site produces gun, cuff link?, and buckle

[treblehunter]

Forty some degrees yesterday so I had already called my buddy to get permission to hunt his 100 acre site where I was last winter. Last winter I had got sidetracked looking for old bottles and then got hit with snow, I went back with the intentions of covering more ground with the metal detector instead of the glass probe and shovel. I called Oldjerseygirl up because I cleared with the owner that it was OK to bring her and my new girlfriend who is now getting interested in metal detecting and me, lol. I had gone the day before with the GF to a different spot finding only trash and one old nickle, 1946. (I felt like olddude with a near miss) The GF could not go yesterday so just oldjerseygirl and I went. Here are a few pix from my three hour hunt. The site was a old church cellar hole with old home sites nearby. Also known as "cool run" a stream runs through it that was part of the underground railroad. I will be hitting this site (the three of us) between now and when the ticks and chiggers come out. When the weather allows.





I left that spot and went back to the spot where I found the Indian Head cent only to find more trash. Here is a pix from the second spot on the banks of the Delaware Bay. There is pirate treasure out there on those Islands, we will venture out there when I can commandeer my son to carry a 20 ft 2 X 8 out on that marsh to cross a ditch so we can find some Blackbeard treasure!



HH & GL
Brad

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on getting a bit of hunting in. I find modern bullets at some the places I hunt, but I have yet to find a gun. Good show! GL&HH.

 

[gunsil]

That's not a cufflink, it is a rivet. Glad to see you could get out, still 20" of hard snow and ice on the ground here.

 

[CRUSADER]

Yeap horse leather rivet, the buckle is horse harness related as well.

 

[ARC]

Finding a gun like this type is always a pain in the arse...
And in my opinion a "bad omen"...
reporting location / turn in is needed.
Most probable that it was used in a crime...
you do not want to be in possession of this.

 

[park pirate]

Cool finds like the gun..

 

[cjon455]

Cool gun!, nice hunt

 

[NHBandit]

Is the gun real or a toy ? You barely make any mention of it at all so I'm going to guess it's a toy. Pics without the mud would be cool...

 

[dirtlooter]

cool gun find, real or not. nothing to report here in Ark on such a find, now just a show piece. do hate those pesky chiggers and ticks and mosquitoes and yellow jackets and.....

 

[Fullstock]

Looks like a cap gun, no problem with that.

 

[dustyspurs]

Call me crazy but I enjoy finding those rivets and buckles. The gun is cool. Best of luck on the treasure hunt when you make it.

 

[treblehunter]

Congrats on getting a bit of hunting in. I find modern bullets at some the places I hunt, but I have yet to find a gun. Good show! GL&HH.

Thanks buddy

That's not a cufflink, it is a rivet. Glad to see you could get out, still 20" of hard snow and ice on the ground here.

Ok, I thought so.

Yeap horse leather rivet, the buckle is horse harness related as well.

Yep

Finding a gun like this type is always a pain in the arse...
And in my opinion a "bad omen"...
reporting location / turn in is needed.
Most probable that it was used in a crime...
you do not want to be in possession of this.

No need for drama, its a toy.

Cool finds like the gun..

I like it too, the owner is a police officer and he got a good laugh of it too.

Cool gun!, nice hunt

Thanks Cris

 

[treblehunter]

Is the gun real or a toy ? You barely make any mention of it at all so I'm going to guess it's a toy. Pics without the mud would be cool...

Toy, its still dirty, might clean it later.

cool gun find, real or not. nothing to report here in Ark on such a find, now just a show piece. do hate those pesky chiggers and ticks and mosquitoes and yellow jackets and.....

Thanks loot.

Looks like a cap gun, no problem with that.

Thanks

Call me crazy but I enjoy finding those rivets and buckles. The gun is cool. Best of luck on the treasure hunt when you make it.

Thank you.

 

[Old Dude]

I thought the gun was real. Bet you skipped a breath when you saw that one. Glad you can get out Brad, and thanks for reminding me about the war nick, lol.