Park finds

[Bruce R]

Hit a little park close to home after work yesterday. Got $1.82 , a St. Christophers, trigger guard from a toy gun, arthritis bracelet ( cleaned in Tarnex) , a wire clamp,and some mangled brass thing. 50x100 ft. area, still got 2/3 of the park to go. CHEERS!View attachment 1303279

 

[treblehunter]

Nice work, keep digging.

 

[Bruce R]

You know, I never looked at one of those medals before. On the front it says " St. Christopher protect me"', on the back it says " In case of an accident, please call a priest ", I find that sort of grim.

 

[against the wind]

Nicely done,
Congrats

 

[Bruce R]

Gonna try and hit the rest of the park today after work, 50x200 ft. It's cold and rainy here today though.

 

[tokameel]

You know, I never looked at one of those medals before. On the front it says " St. Christopher protect me"', on the back it says " In case of an accident, please call a priest ", I find that sort of grim.

We Catholics think of these as Soul Insurance.

 

[Bruce R]

Personally, I'd rather someone called a doctor first, Priest second.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on some nice finds and good luck with the rest of the park

 

[Bruce R]

I don't really expect anything good, but I've been driving past that park twice a day for 8yrs now and it just bugs me. So now dammit, I'm hitting it.

 

[park pirate]

Nice job if that park is old keep searching the old coins will come...

 

[Bruce R]

Finished up the little park today, didn't get much, $ 1.24, one wheatie , a little pocketknife, and I think that big brass thing is a latch for a leather trunk, there's still leather attached to the back. I believe the park was a railroad siding at one time. It's right along the railroad and when I dig down about 6 in. I hit that round ballast gravel.View attachment 1303525View attachment 1303526. I think when they built the park they took out the rails and ties, gave it a layer of topsoil and planted grass. A few years ago they parked an army tank on it.