Pavement Busting Garden Project Yields Goodies from Yesteryear

[mlw67]

Back at the end of September I stumbled upon a garden project in process behind one of the local public schools here in Portland.

Pavement that had been in place since the 1950s had been removed for a community garden project, and I happened to get there the day after they finished removing the asphalt and the gravel underneath it.

I hunted this site as often as I could without interfering with my regular schedule, the school hours, the school's after school activities, the garden project workers, rain, and darkness. Which meant that unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of time and I had to leave a lot of items there. Mostly just large deep items--you know, like jars full of old coins.

It was a fun hunt though, and I got one good grid in before they brought in tons of topsoil.

 

[creeper71]

I think your No date SLQ is 1917 or 1927 I can barely see a 7 as last digit.

Good call Creeper1. My hunch would have been that its a 1917, since in 1927 the date was recessed and a bit more protected from wear.

yeah I thought it was 1917 to for same reason,but 2nd look I can see a 2

 

[RON (PA)]

Awesome finds. Keep up the great work.

 

[allen]

that site is giving you some sweet silver !!
those marbles are beautiful !!!

 

[mlw67]

Thank you for all the great responses, everyone!

Regarding the SLQ: I don't know what is causing the illusion of a date on this piece, but I have a powerful jeweler's loop here and the date area is absolutely smooth--no trace of any digits at all. Thanks just the same.

 

[wyattrr]

Nice assortment of finds...Glad you got out. Congrats and HH

 

[Tnmountains]

Great post and pictures .You sure hit a lot of targets and dug many. Nice finds. No telling what is under that garden
HH
TnMtns

 

[The Patriot]

Great variety of finds there...

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Nice finds!!! great post!!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Groovy, Baby!

 

[capndan151]

some nice old finds. Those fence pieces do sound a lot like silver sometimes

 

[scrounger d detector collector]

why is the hunting over there? just show them

your automatic growing enhancement machine

swing it over the veggies AND with a little

digging around the roots , AY PRESTO !

 

[Shortstack]

Maaaann, if each piece in your photos equals 1 deep knee bend, your leg muscles must be like Arnold Swartzennegger's. Makes me ache just thinking about it. Now, you can keep going back between crops.

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

awesome finds and a lot of digging looks like you had a blast! thanks for sharing and hh

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

NIce finds!! DOnt you hate those fence parts?

 

[mlw67]

Thanks for all the great comments, everyone! Y'all rock.

 

[Mr Tuff]

looks like it was fun nice silver and other cool relics... MR TUFF

 

[sniffer]

man that looks to be one hot spot, too bad you couldn't get more hunt time

 

[Rusted_Iron]

I really liked this post. That is a great happening to come along and find pavement removed like that.

Great pictures and finds.

 

[mlw67]

I didn't see these last few posts--thanks everyone!

 

[digginer]

wtg-least you got out.we have about 16 inches on the ground and still getting pounded