brianc053
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Hi all! Found a pin today and after a little research I discovered that it's from the Public Schools Athletic League of NYC. This pin is called the "Winged Victory of Samothrace" and probably dates to pre-WW2. The pin shaft is broken on the back.
I found it a new field related to a park I've been searching recently; the problem is that the field is very overgrown with weeds. I went into it wearing my full anti-tick garb (long pants treated with Permethrin tucked into socks, long sleeves, Deep Woods Off sprayed on everything). The real problem was that swinging the detector was tough. I think I'll go back there in the late winter after the snow has matted down all the weeds - I suspect there's more good stuff to find!
Thanks for looking!
The letters say "PSAL" overlapping:
This is what one of those pins from an auction site looks like:
I also found this pop tab, which is unremarkable except for the rather sizable root growing right through it. That tab has been there a while! (That's a root, not a stick. I cut the root and removed the trash)
I found it a new field related to a park I've been searching recently; the problem is that the field is very overgrown with weeds. I went into it wearing my full anti-tick garb (long pants treated with Permethrin tucked into socks, long sleeves, Deep Woods Off sprayed on everything). The real problem was that swinging the detector was tough. I think I'll go back there in the late winter after the snow has matted down all the weeds - I suspect there's more good stuff to find!
Thanks for looking!
The letters say "PSAL" overlapping:
This is what one of those pins from an auction site looks like:
I also found this pop tab, which is unremarkable except for the rather sizable root growing right through it. That tab has been there a while! (That's a root, not a stick. I cut the root and removed the trash)
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