Relic day. Im beginning to appreciate you guys even more.

[WHADIFIND]

Relic day. I'm beginning to appreciate you guys even more.

You guys that go out and brave the elements, knowing that you more than likely won't find any coins/rings/etc. But, rather go looking for real history. When you're out there and finding bits and pieces of lumps of dirt and metal. You feel like you're not finding anything but garbage metals. It's when you get them home and clean 'em up a bit, that you begin to see.

This was just supposed to be another "battery fund" day at another local school. But, I got too hot out in the sun. There happened to be a little stream running the length of the perimeter and it was in the shade. Sooooo, I followed it along.








Looks like a scroll "A" inscribed there.




Kinda neat.



Here's one of those little lumps of metal.
Looks like nothing in the field, or even at home, at first.



Until, you look at it in just the right way!
Kind of awesome that such a delicate/ornate piece survived like this one did.



Even an old pocket watch, (not still ticking. )



Well. That's my two cents worth.

Kudos to all you relic hunters!

 

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[OWK]

Very nice.

Particularly like the buckle, and what I presume is a child's heel plate?

 

[rodarian]

That's what i call a good day.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Very nice.

Particularly like the buckle, and what I presume is a child's heel plate?

WUPS!!! I forgot the biggest piece!



Hard to get a good pic but it says:

A W McDONALD FREELAND N C R R

(North Central Rail Road)

 

[Old Dude]

Those little ornate mystery pieces always make me appreciate finding them, but at the same time can be very irritating when trying to figure them out. That's a pretty neat old spoon and your research on it is interesting!

 

[treblehunter]

Railroad stuff like that is very collectable
Antique Railroad Baggage Tag Values | Antique Railroad Memorabilia
I have allot of ornate pieces of brass and copper that I just think looks too pretty to throw away or scrap!

 

[OWK]

WUPS!!! I forgot the biggest piece!

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Hard to get a good pic but it says:

That's is amazingly cool.

I guess that's Freeland Md. (And That's A.W. McDonald's Conductor's Tag for NCRR Freeland Station).

The very first piece I found with my new detector was just a stone's throw from the Northern Central Tracks.

It was a Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway brass baggage tag.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Railroad stuff like that is very collectable
Antique Railroad Baggage Tag Values | Antique Railroad Memorabilia
I have allot of ornate pieces of brass and copper that I just think looks too pretty to throw away or scrap!

Yep! I can see that, even that pocket watch, (ya know, it just happens to be THE most expensive railroad watch! Right? )

 

[dirtlooter]

some of the coolest stuff is the stuff that is just pure ole history (somebody else's past), stuff that is obviously not made anymore and gives you reason to reflect on its origins. then there is the curiosity aspect of what exactly is it that I have just found? to some it is just junk, to others it is rich history, American history for the most part.

 

[WHADIFIND]

That's is amazingly cool.

I guess that's Freeland Md. (And That's A.W. McDonald's Conductor's Tag for NCRR Freeland Station).

The very first piece I found with my new detector was just a stone's throw from the Northern Central Tracks.

It was a Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway brass baggage tag.

Yeah, ain't it!?!

And, it looked like just one more piece of scrap metal in the field. LOL

I have found a lot of stuff that pertain to NCRR and they were no where near the tracks! Miles away! LOL

Thanks!

 

[OWK]

Now I can tell you for sure, that I wouldn't be able to rest until I knew who A. W. McDonald was.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Now I can tell you for sure, that I wouldn't be able to rest until I knew who A. W. McDonald was.

I know and that's part of what makes me a different sort of hunter. I'd love to know, but, I probably won't do much more than see what turns up easily. I completely understand why that is a driving force to some but, I'm mostly just a little ole coinshooter. I'll research to find them and research to identify them. But, relics? In all honesty, they are the neatest finds, just not my driving force. Just call me shallow. LOL

 

[cjon455]

looks like you stumbled upon a nice site, sort out the rubbish and the goods may be waiting!,

excellent saves!

 

[OWK]

I know and that's part of what makes me a different sort of hunter. I'd love to know, but, I probably won't do much more than see what turns up easily. I completely understand why that is a driving force to some but, I'm mostly just a little ole coinshooter. I'll research to find them and research to identify them. But, relics? In all honesty, they are the neatest finds, just not my driving force. Just call me shallow. LOL

Now I'm Just the opposite.

I found my Baggage Tag on the bulldozed home site of a guy named V T Shipley in roughly Mays-Chapel / Cockeysville. The site was bulldozed to build I-83. I knew before I hit the site that the house wasn't there in 1850, but was by 1877. I knew that Shipley was an officer of the Towson National Bank, and that he owned the lime kilns next to the NCRR.

But it wasn't until after I found the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway baggage tag in the ruins of his house, that I found a newspaper article saying that Shipley traveled to Texas in the 1890's to purchase machinery. I'm kind of wacky about the research side. And now that I'm actually writing this down I think maybe TOO wacky...

 

[Chug And Red]

It looks Like Blingie Might Like the Rust crusty stuff Like Red Does!!!! I Know she is Being Patient And Hunting the Sand On the Rivers, But is Biting the Bit To Dig Into the Dirt for Relics Soon!!!! Chug

 

[WHADIFIND]

Now I'm Just the opposite.

I found my Baggage Tag on the bulldozed home site of a guy named V T Shipley in roughly Mays-Chapel / Cockeysville. The site was bulldozed to build I-83. I knew before I hit the site that the house wasn't there in 1850, but was by 1877. I knew that Shipley was an officer of the Towson National Bank, and that he owned the lime kilns next to the NCRR.

But it wasn't until after I found the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway baggage tag in the ruins of his house, that I found a newspaper article saying that Shipley traveled to Texas in the 1890's to purchase machinery. I'm kind of wacky about the research side. And now that I'm actually writing this down I think maybe TOO wacky...

Just being honest with myself. I may WANT to be considered a good relics hunter/researcher. But, it's truly just not there.

I WILL however, research the bejeebus out of a find sometimes if I think it might lead me to some nice old coins somewhere. LOL

Tell me, after you find chapter and verse on some piece of history you've found. And, you now know not only who but where and what and the size shoe he wore and the brand of tobacco and whether he bit or cut his toenails.....what have you? LOL

 

[WHADIFIND]

It looks Like Blingie Might Like the Rust crusty stuff Like Red Does!!!! I Know she is Being Patient And Hunting the Sand On the Rivers, But is Biting the Bit To Dig Into the Dirt for Relics Soon!!!! Chug

I dunno, Blingie seems a bit more shallow than that, I think he just settles for the closest thing to bling that I bring home. LOL

 

[OWK]

Tell me, after you find chapter and verse on some piece of history you've found. And, you now know not only who but where and what and the size shoe he wore and the brand of tobacco and whether he bit or cut hist toenails.....what have you? LOL

Satisfaction !!! Hahahah...

(I'm not saying I don't have a problem... but the same compulsion that helps me find the details of a site, helps me find the site itself).

 

[Limitool]

Cool relics.... The shotgun headstamp "Winchester No. 12 NEW RIVAL" was produced between 1897 thru 1929.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Cool relics.... The shotgun headstamp "Winchester No. 12 NEW RIVAL" was produced between 1897 thru 1929.

Thanks! That helps in knowing the era of the area. What about a headstamp that actually says Luger 9mm? Interesting marking.