Sidewalk tear out hunt...SILVER.

[lookindown]

Me and Bigmike were headed to an old homesite and Mike said he wanted to swing by a place in town where he recently saw some road work being done. It was a sidewalk tear out. It was two blocks long and I found three Wheaties in one hole along that stretch and that was it. At the end of the run I noticed a wide strip of grass between the road and sidewalk on a side street. It ran in front of an old rooming house. Glad we hunted it, we got four more Wheaties, a 1965 British/Hong Kong ten cent and a 1917 Mercury dime. There are a bunch of these sidewalk strips in the area we were hunting and we are going back...should keep us busy for awhile. I have been by these spots in the past but assumed they were hunted. Good luck to everyone...does anyone recognize the maker of the lock?

 

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[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Great Finds!...I love seeing those sidewalk tearouts....Ive only gotten lucky like twice on them...But they are for sure worth hunting

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Nice finds, looksl ike you did pretty well. Don't know who made the lock, but it's cool.

 

[Sovereignelite]

Nice finds! I had a field day (month) in the mid 90's when my town redid the streets around the town square: they pulled up all the sidewalks for about 5 blocks. Haven't seen a good sidewalk tear-out for years, but I keep my eyes open.

 

[rayrayvegas]

Sidewalk and street tearouts is all I have been hunting basically for the last 4 or 5 months here in Vegas and have givin me my best finds in over 18 years of detecting. Congratulations on your finds.

 

[cti4sw]

Lock appears to be an ILCO - that's Independent Lock Company.

 

[oney]

Lock appears to be an ILCO - that's Independent Lock Company.

I agree. I've never seen one like that in my area but I find ILCO locks and keys all the time.

 

[Tom Bigbee]

It makes things better when you are finding the older wheaties instead of the usual 40's and 50's. Good job noticing that window of opportunity.

 

[park pirate]

Love it when the city tears up old side walks in my town, lots of good stuff to be found...

 

[Jason in Enid]

Congrats on the great digs!!

 

[lookindown]

Lock appears to be an ILCO - that's Independent Lock Company.

Thanks for the info...I couldn't make out the letters on the lock...thanks again.

 

[Moonshadow]

Great stuff.....Love the lock!

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

 

[biggmike]

 

[dig kzoo]

Nice finds, love the lock!