I went up to my childhood home today which was in my mother's family for about 125 years and all I found was six pennies, and an old pocket watch that was it. The pennies were fairly new, actually I laughed as I dug them because I know my Pop must have threw them there just to tick me off. The pocket watch was buried a long time and everything is gone on it. I'll let it sit a few days then try to clean it up so I can see what it actually is made out of; I can't tell right now. But I had a good time and probably have two maybe three days there to complete the yard.
I have come to the conclusion that people had nothing a 100 years ago and what they did have they guarded it with their life. I searched a few old sites and didn't find any old coins which surprised me. I can see my mother digging up the entire yard to find a penny if she dropped it. I did find an old reflector from my bike, I smiled when I uncovered it; I knew instantly what it was and what it was from. An old Schwinn bike I had, it was the reflector from the rear fender. And in one of the holes I dug I found a marble, which was down about ten inches. I plan on going around the old out house to see if anyone came running out of their with their pants down and emptied their pockets in the process. LOL!
Yesterday, on a site I hit I found the lever off a repeating rifle. No rifle just the lever. And a few weeks ago, on the same site I dug up an old rusted double barrel shotgun, it was buried so long it was nothing but rust but still interesting. So I wonder why the gun parts here? I dug two arrow tips on this site too. I don't know but I do know there is a story here I just don't know what it is. This is the site that yielded a 1875 Seating Liberty Dime, and a 100 year old ring... I need to go over the site more; I am sure there is more stuff there I just need to look for it. But that dime was the ONLY old coin I found there, you would think there would be more.
