So many firsts in this hobby ! Gold watch !

MaineRelic · May 14, 2011

My Saturday morning hunt was starting to feel like it was going to be pretty uneventful . I was hitting yet another obscure park / city lot today . There was not much clad in this spot . It turned out to be fill over Yet another in town ash dump . Every so often I could Punch through the fill and make a hit in the ashes . I hit the door bell cover or escutcheon and the Large cent down in the ash. IT is in pretty bad shape probably due to the corrosive property of the ashes . but turned out to be a 1913 British GEORGE V one penny. I found one of these three years ago in Bangor so this was not a first for me . The gold watch I found in the fill above the ashes was a first for me . Turned out to be a good little score. Though there was no mark on the watch but I knew it was gold Immediately . It had the look and the heft of gold . The jeweler confirmed it was 15.8 g or 10.2 dwt of 14 K gold . :icon_sunny:

I also scrounged out of the ashes two Portland Railroad buttons. A jacket and a cuff button " PRR" with quite a bit of gilt left on it. Thanks for looking ! MaineRelic. MaineRelic.

JP · May 14, 2011

Re: So many firsts in this hobby ! Gold watch

Nice finds.

That watch looks like a beauty (gold). Quality craftsmanship from the past.

HH

search and recovery · May 14, 2011

Re: So many firsts in this hobby ! Gold watch

I really like the GEORGE V penny, and anything gold is good. :icon_thumright:

pat-tekker-cat · May 14, 2011

GREAT! You go MainRelic go! I mean go.........do it again!

hehehehehehe

eckstar · May 14, 2011

Very nice finds. The watch should just about pay for your detector, lol.

VOL1266-X · May 14, 2011

You had a great hunt MR. I love that pocket watch. WTG, Quindy.

romeo-1 · May 14, 2011

Nice watch...is it a Longines?

Iron Patch · May 14, 2011

romeo-1 said:
Nice watch...is it a Longines?

Looks like it. Would have been a decent score from a garage sale and not out of the ground. But some gold is still a pretty good find.

DMN · May 14, 2011

It is a Longines. I have a stainless steel counterpart. That is a nice watch. If there's a chance to open it without damaging too much you may want to see if it will still be repairable. They can be worth some money but they are a class watch. Great find!

Tuberale · May 14, 2011

Nice watch! Wish I could make out the maker.

Iron Patch · May 14, 2011

Damn the first two pictures confused me until I realized the guts must have been popped out, and just set on the case for picture 2. :laughing7:

romeo-1 · May 14, 2011

Tuberale said:
Nice watch! Wish I could make out the maker.

LOL...

Check out the few posts before yours.

HEAVYMETALNUT · May 14, 2011

sweet! nice hunt dude!

MaineRelic · May 14, 2011

pat-tekker-cat said:
GREAT! You go MainRelic go! I mean go.........do it again! hehehehehehe

I am going to try pat cat :thumbsup:

M.R.

VOL1266-X said:
You had a great hunt MR. I love that pocket watch. WTG, Quindy.

Thanks Quindy . M.R.

romeo-1 said:
Nice watch...is it a Longines?

You mean was it a Longines ! Yes Romeo it was ! :thumbsup:

DMN said:
It is a Longines. I have a stainless steel counterpart. That is a nice watch. If there's a chance to open it without damaging too much you may want to see if it will still be repairable. They can be worth some money but they are a class watch. Great find!

Was not a watch I was going to wear so I scraped it . :icon_sunny:

M.R.

Iron Patch said:
Damn the first two pictures confused me until I realized the guts must have been popped out, and just set on the case for picture 2.

You don't miss anything do you Ironpatch :laughing7:

M.R.

HEAVYMETALNUT said:
sweet! nice hunt dude!

Thanks Dave ! M.R.

Tuberale · May 14, 2011

romeo-1 said:
Tuberale said:

Nice watch! Wish I could make out the maker.

Click to expand...

LOL...

Check out the few posts before yours.

Correct. Earlier post beat me by seconds.

{Sentinel} · May 14, 2011

Man that George V Copper is so "aged" looking that it looks like a much older copper than it really is! :P CONGRATS on that Gold! Its always nice to see anything gold pop out of the hole. Couldn't have come to a nice guy, congrats! :icon_thumleft:

{Sentinel} · May 14, 2011

Man that George V Copper is so "aged" looking that it looks like a much older copper than it really is! :P CONGRATS on that Gold Watch! Its always nice to see anything gold pop out of the hole. Couldn't have come to a nice guy, congrats! :icon_thumleft: