Some Finds! Big Old Silver Bracelet !!

[steelheadwill]

Got back to one of my favorite sites for two short hunts.
It's a small rocky beach used a as a trash dump and swimmin hole since the 1600s.
never know what you'll find from Rev War buttons to Chuck E Cheese tokens.
Got my 2nd war nickel, no date or mintmark, but color and tone tell the tale
Dug a loud signal, said great! Nice copper bracelet
Got home & cleaned it a little, Silver!!! not the first time saltwater has made my silver look 'Rusty'.
really cool design on the inside of the blocks, each has embossed flowers though I'd guess it's a mens bracelet from 1920s, it's a heavy piece
Nice complete copper pin, no idea if the design has any significance.
also got a turn of the century Kuang Hsu T'ung Pao machine struck Chinese.
I have found many of these crosshatched tubes, always assumed lipstick, now this one with freespinning wingnut, internal threads and fiber gasket has me thinking otherwise, anyone recognise this?
Also got what I thought was the biggest safety pin ever, says it's a key holder.
Thanks for looking And Best digs to you all!!

 

[DMN]

That is some find. Like to see it when it's all cleaned up. You do find some good stuff off the water.

 

[artyfacts]

Wow that is a nice silver bracelet. That should be a real sparkler when you get done cleaning it. Nice finds... Arty

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Nice looking silver Herbie. Great finds.

 

[Hunter]

Nice finds!

 

[Wldbil]

Looks like a good to me... Congrats

 

[tubesaft78910]

50 some years ago we used the big pins for a laundry tag in the USN. Put your dirty's in a mesh bag and your pin and it was washed and placed back on your bunk.

 

[Tigger]

Wow! Nice stuff!!
The flowered bracelet: I think it's for a woman, my mom had a plain link like that in the 50s? Depends more on the length, I think. Love to see it cleaned up!
Awesome copper pin, I'm curious to see what the experts date it as!
I use a diaper pin when I go in the water to keep my car key safe, betcha that's why the laundry pin is there.

What is the thing just above the bent nail?
Is that a fossil/tooth by the lantern part, or metal something?
Lastly, is the bottle by the lantern part interesting? Looks decorated maybe?

Thanks for sharing!
Tigger

 

[lonewolfe]

Excellent finds - thanks for sharing

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks All!!
Tigger,
Bracelet is pretty large, just under 7-1/2 inches, too big for the woman, and too small for me, what's a digger to do
The bottle is "Wildroot" hair tonic or something, I remember the signs for it at the old fashioned barbershop my Dad would take me to.
The brass item is a thumb latch type piece, maybe from luggage or case of sorts.
another black (white metal ) ornamental piece broken off some Victorian item.
The brooch looks to be a one off, someone took some time making it,
I'm assuming that 'spoon handle' design is more than artistic whimsy.

Rtde3, I can say the wingnut and threads rotate independently of the tube, it measures about 2-1/2", and would screw onto a 7/16 - 1/2 " stud.
don't know a lot about the old tires
with the number of these I've found, I'm sure others have seen them.
We'll leave it here for a while before sending it over to whatsit.

Greetings tubesaft78910,
Great ID on the brass pin! Navy yard is real close, and many Military items found here.
from your screenname I assuming you are a submariner, I found a reference to Navy Hellcat fighter #78910 also, Good to hear from You
Best Digs to you all

 

[Tigger]

Thanks for the additional pictures. Wow, that brooch keeps looking better n better. Cool handmade piece.
And, I wear 7 1/2 bracelets, and I'm a woman (Tigger is really my dog). 8" is when they get too big for me, if that helps. If it cleans up well, it will probably be worth more as vintage item than scrap.

T.

 

[VOL1266-X]

You hit the jackpot on that hunt Herbie. The old broach and bracelet are great. In the first pic above the key chain there is a piece with 2 holes in it. It almost looks like a buttplate from a rifle but it also may be a piece from a sailing ship. We don't do much sailing in Tennessee so I'm sure I'm wrong. What is it? HH and thanks, Quindy.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks Tigger,
When I close the bracelet and look, it appears so much smaller...
Strange, while most of the bracelet is heavy, the clasp is rather thin and flimsy.
(lucky for me!).
As for its value...
I used to be able to say I don't sell any finds, BUT, at the end of april I cashed in all my bent and broken junk spoons. Spot price was just too tempting.
I chose the right time, shortly thereafter silver dropped and hasn't returned
I couldn't sell an intact piece like this..
Best to you and Tigger

 

[steelheadwill]

Hi Quindy,
You might not have many sailboats down there,
but I believe you are 100% correct.
This would be the 2nd of these I've found.
It is the lead keel from a small (I wouldn't call them toys) sailboat.
they were quite popular and built as exact scale replicas.
I can picture the Victorian era people on the shore of the small inland bay,
women with parasols and men with mustaches and hats, sailing their little boats.
I got some new pix, with a .58 slug for reference, ( I started with a cent, but I knew you'd like this better) most of the lead I dig comes out like this, I only have a couple with the white patina.
Best to you! Herbie.

 

[steelheadwill]

Thanks FreeHunter76,
Turns out the bracelet fits Laurie perfectly and she loves it!
(she didn't want me to put up the pic of her wearing it )

 

[High Plains Digger]

I've heard of Wildroot, but I was a Vasoline Hair Tonic kid. After I out grew Lucky Tiger Butch Wax.

I have found one of your crosshatched tube tingys, but I thought it was a hell of a thimble. Didn't believe it, but didn't give it another thought. No wing nut on mine--does that mean something?? Still an unknown.

 

[steelheadwill]

I've heard of Wildroot, but I was a Vasoline Hair Tonic kid. After I out grew Lucky Tiger Butch Wax.

I have found one of your crosshatched tube tingys, but I thought it was a hell of a thimble. Didn't believe it, but didn't give it another thought. No wing nut on mine--does that mean something?? Still an unknown.

Thanks HighPlains Digger,
I knew others must have found them...
The wingnut part is almost coming off this one,
Will move to whatsit..

 

[VOL1266-X]

Thanks for the great pics relating to the little boat keel Herbie. HH, Quindy.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Great bracelet and other finds Herbie , sure glad none were that goofy lookin' Chuckie rat token CMD dawg

 

[Skelly607]

Nice finds!!!!