Still no silver yet, but some interesting finds...

[Ray in CA]

I think I've got the Safari down pat now, but it's killing me that I haven't come across any silver yet! I'm finding just about everything else, though. Guess I just have to be patient.

So here are yesterday's finds. The first one is not so great, at least not for the truck driver of this rig that I photographed on my way to Chehalis on the I-5. Ouch!

About twenty minutes later I arrive at an old park and found my second old pocketwatch. Not sure what brand this was...too corroded, but it is much smaller than the old Ingersoll watch I found. This sounded off solid at +21 on my Safari. I also found here a 1938 and 1940 Canadian pennies. Been finding tons of these since having moved to Washington, more so than wheaties. Also found were three wheats--1940, 1951, and a dateless one which is soaking in peroxide right now.

At the next site I find a Bolo tie with a very nice looking stone cab, an aluminum finger ring which I thought was silver at first until I read "Hong Kong" on the back. And then I find this odd triangular shaped green plastic thing. It was heavy. I shook it, sounded like coins inside. Got it home and cut it open and found a bunch of modern memorials and two Canadian nickels, LOL.

I got permission to detect a small open lot in town, over which at one time was an old saloon and in more modern times a tavern. It burned down some years ago and allegedly some old (and modern) coins were lost in the fire. We'll see how that pans out. Till then, HH everyone!

Ray

 

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[juju]

Not a bad day at all. Silver is tough up here. Once your in it your set though. Lookin forward to hookin up for a hunt.

JuJu

 

[trikikiwi]

Cool story and pics,

I reckon the Green Triangle can be considered a Cache
Mike

 

[tymcmurray]

Nice little cache!!!
Great hunt!

 

[Jeep]

Great Finds

 

[Captn SE]

Hi Ray.

Wow, I guess the silver is really tough up there to find. I'll send some your way. There's plenty down here.

Keep at it. I want to see what your first silver is going to be!

HH,

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Detectingfreak]

Nice job on the wheaties!

 

[SusanMN]

Are you absolutely sure that cab stone isn't set in silver? It would be pretty unusual to have a nice stone like that set in junk metal.

 

[seger98]

Are you absolutely sure that cab stone isn't set in silver? It would be pretty unusual to have a nice stone like that set in junk metal.

She's got a good point there.

Pocket watch is a neat find although it's seen better days, that little coin purse is a real cool find!

 

[tomharris76]

I second that on silver being tough to find up here. Nice finds though. We should all get together one weekend and have a big hunt.

 

[Ray in CA]

Are you absolutely sure that cab stone isn't set in silver? It would be pretty unusual to have a nice stone like that set in junk metal.

She's got a good point there.

Pocket watch is a neat find although it's seen better days, that little coin purse is a real cool find!

Yep, I'm sure it's not silver but has like a chrome sort of plating. Can't see it in the pic but up close you can see where that chroming has worn off.

I love the little pocket watch. It was my favorite find of the day. Just wish it was in much better condition, at least to the point where I could figure out its maker.

Ray

 

[Fisher]

Cool cache find. Nice relics too. Good luck finding some silver!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds, Ray. That's why I don't run the western states in the winter. No chains on my rig I actually don't do much winter driving because so many people don't know how to drive in the winter

 

[Indyfan73]

nice haul. good luck and keep MDING

 

[east tx digger]

Nice finds...WTG