strange finds this evening

[gxray]

a friend called me this evening and asked if i wanted to go detecting. I said sure ...let's go. He wanted to hunt a field i got permission to hunt, close to a CW engagement. According to his research , this field should yield some nice relics. About halfway through the field I was finding railroad spikes. then a non-ferrous reading. Turned out to be what I initially thought might be a brass clock gear. Now i'm wondering if it might be part of a revolver magazine?...ideas anyone?....Moved to higher ground in the field and got a mixed reading. It was a leather purse, Nothing in it. A few more swings with the detector and bam!....another ladies' purse. I searched the pockets and flaps for any contents and saw some coins in one of the pockets. They were a 1988 nickel , a 1978 rosie dime, a 1990 penny and a 1946 Repulica de Colombia V centavos (Columbian 5 cents). That coin seems a bit out of place. Anyway, I continued circling the area finding zippers, buckles , straps, pieces of more purses and then Bam! ,,,another purse. Nothing in it. A few more swings and another purse, empty also. A few feet away and another purse. I picked it up and carried it over to the pile of purses. It too was empty. Where i found the last purse, I got a non-ferrous reading under it and i was hoping for more coins. Turned out to be the buckle for another purse. By this time , my friend is headed over to me in his truck fussing about ticks and poison ivy or something. He didn't find anything. Anyway, 5 purses and several other purse pieces and parts in a 20 ft radius has me wondering if this is a dump site or something more sinister. i didnt get any pics of the purses. I left them there in a pile to mark the spot for next time i go. There is probably more there.

HH y'all

 

[jimbob450]

That does sound a lot like a dump site for something
illeagal. I think i would notify the authoritys. Jimbob

 

[artzstuff1]

Sounds like ya got a purse snatcher on the lose!!! cool storey,, ya never know do ya!! have a good urn,,,,,,


arthur

 

[Tank69]

yup supin dont smell right

 

[hikeinmts]

Letting the police take a look at what you found won't hurt anything.....and might do some folks much good.
Only tell the police......perhaps they can put a stakeout on it, and find out if someone has been doing some
dirty deeds.

 

[Marbleguy]

Reminds me of the time..

..back during the 1970s when I came across an old shack in the Mojave Desert,Ca. This was near where the Manson Family used to hang out. On the floor inside the shack was a pile of womens' purses. I'd say at least twenty purses. All had been emptied of contents. It creeped me out and I left in a hurry.

 

[DCMatt]

I would suspect some lady cleaning out her closet and disposing of accessories that were no long fashionable. A thief would remove valuables and leave the rest of the junk items usually found in a woman's purse. Since they were empty, they were probably dumped by the owner.

Also, never saw a gear like that on a revolver. But I'm not really a gun guy.

My two cents...

DCMatt

 

[Marbleguy]

I'm a gun guy..

..and what he found is a 'full moon clip'. Made of brass it once fit an older revolver like the British .455 Webley allowing the U.S. 1911 .45 auto cartridge to fit into the Webley .455 chamber. These clips are still made today but in steel to fit .45 and 9mm revolvers. There are full-moon and half-moon clips http://www.oldsargesdropzone.com/product.php?item=1469