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[ARC]

G night T Crew.... C u n a.m.

 

[Oregon Viking]

 

[Oregon Viking]

 

[Oregon Viking]

Same sisters a bit older.....

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning! ARC must be sleeping in. The wind is howling but it’s 59° and March is going out like a lion!

 

[ARC]

Good morn T Crew.

 

[ARC]

Good morning! ARC must be sleeping in. The wind is howling but it’s 59° and March is going out like a lion!

Yeah i needed it.... arrrgg... been screwed up on sleep since time change on.

 

[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[newnan man]

Good morning everyone

 

[robertk]

Good morning all. Looks like it was a good day for sleeping in.

 

[fishstick]

Good morning crew 🌄

 

[Blak bart]

Good morning on this beautiful spring Saturday. Hope everyone is well, and getting treasure.

 

[Blak bart]

These are rarer than gold rings, and represent a very bad day at the sand bar. These are anchor shackle pins, and if you lose it, you lose your boat, and it floats away !! I have been there when one let's go, and a boat starts drifting away, and banging against everyone else's boat. The lost anchors are found immediately by waders who trip and injure themselves on it !! The only evidence left of the incident is the little anchor clevis pin. Alot can be learned about the situation by observing the marks, or lack there of on the clevis pin itself. Some bear the marks of pliers or wrench used to tightin them.....others have no marks, and were obviously only finger tight. Some will have the tell tale mark of having a monel wire safety wrap to assure they won't back out under the relentless wave action. Smart experienced boaters will use the shaft of a screw driver in the hole to apply sufficient force to lock it tight, and then use wire through the hole to keep it from backing out. These ring up like gold, and are made of the highest quality stainless steel.....they rarley show any rust. Everytime I dig one I try to envision the boat drifting away scratching all the other boats as it drifts away out to sea....they are a personal treasure for me and I have a jar of them....6 new ones to start the season so far !!

 

[releventchair]

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These are rarer than gold rings, and represent a very bad day at the sand bar. These are anchor shackle pins, and if you lose it, you lose your boat, and it floats away !! I have been there when one let's go, and a boat starts drifting away, and banging against everyone else's boat. The lost anchors are found immediately by waders who trip and injure themselves on it !! The only evidence left of the incident is the little anchor clevis pin. Alot can be learned about the situation by observing the marks, or lack there of on the clevis pin itself. Some bear the marks of pliers or wrench used to tightin them.....others have no marks, and were obviously only finger tight. Some will have the tell tale mark of having a monel wire safety wrap to assure they won't back out under the relentless wave action. Smart experienced boaters will use the shaft of a screw driver in the hole to apply sufficient force to lock it tight, and then use wire through the hole to keep it from backing out. These ring up like gold, and are made of the highest quality stainless steel.....they rarley show any rust. Everytime I dig one I try to envision the boat drifting away scratching all the other boats as it drifts away out to sea....they are a personal treasure for me and I have a jar of them....6 new ones to start the season so far !!

My tractor snowblower vanes on the steel paddle are all bent up . And there is more damage beyond.
Shear pins sheared but not before I digested some things I shouldn't.
Including a large shackle pin at the neighbors that they recovered out in thier yard this spring.
A delivery truck had been stuck over there and the truck that helped extract it lost the shackle.
They gave me the pin when I showed them the shackle and said keep it.
When I went to mount it on the Kubota , it's too big!

Good finds though. Evidence of traffic. And lost goods. Worth a beer (coffee) a piece at least to the previous owners. Then another beer (coffee) for a piece of monel wire.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning!

 

[releventchair]

Mornin all.

A four hour burn of tree limbs yesterday.
I was smelling slightly preserved after. Alas , I'm still aging.

(Catch the end if you get feeling skippy.)

 

[oldmxrat]

Have you ever hit on a spot with a bunch of old silver coins. I would think people would have dropped alot before they went to clad coins, then Casino tokens, and now a slip of paper.
I remember walking around with those big red trays that contained $100 world on $1 tokens. Also the plastic buckets you could use to take your $ to the cashiers. My buckets were usually pretty empty.
-MM-

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These are rarer than gold rings, and represent a very bad day at the sand bar. These are anchor shackle pins, and if you lose it, you lose your boat, and it floats away !! I have been there when one let's go, and a boat starts drifting away, and banging against everyone else's boat. The lost anchors are found immediately by waders who trip and injure themselves on it !! The only evidence left of the incident is the little anchor clevis pin. Alot can be learned about the situation by observing the marks, or lack there of on the clevis pin itself. Some bear the marks of pliers or wrench used to tightin them.....others have no marks, and were obviously only finger tight. Some will have the tell tale mark of having a monel wire safety wrap to assure they won't back out under the relentless wave action. Smart experienced boaters will use the shaft of a screw driver in the hole to apply sufficient force to lock it tight, and then use wire through the hole to keep it from backing out. These ring up like gold, and are made of the highest quality stainless steel.....they rarley show any rust. Everytime I dig one I try to envision the boat drifting away scratching all the other boats as it drifts away out to sea....they are a personal treasure for me and I have a jar of them....6 new ones to start the season so far !!

I find lots of those in Tahoe as well, probably have nearly 2 dozen in 4 years.

 

[oldmxrat]

 

[oldmxrat]

I've been noticing a rather disheartening trend (for us treasure seekers) of the cheapening of the wedding band.
I'm always noticing the jewelry people wear, since getting into this hobby, and see more and more silicone, stainless and tungsten wedding bands.
It's very sad to me, not because it will certainly mean less treasure to be found, but because I think it really says something about the value people now put on their relationships.
I'm sure most, if not all, of you older ladies and gents can feel what I'm feeling to some degree.

Sorry if I brought anybody down with this. It's gray and raining here today and must be affecting my mood a tad.

 

[robertk]

I'm always noticing the jewelry people wear, since getting into this hobby, and see more and more silicone, stainless and tungsten wedding bands.
It's very sad to me, not because it will certainly mean less treasure to be found, but because I think it really says something about the value people now put on their relationships.

I don't know that it means less value on the relationship, I think it is more likely to mean there's less money to buy the jewelry. Back when I bought my wife's wedding ring, it was around $600. That same ring today would probably be at least $2K. If I was a young person, that $2K would be mighty hard to scrape up. (But to be fair, so was the $600 back in the day.)