curbdiggercarl57
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- Largo, Florida
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The Tooth? You Can't Handle The Tooth!
Once again having no choice but to flee Denver and its lack of detecting sites, I again chose to visit a nearby ghost town. I’ve been to this site twice before, once earlier this spring where I dug a nice 17th and Curtis, Denver token, and just recently when I dug a sweet 1869 Seated Dime. Also shown is a front of a GAR coat button, the back unfortunately missing. The dime has plenty of surface scratches, but being used to the fire etched round blobs of silver I’m used to digging, I’m more than happy with this find. This time I went up to the site with another human, and we proceeded to scan the area carefully. The site is literally covered with shards of broken glass, old turn of the century cans, and sheets of tin, so hunting must be done very meticulously. After several frustrating hours, I managed to pull a hotel baggage key check, with no visible signs of lettering on it. Patented by Arthur Stafford of Brooklyn, New York, it has a patent date of Dec. 31, 1867. Designed to prevent hotel guests from running off with the hotel keys, it is encircled with saw toothed edges, creating a bizarre sun burst pattern. Until I got home and cleaned it, my favorite find was a large human tooth, with a gaping cavity in the center. It will be cleaned, drilled, and proudly worn around my neck in the near future. While bending down to retrieve another find, I suddenly saw out of the corner of my eye a fast moving blur of color. Quickly jumping out of the way, I spotted a large black item speedily approaching. After careful contemplation, I decided to not dispatch it with my Lesche, but photograph for later identification. Any help would be appreciated on its identity. When I arrived home and started cleaning the hotel check, I could faintly make out the words, “Teller House, No. 28” This could be a very good find. The Teller was built in 1872, and has a famous history in Central City. President Grant once stayed there and the citizens of Central City decided to place large silver bars in front of the entrance to impress him with the immense mining going on in their town. No tokens, no silver, but a unique piece of Colorado history.
Once again having no choice but to flee Denver and its lack of detecting sites, I again chose to visit a nearby ghost town. I’ve been to this site twice before, once earlier this spring where I dug a nice 17th and Curtis, Denver token, and just recently when I dug a sweet 1869 Seated Dime. Also shown is a front of a GAR coat button, the back unfortunately missing. The dime has plenty of surface scratches, but being used to the fire etched round blobs of silver I’m used to digging, I’m more than happy with this find. This time I went up to the site with another human, and we proceeded to scan the area carefully. The site is literally covered with shards of broken glass, old turn of the century cans, and sheets of tin, so hunting must be done very meticulously. After several frustrating hours, I managed to pull a hotel baggage key check, with no visible signs of lettering on it. Patented by Arthur Stafford of Brooklyn, New York, it has a patent date of Dec. 31, 1867. Designed to prevent hotel guests from running off with the hotel keys, it is encircled with saw toothed edges, creating a bizarre sun burst pattern. Until I got home and cleaned it, my favorite find was a large human tooth, with a gaping cavity in the center. It will be cleaned, drilled, and proudly worn around my neck in the near future. While bending down to retrieve another find, I suddenly saw out of the corner of my eye a fast moving blur of color. Quickly jumping out of the way, I spotted a large black item speedily approaching. After careful contemplation, I decided to not dispatch it with my Lesche, but photograph for later identification. Any help would be appreciated on its identity. When I arrived home and started cleaning the hotel check, I could faintly make out the words, “Teller House, No. 28” This could be a very good find. The Teller was built in 1872, and has a famous history in Central City. President Grant once stayed there and the citizens of Central City decided to place large silver bars in front of the entrance to impress him with the immense mining going on in their town. No tokens, no silver, but a unique piece of Colorado history.
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The other finds are great too!
dont think i woulda kept it... 
I envy your hunting territory out there! Beautiful country! 
