There aint no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

[Michigan Badger]

There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Nope...ain't no hole. Well as far as I can see at this point.

I haven't posted in a long time mainly because I hunt lumber camps and other historic sites in northern Michigan and I figure there's little interest in these types of finds.

But I have been digging a good number of Indian cents too. Nothing outstanding like what I'm seeing posted here these days.

But, I'll make this an exception.

I was working one of my better lumber camp sites today. It's now a rundown modern residence but I have permission to hunt the entire property. Back in the 1890's the lumberjacks lived at this location and did some of their blacksmith work here for the great lumber baron David Ward. I've even dug meal tokens here with Ward's name on them.

This is an old bucket and I plan to restore it and it will eventually end up in my office as a magazine holder.

The little dogie was found about 7 inches deep on my way to the hunting site. It looks like an early game piece? It's about the size of a penny.

The round tin in the last picture has something heavy inside. Any ideas on how to open it without killing what might be inside?

Thanks for your time.

Badger

 

[Natman]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

If there's history found, I'm interested!

The dog may be from a Monopoly game, our original set has one that looks like it..these pieces seem to be found around here alot, I've found 2 Monopoly pieces so far, the miniature battleship and thimble.

Nat

 

[dave-enc]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

cool finds badger wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

"There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza"

No need to fix it dear Badger, dear Badger, dear Badger
No need to fix it dear Badger, dear Badger, don't fix it.

Makes the song a bit short.
http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=10300


Neat find.

have a good un...
SHERMANVILLE

 

[lumbercamp]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

You can post any or all of your finds from your lumber camp digs. It's interesting to see if the artifacts are the same that the lumbermen used in Michigan as compared to Penna. You would be surprised at how many other detectorists are interest in iron items.

 

[kevo]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Looks like the dog from the Monopoly game!

 

[piggman1]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

That's a cool bucket, all you find around here are rusted out. Keep the post coming.

 

[TeddyB1967]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

You can post any or all of your finds from your lumber camp digs. It's interesting to see if the artifacts are the same that the lumbermen used in Michigan as compared to Penna. You would be surprised at how many other detectorists are interest in iron items.

I agree, POST your finds. There's enough that ARE intered in seeing them, those that are not dont have to look

 

[Boobydoo]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Have someone else open it then "you" won't damage it

Hope it's a Full Eagle gold coin Badger,
that would be cool and I can't think of another that would be more deserving.

Cool post, enjoyed reading. Keep em coming, good luck!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[Nana40]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Post it all, Badger! We wanna see!

That bucket is in GREAT shape! Nice little doggie too!

Nana

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

When did you get the GT? I like the look of it.

 

[Postalrevnant]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Hey Badger,

Great to see you again man!! Hey I look forward to all of you posts. You always seem to have something very interesting to show when you make posts. For that matter I definately like your posts in the other sections of Tnet. You DEFINATELY had a lot of great advice that helped me out when I began detecting.

Postalrevnant

 

[UnEarthed72]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Neat finds

The dog looks like lead..is it heavier..than the modern monopoly pieces?

 

[ashleen]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

That's a neat old bucket!
wd-40 (or something) that tin....i want to see what's inside

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

You can post any or all of your finds from your lumber camp digs. It's interesting to see if the artifacts are the same that the lumbermen used in Michigan as compared to Penna. You would be surprised at how many other detectorists are interest in iron items.

I agree, POST your finds. There's enough that ARE intered in seeing them, those that are not dont have to look

I agree. Finding an Indian Cent will never get old for me. i just think they're cool.

Buckleboy

 

[trikikiwi]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Very nice finds badger
and

That little tin could hold a Merry surprise

I think I know what SWR thinks it is
especially if 3 Merry Widows is the answer
Cheers, Mike

 

[doozis]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Please keep posting your finds , I love the old non coin stuff too.
I would take that Tin to every coin and antique collector I could find
and see if they might know what it is before I opened it. Would love
to know what it is.
Keep us posted

Doozis

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Badger, I agree, I'd love to see all the finds from the old lumber camp, please don't deny us.

What about soaking the tin in some Coke to see if it will loosen up the rusty crusty enough where it will open?

Great group of finds!

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

Love the bucket....plant some flowers in it ! The dog is cool and the little tin....OPEN IT!

 

[au4me]

Re: There ain't no hole in the bucket, Dear Liza, dear Liza

I want to see all your find"s!