Troy OZ found at an old mine shaft.

tinpan · Dec 13, 2008

Hi all, Went to local mine dump area.Near a shallow lead mine called The EBLA i found a few miners relics.Sorry no gold but i quite happy with the finds.These include a few penny-pot ink wells, a sailors button, and a square troy oz.Not a single coin either.Wasn,t sure what i dug until i got home a gave a good clean with a wire brass brush and water.

tinpan

Jimmy(PA) · Dec 13, 2008

Wow nice find, is that an ouce of lead or silver?

pegleglooker · Dec 14, 2008

Could it be a counterweight for gold or silver ??

PLL

starwarsblazer · Dec 14, 2008

Love the troy oz. Nice finds!

Bavaria Mike · Dec 14, 2008

Weights are a favorite of mine to find! Now you can weigh up that gold you found. The ink wells are cool. Nice hunt and finds. HH, Mike

seger98 · Dec 14, 2008

That's an awesome find, I love detecting in Arizona at the old mines!

stormfighter · Dec 14, 2008

VERY COOL!!

mikewaz · Dec 14, 2008

Nice finds Tinpan!
Lot of history behind those.
Mike

PBK · Dec 14, 2008

There you go, throwing your weight around again!

Great find, Tin! :thumbsup:

BuckleBoy · Dec 14, 2008

Jimmy(PA) said:
Wow nice find, is that an ouce of lead or silver?

Could be an ounce of Talcum. :P

PBK · Dec 14, 2008

BuckleBoy said:
Could be an ounce of Talcum. :P

A bit of talcum
Is always walcum.

— Ogden Nash

BuckleBoy · Dec 14, 2008

Could be an ounce of OLEO, too. :wink:

utah hunter · Dec 14, 2008

It does have a silver look, what color was the corrosion? Very cool find...Ryan

Mike_of_Tenn · Dec 14, 2008

Very cool! Congrats! :thumbsup:

Mike

crazyjarhead · Dec 15, 2008

Thats a sweet find..... and it's already melted down for you :icon_sunny:

Johnny Ringo Silver · Dec 15, 2008

I thought it was a weight block for measurements. Am I thinking wrong on this? I would love to add things like that to my collection.
The ground around the digging tool looks to be all silt. Do you work any of that or just detect? 8)