Nana40
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US Lock, a Bit of Silver and Skippin' Stones.
What a beautiful week here in Alabama. Tuesday I went back to the site where I found the wedding ring last week. While hunting for the ring, I had gotten several beeps that sounded good, but didn't dig because I was looking for something that was on top of the ground. And to save time, I didn't dig them that day.
Ended up finding three wheats, the little bird thing, (second one I've found) the reed, two toe taps , a US lock and a bucket of junque that's not listed. I was thrilled with the lock!
And I have a question on the toe taps. This may be a really, REALLY dumb question, but I don't know and would like to. 
As far as I know, the place where I hunted that day only served as a site for enlistment for the Civil War. I've only ever found one era bullet there and nothing else to speak of military wise. My question is, were toe taps exclusive to the military or did civilians wear them as well?
Wednesday Lisa and I went to a new site. Had high hopes for this place but turned out to be very difficult to hunt as the house had been torn down and everything scattered EVERYWHERE! Three hours of constant beeps and nothing to show for it except a 1941 mercury dime that was sitting on top of this little pedestal of dirt waiting for me to pick it up, and a marble....oh....and a tax token. The sun was hot and we needed a break. Took off down a dirt road and stopped at the creek. Just heaven there. A nice gentle breeze and the water streaming across the flat rocks. I tell ya, if that water had been a tad warmer, I would have found myself jumping in for a dip. 
Today we went in search for yet another old site. We did find it, but again, the dirt had been moved and where the house was standing was too overgrown to get into. Found a bunch of stuff, but not much in keepers. I did find a little tag of some sort, but left it in the truck and didn't take a picture of it. Walked down the road a bit to find a different site but only came back with a broken arrowhead and a piece of flint...... Went back to the creek.
Skipped a few rocks for ya! When's the last time you skipped a rock? Takes me back....I love it....(sorry bout the jiggly camera, but it's difficult to skip a rock and hold the camera at the same time.)
Ended the day with a quick stop by a cemetery that was nearby. The oldest stone that I saw was a gentleman that was born in 1784. Said he came to Alabama via South Carolina and lived to be 85 years old. Can you imagine what life must have been like for him? I wonder if he enjoyed that shady creek too?
My finds for the week.......
Have a great weekend!!!!
Nana
What a beautiful week here in Alabama. Tuesday I went back to the site where I found the wedding ring last week. While hunting for the ring, I had gotten several beeps that sounded good, but didn't dig because I was looking for something that was on top of the ground. And to save time, I didn't dig them that day.
Ended up finding three wheats, the little bird thing, (second one I've found) the reed, two toe taps , a US lock and a bucket of junque that's not listed. I was thrilled with the lock!
And I have a question on the toe taps. This may be a really, REALLY dumb question, but I don't know and would like to. As far as I know, the place where I hunted that day only served as a site for enlistment for the Civil War. I've only ever found one era bullet there and nothing else to speak of military wise. My question is, were toe taps exclusive to the military or did civilians wear them as well? Wednesday Lisa and I went to a new site. Had high hopes for this place but turned out to be very difficult to hunt as the house had been torn down and everything scattered EVERYWHERE! Three hours of constant beeps and nothing to show for it except a 1941 mercury dime that was sitting on top of this little pedestal of dirt waiting for me to pick it up, and a marble....oh....and a tax token.
The sun was hot and we needed a break. Took off down a dirt road and stopped at the creek. Just heaven there. A nice gentle breeze and the water streaming across the flat rocks. I tell ya, if that water had been a tad warmer, I would have found myself jumping in for a dip.
Today we went in search for yet another old site. We did find it, but again, the dirt had been moved and where the house was standing was too overgrown to get into. Found a bunch of stuff, but not much in keepers. I did find a little tag of some sort, but left it in the truck and didn't take a picture of it. Walked down the road a bit to find a different site but only came back with a broken arrowhead and a piece of flint...... Went back to the creek.
Skipped a few rocks for ya! When's the last time you skipped a rock? Takes me back....I love it....(sorry bout the jiggly camera, but it's difficult to skip a rock and hold the camera at the same time.)
Ended the day with a quick stop by a cemetery that was nearby. The oldest stone that I saw was a gentleman that was born in 1784. Said he came to Alabama via South Carolina and lived to be 85 years old. Can you imagine what life must have been like for him? I wonder if he enjoyed that shady creek too?
My finds for the week.......
Have a great weekend!!!!
Nana
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Great post and pics...love the lock!
One of our CW historians I'm sure will chime in on this.
Nice pics and love the lock. Got cold back up here in Ohio again....... what a crazy place to live as far as the weather. No flowers yet. The daffodils are trying to come up but a little late this year
