Weekend of firsts from new Craigslist found site!! PT.1

[Baggins]

This may take several posts to put up the pics because I am not good at resizing! This past weekend I finally got around to making contact with a reply I had to a Craigslist ad to hunt some old property....We first hit an abandoned house, where I dug a brass wedding ring, and what appears to be a brass spoon that has MED DEPT USA on the handle....any idea on age? After an hour or so there, we went to his parent's property, that had a couple of house sites at one time, and a stage coach stop somewhere close.....the first day of hunting I had found a license plate from 1934, and a couple of buttons....by the large oak in the front yard I found the old Hubley toy plane, and a '41 Merc, about 7 inches down(the soil here is like sugar sand...very easy to dig)...also found a harmonica reed, and various other items such as horse tack, a house number(which turned out to be a number off of a telegraph pole), an old condom tin lid, and then towards the end of the day, I found one of my best finds, tucked back in some pines, I dug a brass heart heel plate! The plate is in excellent condition, and now off the wish list! I hunted of course into the nite, and my last two items ended up being a couple of baggage tags...we are thinking from the stage coach stop we are trying to find, since there is no railroad anywhere near the town....The hunting would only get better the following day....
Baggins

 

[phantomfinder]

Very cool , WTG

 

[Burdie]

Great finds Baggins.

Burdie

 

[Kanyontreasures]

neat finds

 

[Deepdiger60]

Great finds i love those heel plates i only have found 1 so far on a old farm plantation from mid 1850,s here near my home the back of mine has a 2 on it . HH Jim

 

[Baggins]

No number on mine, but I was stoked to have finally found one!
Baggins

 

[GopherDaGold]

Love that plane!! Worth a few bucks too!

 

[Baggins]

Love that plane!! Worth a few bucks too!

Any idea on age? You can even still read the sticker on the wing!
Baggins

 

[extractor]

congrats! that site is ripe for the digs

 

[thrillathahunt]

The plane is a P-40 Warhawk WW2 plane. It is in very good shape!

 

[twistidd]

Nice shield nickel!

Joe

 

[SkyPirate]

what are the dimensions on the plane?

 

[oddcoins]

WOW ~ that toy airplane is AWESOME!!! Very exciting! CONGRAT'S!!

 

[pepperj]

Airplane and a heel plate, now that's a great hunt for cool finds.
I got one that was in great condition.

 

[Baggins]

what are the dimensions on the plane?

I would say the wingspan is almost 8.5" and about 8" long....it is pretty big , and was about 5" down....I was surprised as to what good condition it was still in, and my friend said it wasn't his toy as a kid, and he had lived there since the '70s...Like he said, there were two other house sites that were on that property when they bought it....
Baggins

 

[Tin Nugget]

Sweeeeet spot there Sean. Looks like you can be hunting those spots a long time. Great finds.

 

[goldnugget]

I liked the Plane and may try Craigslist also. I usually get a phone number off of the Real Estate sign and usually they are very friendly

 

[Baggins]

Hey Goldnugget, that works pretty well too!
Baggins

 

[racer117]

This may take several posts to put up the pics because I am not good at resizing! This past weekend I finally got around to making contact with a reply I had to a Craigslist ad to hunt some old property....We first hit an abandoned house, where I dug a brass wedding ring, and what appears to be a brass spoon that has MED DEPT USA on the handle....any idea on age? After an hour or so there, we went to his parent's property, that had a couple of house sites at one time, and a stage coach stop somewhere close.....the first day of hunting I had found a license plate from 1934, and a couple of buttons....by the large oak in the front yard I found the old Hubley toy plane, and a '41 Merc, about 7 inches down(the soil here is like sugar sand...very easy to dig)...also found a harmonica reed, and various other items such as horse tack, a house number, an old condom tin lid, and then towards the end of the day, I found one of my best finds, tucked back in some pines, I dug a brass heart heel plate! The plate is in excellent condition, and now off the wish list! I hunted of course into the nite, and my last two items ended up being a couple of baggage tags...we are thinking from the stage coach stop we are trying to find, since there is no railroad anywhere near the town....The hunting would only get better the following day....
Baggins www.utahseaplaneadventures.com/vintageaircrafttoys/models.html plane.... Great find!

 

[GopherDaGold]

I saw a couple planes on eBay that looked just like yours with the same dimensions. Unfortunately I can't upload any pics while at work but several of them looked to be in the same condition as yours. They weren't going for tons of money but they were selling and are quite collectible.
Probably manufactured in the late 40's or early 50's.
I think I would keep it.