What useful items have you dug up?

[Plumbata]

Small antique crocks and cottage cheese jars as pencil holders, and I've dug more than a few brass hitter-pipes that my longhair friends say work as good as new!

 

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[bologna321]

Small antique crocks and cottage cheese jars as pencil holders, and I've dug more than a few brass hitter-pipes that my longhair friends say work as good as new!

I think I found one of those last year, took me forever to figure out what it was

 

[Rookster]

Double blade axe.

 

[villagenut]

Dug this 30 years back. It was dark tarnished at the time but not an old loss....but it did make for a handy key holder ever since.....and it has gotten a lot shinier.

 

[digger27]

I have found lots of useful things.
This gold ring is one of the few I kept for myself.


Earphones, I have come across a few.



Plus an adapter plug...still works.



Knives, they seem to be everywhere and some are in pretty great shape.




Lighters are always useful, I have found a lot of empty Bics and other cheap lighters but I have found a lot that still had juice in them.
I have also found some great other great lighters, a treasure I just love to find.
This is a cheap one that is popular and it still lit when I found it.





This one is a Zippo that I will eventually send in, they will get it working for me again.




Here is probably the oddest but still coolest useful item I dug up.
It was in a park so I was surprised when it popped up. but the area once had houses at one time.
This is an old, brass, nautical letter opener.
Looks great after I cleaned it and it looks great even though bent a little and I am leaving it that way because I think it gives it character".

 

[aa battery]

My wife.

 

[chub]

My wife.

was she useful before or after you dug her up?

chub