Ya know its not a banner day

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know it's not a banner day

....when your best find is the top part of an old padlock.

Anyway, was a nice stroll around the mansion, (always is).




The "safety" switch for a flintlock, right?








Can't ALL be banner days, now can they. LOL

Thanks for peeking.

 

[Subterranean]

Nice lock part! I shall now dub thee, "Sir Whadi Shortshank." It bet that brass piece lit up you ATPro! Let me guess, mid 70's? Sub

 

[BigWaveDave]

Cool... The padlock part has some detail. The buckle looks To be from a pet collar?

 

[WHADIFIND]

Nice lock part! I shall now dub thee, "Sir Whadi Shortshank." It bet that brass piece lit up you ATPro! Let me guess, mid 70's? Sub

Solid, deep 74!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Cool... The padlock part has some detail. The buckle looks To be from a pet collar?

Yeah, the padlock part says, YALE & TOWN MFG CO and STAMFORD CONN Kinda neat, but.....well you know.

 

[against the wind]

Nice variety, , you just never know what you are going to get.
Congrats

 

[relic nut]

Glad you got out. Now go find the rest of that lock[emoji13]

HH, Relic Nut

 

[Old Dude]

It isn't like banner finds are something most want to be associated with right now anyway, right? I think all we honest detectorists have had days like that.

 

[WHADIFIND]

It isn't like banner finds are something most want to be associated with right now anyway, right? I think all we honest detectorists have had days like that.

I use the term exceedingly loosely and have always been that way. My "banners" are internal, never needed a site to validate something to me.

 

[Loco-Digger]

As soon as I saw your finds, I just knew you went back to the Mansion. After I read your post I found out I was right. I sometimes go back to an older pounded site when I have limited time to hunt, otherwise I'm looking for another new permission. Congrats on eking out a few more targets from the Mansion. I think you just like the inner peace you find at the mansion more that what you dig there. .

 

[WHADIFIND]

As soon as I saw your finds, I just knew you went back to the Mansion. After I read your post I found out I was right. I sometimes go back to an older pounded site when I have limited time to hunt, otherwise I'm looking for another new permission. Congrats on eking out a few more targets from the Mansion. I think you just like the inner peace you find at the mansion more that what you dig there. .

Imagine taking a stroll and every time you look up, it's like you're back in time. It is BEEyootifull!

I don't go there to "find" anymore.

Thanks!

 

[DigIron2]

The buckle isn't a bad little find. More then I can say on my last outing yesterday, Got skunked again with a grocery bag full of slaw and junk iron. The only thing I found that had any old significance was a old rivet with a little leather still attached. But it still felt good to get out. Maybe that coin or piece will come along on the next one--HH

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on your finds and getting out

 

[Old Dude]

"Maybe that coin or piece will come along on the next one--HH"...our dreams hinge on that belief.

 

[cjon455]

Great weather, detecting, couple finds, not at work, =banner for me!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice relic hunt, despite fishy and blingie's responses!

 

[jeff of pa]

looks like a Good Hunt again !
I'm getting used to those one find days for the last 2 years.

I think it comes with hunting the same spots over & over

 

[Scrappy]

Ya know it's not a banner day

Nice safety switch buddy. I'm not 100% positive but that sure looks like the first shotgun shell ever made

Hey, you go out so that's what counts. I haven't been out since Monday;(

 

[patiodadio]

Ha, I found the same Peters Victor shot shell yesterday. I think they were made from 1910 to 1920's.

 

[Blueblood]

Relics are relics. I enjoy looking up the history on digs just as much as finding coins or other nectar. I have quite a collection of those old shot gun shells. I am thinking about arranging a ton of them in a shadow box to display some day.