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Advice for Relic Hunting
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Uncle Willy
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The date nails are collector items. Levi hasn't used rivets since Hector was a pup and they ain't been in Frisco for many moons. They originally moved to the island of Saipan but think they are in Viet Nam now.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
I raised Hector from a pup. 
Bill
Bill
You sure got some nice finds there. I bet that mason jar got your ticker ticking 
I hope you checked the hole with the Mason Jar real good.
Here' a quick cache story. My Dad and his brothers were General Contractors and built a lot of McDonalds restaurants here in NY. They were demolishing a house on a site and found a mason jar in the rafters with 150 plus silver dollars in it. They sat around their office until silver hit that crazy price in 79 or 80 when I saw the jar on a shelf until one day I made mention that there was a kiosk at the mall that was paying somewhere around 30 or 35 bucks a piece for them. I was a teenager and as I recall my cut for my good advice was zip. I think we did have a clam bake with some of the proceeds.
I asked many times during my early collecting days to dig through that jar and pick out a few but was never allowed to do it. My father often told me my coin collecting hobby was just a passing fad. It's been 35 years Pop, can I please look through the jar? Sure wish they were still floating around.
Chris
Here' a quick cache story. My Dad and his brothers were General Contractors and built a lot of McDonalds restaurants here in NY. They were demolishing a house on a site and found a mason jar in the rafters with 150 plus silver dollars in it. They sat around their office until silver hit that crazy price in 79 or 80 when I saw the jar on a shelf until one day I made mention that there was a kiosk at the mall that was paying somewhere around 30 or 35 bucks a piece for them. I was a teenager and as I recall my cut for my good advice was zip. I think we did have a clam bake with some of the proceeds.
I asked many times during my early collecting days to dig through that jar and pick out a few but was never allowed to do it. My father often told me my coin collecting hobby was just a passing fad. It's been 35 years Pop, can I please look through the jar? Sure wish they were still floating around.
Chris
[quote John-Edmonton]You sure got some nice finds there. I bet that mason jar got your ticker ticking [/quote][quote cwilk]I hope you checked the hole with the Mason Jar real good.
Here' a quick cache story. My Dad and his brothers were General Contractors and built a lot of McDonalds restaurants here in NY. They were demolishing a house on a site and found a mason jar in the rafters with 150 plus silver dollars in it. They sat around their office until silver hit that crazy price in 79 or 80 when I saw the jar on a shelf until one day I made mention that there was a kiosk at the mall that was paying somewhere around 30 or 35 bucks a piece for them. I was a teenager and as I recall my cut for my good advice was zip. I think we did have a clam bake with some of the proceeds.
I asked many times during my early collecting days to dig through that jar and pick out a few but was never allowed to do it. My father often told me my coin collecting hobby was just a passing fad. It's been 35 years Pop, can I please look through the jar? Sure wish they were still floating around.
Chris[/quote]As you can see form the picture the lid was facing upside down. I've dug enough bottles to know that it was a zinc top as soon as I saw the porcelain lid. I scanned and re-scanned the area. I am also doing a grid using the trees. If there is a jar of coins minus a lid I'll find it. I fell asleep last night dreaming about a jar of coins. PS, I am the only MDer on this site. It was originally part of a huge Spanish land grant.
[/quote][quote cwilk]I hope you checked the hole with the Mason Jar real good.Here' a quick cache story. My Dad and his brothers were General Contractors and built a lot of McDonalds restaurants here in NY. They were demolishing a house on a site and found a mason jar in the rafters with 150 plus silver dollars in it. They sat around their office until silver hit that crazy price in 79 or 80 when I saw the jar on a shelf until one day I made mention that there was a kiosk at the mall that was paying somewhere around 30 or 35 bucks a piece for them. I was a teenager and as I recall my cut for my good advice was zip. I think we did have a clam bake with some of the proceeds.
I asked many times during my early collecting days to dig through that jar and pick out a few but was never allowed to do it. My father often told me my coin collecting hobby was just a passing fad. It's been 35 years Pop, can I please look through the jar? Sure wish they were still floating around.
Chris[/quote]As you can see form the picture the lid was facing upside down. I've dug enough bottles to know that it was a zinc top as soon as I saw the porcelain lid. I scanned and re-scanned the area. I am also doing a grid using the trees. If there is a jar of coins minus a lid I'll find it. I fell asleep last night dreaming about a jar of coins. PS, I am the only MDer on this site. It was originally part of a huge Spanish land grant.
John 'n' W.Va
Active member
I don't mention it much, but I find those jars all the time. It get my heart racing every time. I'll find that cache someday!!
lordmarcovan
New member
Very sound advice. I seldom throw stuff away unless it is OBVIOUSLY trash.
There is "trash", which I throw away, and there is "junk", which I have a special drawer for (much to ladymarcovan's disgust).
And then there's "junque", which is junk with an added coolness or mystery factor.
One time I had this little tubular brass whatzit in my "junque" drawer that had me baffled. Years later, I discovered it was a rammer guide (or whateveryoucallit) from a mid-1700s British Brown Bess musket (or similar flintlock). In other words, one of the pieces that the ramrod slid down into. By the time I figgered out what it was, I had long forgotten where I'd found the thing, though I still had it in the drawer.
Another "whatzit" in my drawer proved to have VERY interesting possibilities, indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't have sold it for twenty bucks, huh? But at the time, it was just a "whatzit" to me.
There is "trash", which I throw away, and there is "junk", which I have a special drawer for (much to ladymarcovan's disgust).
And then there's "junque", which is junk with an added coolness or mystery factor.
One time I had this little tubular brass whatzit in my "junque" drawer that had me baffled. Years later, I discovered it was a rammer guide (or whateveryoucallit) from a mid-1700s British Brown Bess musket (or similar flintlock). In other words, one of the pieces that the ramrod slid down into. By the time I figgered out what it was, I had long forgotten where I'd found the thing, though I still had it in the drawer.
Another "whatzit" in my drawer proved to have VERY interesting possibilities, indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't have sold it for twenty bucks, huh? But at the time, it was just a "whatzit" to me.
[quote lordmarcovan]Very sound advice. I seldom throw stuff away unless it is OBVIOUSLY trash.
There is "trash", which I throw away, and there is "junk", which I have a special drawer for (much to ladymarcovan's disgust).
And then there's "junque", which is junk with an added coolness or mystery factor.
One time I had this little tubular brass whatzit in my "junque" drawer that had me baffled. Years later, I discovered it was a rammer guide (or whateveryoucallit) from a mid-1700s British Brown Bess musket (or similar flintlock). In other words, one of the pieces that the ramrod slid down into. By the time I figgered out what it was, I had long forgotten where I'd found the thing, though I still had it in the drawer.
Another "whatzit" in my drawer proved to have VERY interesting possibilities, indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't have sold it for twenty bucks, huh? But at the time, it was just a "whatzit" to me.[/quote]Nice find LM. Probanly was worth a fortune.LOL. Something like that I would have loaned to them.
There is "trash", which I throw away, and there is "junk", which I have a special drawer for (much to ladymarcovan's disgust).
And then there's "junque", which is junk with an added coolness or mystery factor.
One time I had this little tubular brass whatzit in my "junque" drawer that had me baffled. Years later, I discovered it was a rammer guide (or whateveryoucallit) from a mid-1700s British Brown Bess musket (or similar flintlock). In other words, one of the pieces that the ramrod slid down into. By the time I figgered out what it was, I had long forgotten where I'd found the thing, though I still had it in the drawer.
Another "whatzit" in my drawer proved to have VERY interesting possibilities, indeed.
Maybe I shouldn't have sold it for twenty bucks, huh? But at the time, it was just a "whatzit" to me.[/quote]Nice find LM. Probanly was worth a fortune.LOL. Something like that I would have loaned to them.
treasurefiend
New member
True story. When I was 10 or 12 we moved into a new apartment, right next door was a vacant lot. As time pased I made friends with the local kids. One day we were walking and playing in the field. I found part old a $20 bill. I though I was rich, I rushed to show my buds and they didn't seem to care. I guess an old house used to be on the lot and burned to the ground years and years eairlier. The owners didn't beleave in banks, so they buried all of there money in a mason jar in the back yard. After the fire the never dug up there money. Sometime later a bulldozer leveled the house and in the process smashed the jar. I told my mom and dad about what I found, and the rest of the summer we spent all of our free time collecting money. We had close to $3,000 so we took it to the bank to cash it in for new money. But the bank said that they needed both sets of serial #'s (most of what we had was 1/2 of the bill), the most we found was a $50 3/4 intact and the bank gave us a new $50 bill. But it was fun sifting through the dirt and pulling out paper money!!!!
Neil in West Jersey
New member
I dug this small copper piece in a wooded area last September. I almost threw it out, but when I got home and looked a little closer I noticed the hand engraving on both sides. If you look carefully, there are the initials H.V.B. engraved on the top.
After a little research I found the property was once owned by the Bates family, from about 1680 until the 1800's. In fact, William Bates came to New Jersey along with Mark Newby (famous for the St. Patrick Coppers) on the same ship from Ireland.
Hannah Bates (H.V.B.?) was born around 1712 on or nearby the site, and was married in 1730, which leads me to believe that the piece predates 1730. I have no idea what it is, but to find someone's personal affects from the 18th century is amazing to me. I would consider it one of my best finds for 2007. And to think, I almost tossed it in the trash!
After a little research I found the property was once owned by the Bates family, from about 1680 until the 1800's. In fact, William Bates came to New Jersey along with Mark Newby (famous for the St. Patrick Coppers) on the same ship from Ireland.
Hannah Bates (H.V.B.?) was born around 1712 on or nearby the site, and was married in 1730, which leads me to believe that the piece predates 1730. I have no idea what it is, but to find someone's personal affects from the 18th century is amazing to me. I would consider it one of my best finds for 2007. And to think, I almost tossed it in the trash!