Another hill to climb.......................I clumb it.............:blink:

[tabdog]

Decided to go back to my friend's house where I found the mini ball.

There is a hill behind his house that over looks a historic river crossing
that was used before there were any bridges across the river.

The place is crawling with ticks. I used I sprayed deat all over. Even in
my right eye....... OooOHu...........That hurts......

His house is in the lower right and next to the highway. What you can't
see is how steep it is going up the hill. I didn't even try to detect on the
way up the hill. I would just go a little way and rest until I got to the top.

At the top, I found a very old boiler. I believe it was for a steam engine.
There was never a track up there that I know of. Probably not for a
locomotive.

Notice the old rock work to the left of the boiler.

There is a flat place just above the boiler. That place has a commanding
view of the old river crossing. It's less than 400 yards to the river. A
body of men could be decimated by artillery at this place.

I always wondered why the Yankees went down river to cross, and
then marched back up the river under fire.

That was a good move by the Yankees. I always thought it was dumb.
But not any more.

The boiler and remnants of old roads are not visible to me in the aerial
photo. But they are there.

Here's my hunting buddy. He's kinda camera shy.

I came across some things that I don't know what they are. Brass
sprayers...... I found about five of them.
A number " 5 " lead weight..Looks kind of like a plumb-bob.
A 10 gauge shot gun shell casing. A 45 cal bullet.. Broken iron things.
Old square nails. One split. Melted lead. A really cool old gas valve.

Anything I forgot?? Here's what I made it home with.

I hunted 3 1/2 hours with my Compadre. It was trashy with lots of iron.

I cleaned up some of the stuff.

Here's the other side of the brass sprayer thing with little holes in it.

I've pulled 4 tics off so far.

HH,

 

[trueblue]

Interesting finds , sounds like ya had a great day if not for ticks

 

[ironpit]

Sorry to say it but that deat in the eye made me LOL.
That climb shows your passion to detect but don't end
up in the hospital.
But if you detect it and post it I will look.
I enjoy not only the pics but also the stories.

 

[tabdog]

I've never seen a gas valve that hooked up to a pipe that big.

Also, I cleaned the inside and the hole is very small.

I thought it was just dirt at first, but I cleaned it until I was
scraping brass.

The hole is too small for it to be a natural gas valve.

It would have to be gas under pressure, like on a steam
pressure boiler.

Those boilers are for driving engines. Steam engines.

Those brass nozzles may have come from the same boiler.

Just thinkin,,,,

HH,