William-NM
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I decided to hunt another area that had been mentioned in old newspapers as a picnic site, near the semi-ghost town of Pinos Altos. It's still in use as a campground and turned out to be very trashy with tons of flat rusted bottlecaps, bullets, campfire aluminum, etc. I dug 65 coins, just one lonely Wheatie, a 1951 D, the rest was all modern, though a lot of early 60s to mid 70s pennies.
I did find an early firewood splitting wedge, horseshoe, slaymaker padlock, can opener, and modern nail clipper.
Even the religious cross was aluminum, though it seems to fascinate the pagan-looking figure that I found!
Oh, I also salvaged a small cooler from the creek, which cleaned up well and is nice, as I was about to buy one to keep my lunches cool for those ghost town trips, and also brought home a bag of recycling, including a fair amount of copper fittings & pipe ($2.30/pound - enough to pay for the gas). A skimpy hunt, but a gorgeous day and setting. I'll give it another shot sometime, maybe my cleanup will help unearth some better finds.
Thanks for looking and luck in the hunt!!
I did find an early firewood splitting wedge, horseshoe, slaymaker padlock, can opener, and modern nail clipper.
Even the religious cross was aluminum, though it seems to fascinate the pagan-looking figure that I found!
Oh, I also salvaged a small cooler from the creek, which cleaned up well and is nice, as I was about to buy one to keep my lunches cool for those ghost town trips, and also brought home a bag of recycling, including a fair amount of copper fittings & pipe ($2.30/pound - enough to pay for the gas). A skimpy hunt, but a gorgeous day and setting. I'll give it another shot sometime, maybe my cleanup will help unearth some better finds.
Thanks for looking and luck in the hunt!!
It's probably worth another try.