Do you bring home non-coin treasures too?

[Pyledriver]

Just wondering if y'all think like me.. As I shakedown these old homesites I find that my collection of interesting stuff grows even when my metal detecting (coin) finds are sparse. So far I have several nice old Coke bottles, some various smaller but cool bottles and vials, an old marble, a couple tools, an old license plate, and if I wanted, a set of model T wheels, a bunch of cool old hurricane fence and I'm not sure what else! Also by the ton are the old oil cans and various pulleys, gears and whatnot that I haven't decided if I want or not. Part of the reason for not dragging all this stuff home is that my garage already looks like a bomb went off! LOL.. I'd like to keep all that stuff but I'm just not sure what I can DO with all the cool relics I run across? What do you guys do with yours?

 

[Pyledriver]

n/t

 

[waltripcrew]

What no pictures of these artifacts. I too have more than my share of odds and ends from my trips into the country.

 

[Beale]

I bring home non coin items all the time. I have 2 big jars full of all kinds of stuff. Heck sometimes I like that stuff better than the clad, Beale.

 

[baggins]

Are you kidding?? I bring home EVERYTHING!! You never know when you may need it, or may be able to sell it! PACKRATS UNITE!!

Baggins

 

[TURNMASTER]

Iron I throw away, Not enough volume to worry about scrapping, Aluminum, Brass and Copper go in a bucket for when I have enough to haul to the scrap yard, If I was finding 1000 lbs of steel I would take it in. It would pay for gas any how.

Model T wheels? Why would you leave those behind, Oh ya the garage. They do have value.

Jeff

 

[pescadore]

When my kids were younger, they met me at the door when I came home wanting to know if I found them any Hot Wheels !!!

 

[Mtnmn]

I find all kinds of over 100 year old logging era artifacts and the more interesting ones always come home with me, same for any pre-1900 silverware. One of my favorite finds is what may be a conductor's cuff link which has a picture of a very early era locomotive molded into it.

 

[Pyledriver]

The model T wheels are from the chassis that was converted into a hay wagon. They're intact and have rubber on them and all. It's gonna be a chore to get them off and then hauled out of there...and I don't want them except for whatever value they may have if I sold them. So far I haven't spent much time trying to figure out how much they're worth and-more importantly-who will buy them. So they sit there a bit longer! Compounding the issue is that I haven't been out there except a few times this fall because it keeps raining! This !@#$$T^$!#$^**&())*&^%$ rain (and now snow) is incessant and the field is so muddy I don't want to even think about walking through it. I really don't know how it must've been 'back in the day' when people had to go in and out regularly!

 

[Dirt Poor]

I bring other stuff home. If it's good, it goes home with me.