Following them Bulldozers Again.......:blink:

[tabdog]

After all the morning activity, I flopped down on the bed and didn't get back up til 11:00 am.

It was so late I decided to hunt the old house site down the old highway. I found it where they
cleared for a sub-division.

The pile of debris under the Magnolia tree is where a house used to be.

This site has ground that ranges from so positive that the GB has to be set almost all the way
positive, to more than one revolution in the other direction. I can walk 40' and it may change
that much. I have to constantly re-set the GB while hunting.

But!!!!!!!!! My Vaquero managed to pull a 1945 wheat penny from at least 6" in the ground.

Also I found a button with an anchor on it at about 4" or 5".

Can any one ID that button?

I found these pieces. They look like brass. I don't know if the oval things have anything to do with
the round tube with a loop on it. They were found close together. There are three oval things, and
each one says " K 20 " on it and have different size holes of the same shape.

There were five of those round brass tubes, but all but one were crushed. I cleaned these with a
wire brush on a 6" grinder.

Here you can see some more stuff I cleaned up a little.

I could not find the Cadillac that fits that key.............

I think the round thing is a brass bell plated with chrome or nickle maybe,,,,

But it looks like one of those bells that used to be on old telephones.

Below the bell is part of an old toy car.

Below the toy car piece is a copper looking thing that says " Ford " on it.

Here is a look at some of the finds before I cleaned the chosen ones.
I got a few " alien rocks " and a big chain.........

Hope you enjoyed my old home site hunt.....

HH,

 

[tabdog]

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[echostar61]

Very Nice Finds TD

Terri

 

[coinnut]

Amazing how much would have been lost due to them bulldozers!!!:veryangry: I always have a tough time when a lot is torn up like that. Can't seem to get the machine to cooperate with that disturbed soil. Maybe it's the operator. Great hunt and quite a few finds there Tabdog.

 

[Magyar]

Great post, Tabdog..and terrific finds....I like that telephone bell...

Very interesting hunt! Thanks for the post

 

[Rick(ND)]

This is one of the points for the magneto for the Model T and maybe the A also. I understand there was 4 of them as one for each cylinder and can be replaced easily. These are fun to find as it is a part of history.

 

[tabdog]

Wow, Thanks for the info:

This is one of the points for the magneto for the Model T and maybe the A also.
I understand there was 4 of them as one for each cylinder and can be replaced easily.
These are fun to find as it is a part of history.


I'm glad I decided to clean it up instead of throwing it away.
I didn't see the " Ford " printing until I cleaned it up.
It just looked like trash.

That is one of the older objects I've found there.

Those brass sword pieces and the bell look like trash also.
I guess they are. But to me they are a nice piece of history.
I threw too many things away in the past, without ever knowing
what I had.

I am trying not to repeat that kind of hunting.

Some of my most valued objects have no monetary value that I know of.


HH,

 

[tabdog]

Thanks for your interest and kind words.

I enjoyed the hunt very much.

It is good to get out and get in the zone.

I mean the trance that MDing produces in me.

It is the best therapy.

HH,

 

[tabdog]

Thanks Coin Nut and Terri.

I had a good time getting out.

I really like MDing. I am trying to find the strength to

get out more.

I have to just take it slow.

But I am getting to where I can hunt more and more.

HH,

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hi tabdog! wtg on your hunt. i'm glad yourr'e cleaning it out before it gets built and paved over. you have some interesting stuff there! the old anchor button catches my interest. is there a backmark on it? is the shank intact? i sure would like to have a better look at it. i'm sure coinnut would too. great job, td. hh,

 

[echostar61]

Great to hear you are feeling better TD
And you are getting in some MD'ing time ,looking
foward to a summer filled with your amazing finds

Terri

 

[tabdog]

I'm not sure what this is.

It doesnt have a back like a button.

But I don't know anything about then.

Thanks for your intrest.

HH,

 

[GRAY GHOST]

hi, td! the anchor piece looks like one of those that are put into the end of a walking stick or cane. [???!!!] there's a word for them, on the tip of my tongue... darn. it's a nice and cool find though. thanks for the pic, and hh,

 

[GRAY GHOST]

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[scubadetector]

It looks to me almost like a button. Maybe for farmer john bluejeans? The button that held the suspenders? I know what I am trying to say but I don't exactly know the term for it!

 

[coinnut]

I think it looks like a rivet to me. If it's modern, then I'd guess it was part of a purse or satchel of some sort. If older, then it could be part of almost any item or box that they were trying to link with the military motif. Just my guess though.