Well, I haven't really made a post in awhile, but I started making some good finds awhile back.
On the 14th, I had to work a split shift. I only thought I was going to be gone for a couple hours, but I had miss-read the schedule, and in fact, I had 4 hours off. I headed over to a large area of scraped lots in a suburb. We had gotten a lot of rain previously, and I was hoping to score some marbles.
I drove into the area, found a likely-looking spot, and started looking around. At first, I was just trying to eyeball some marbles. No dice at the first spot. Lots of glass frags, potsherds, etc., but no marbles. I moved to a different area, and immediately spotted a marble. Some quick looking around netted two more. I started checking some other likely-looking areas, and started scoring marbles pretty regularly. One particular area, about 200' square, yielded up 10 marbles. total count on marbles for the day was 20. I did pull the detector out the last hour, but never found any old coins. Here's a shot of the marbles:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8233/20070414marblesjj0.jpg></center><p>
Yesterday, I went back to the same spot before I went to work. Sure enough, I started getting a couple marbles here and there. One was even IN MY TRACKS from the previous week. I didn't find any coins, but I did score two OK 1-mill tax tokens. They're pretty eaten up, so I didn't take a pic of them. Just before I called it a day and packed it in to work, I got a nice sounding hit. I flipped over some dirt, and saw a large, flat, piece of metal. I picked it up, and noticed some writing on it. I could clearly see "1924" on the "bottom" of the piece. I started brushing off the loose dirt with a little brush I carry, and picked out some more words. I rotated it to see it, and discovered I was holding a "Colorado Licensed Driver" badge. The pin is missing from the back. It took me four hours to realize that it's shaped like a car, seen from the front.
Of course, when I was taking pics of the marbles tonight, one of my kids must have come up behind me and palmed it. Now, I've got to find it again before I can take a pic of it!
I did manage to score 5 more marbles are this spot. Here they are:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5032/20070422marblesno3.jpg></center><p>
Today, I went back (this place is HUGE, about 20 - 30 acres). I didn't really have a lot of time, even though it's my day off. I was just scouting around, looking for another little hotspot. I did manage to find two more marbles, a piece of milk glass, probably from a jar of Vaseline, a rusted padlock, and the usual odds-and-ends. Here's a pic:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5896/20070423marblessw9.jpg></center><p>
HH from Allen in OK
On the 14th, I had to work a split shift. I only thought I was going to be gone for a couple hours, but I had miss-read the schedule, and in fact, I had 4 hours off. I headed over to a large area of scraped lots in a suburb. We had gotten a lot of rain previously, and I was hoping to score some marbles.
I drove into the area, found a likely-looking spot, and started looking around. At first, I was just trying to eyeball some marbles. No dice at the first spot. Lots of glass frags, potsherds, etc., but no marbles. I moved to a different area, and immediately spotted a marble. Some quick looking around netted two more. I started checking some other likely-looking areas, and started scoring marbles pretty regularly. One particular area, about 200' square, yielded up 10 marbles. total count on marbles for the day was 20. I did pull the detector out the last hour, but never found any old coins. Here's a shot of the marbles:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/8233/20070414marblesjj0.jpg></center><p>
Yesterday, I went back to the same spot before I went to work. Sure enough, I started getting a couple marbles here and there. One was even IN MY TRACKS from the previous week. I didn't find any coins, but I did score two OK 1-mill tax tokens. They're pretty eaten up, so I didn't take a pic of them. Just before I called it a day and packed it in to work, I got a nice sounding hit. I flipped over some dirt, and saw a large, flat, piece of metal. I picked it up, and noticed some writing on it. I could clearly see "1924" on the "bottom" of the piece. I started brushing off the loose dirt with a little brush I carry, and picked out some more words. I rotated it to see it, and discovered I was holding a "Colorado Licensed Driver" badge. The pin is missing from the back. It took me four hours to realize that it's shaped like a car, seen from the front.
Of course, when I was taking pics of the marbles tonight, one of my kids must have come up behind me and palmed it. Now, I've got to find it again before I can take a pic of it!
I did manage to score 5 more marbles are this spot. Here they are:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5032/20070422marblesno3.jpg></center><p>
Today, I went back (this place is HUGE, about 20 - 30 acres). I didn't really have a lot of time, even though it's my day off. I was just scouting around, looking for another little hotspot. I did manage to find two more marbles, a piece of milk glass, probably from a jar of Vaseline, a rusted padlock, and the usual odds-and-ends. Here's a pic:
<center><img src=http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/5896/20070423marblessw9.jpg></center><p>
HH from Allen in OK
