...That post title sounds like something from Lewis Carrol, doesn't it?
Lori had a job interview today in Coumbia (SC), soooo, since I am on a few days vacation, I tagged along. While she was attending her interview, I hit the treasure trail, as one might expectme to do.
The Ace 250 and I ended up at a picnic ground near the zoo, down along the Broad River. The Ace turned up the dibbydabs seen here in about 30 mins, maybe a little less.
The usual sort of goodies were found and, of course, the usual suspects: tabs, tabs, tabs, foil bits and ... did I mention tabs? There were about 10 tabs, both square and pull-type for every other target!
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The shotsell bases are early ones, one of them being a Peters - that company was absorbed by the Remington-UMC group in the mid 30's. One of the Others is marked, "Winchester - W.A.," also an old marking. All are "NO. 12," further evidence of age.
There were some grubby SZ's and a funky old clad dime found in the way of coinage (the dime somehow got left out of the pic). The oblong thingie is one of those "squished penny" souvenir tokens you crank out at amusement places, in this case the Riverbanks Zoo.
Also seen above the coins is an "Old Glory" clothing snap. I only include it to show how sensitivte thet Ace 250 can be...lest anyone still doubted it. There was another, too, that also didnt make the pic. It was about 1/3 the size of the one shown!
The large bullet to the bottom left is a fired, approx .56 cal plug based type, with very wide land marks showing. It is the very first target found and I suspect it is military issue, probably CW. I think it is a cleaner bullet of some kind or another, although the attached base is odd, as they usually are missing from these bullets, once fired. It may be something else, too for all I know. There were over a 1000 different bullets used in the CW, so it could be anything.
The little whatsis supporting the larger projectile is another bullet, .32 cal and gilt. Both old enough to impress, anyway.
So far, we've chalked up some scores for the hunt-about style.
Lori had a job interview today in Coumbia (SC), soooo, since I am on a few days vacation, I tagged along. While she was attending her interview, I hit the treasure trail, as one might expectme to do.
The Ace 250 and I ended up at a picnic ground near the zoo, down along the Broad River. The Ace turned up the dibbydabs seen here in about 30 mins, maybe a little less.
The usual sort of goodies were found and, of course, the usual suspects: tabs, tabs, tabs, foil bits and ... did I mention tabs? There were about 10 tabs, both square and pull-type for every other target!
[attachment 39199 Dibbydabs0ct3006.JPG]
The shotsell bases are early ones, one of them being a Peters - that company was absorbed by the Remington-UMC group in the mid 30's. One of the Others is marked, "Winchester - W.A.," also an old marking. All are "NO. 12," further evidence of age.
There were some grubby SZ's and a funky old clad dime found in the way of coinage (the dime somehow got left out of the pic). The oblong thingie is one of those "squished penny" souvenir tokens you crank out at amusement places, in this case the Riverbanks Zoo.
Also seen above the coins is an "Old Glory" clothing snap. I only include it to show how sensitivte thet Ace 250 can be...lest anyone still doubted it. There was another, too, that also didnt make the pic. It was about 1/3 the size of the one shown!
The large bullet to the bottom left is a fired, approx .56 cal plug based type, with very wide land marks showing. It is the very first target found and I suspect it is military issue, probably CW. I think it is a cleaner bullet of some kind or another, although the attached base is odd, as they usually are missing from these bullets, once fired. It may be something else, too for all I know. There were over a 1000 different bullets used in the CW, so it could be anything.
The little whatsis supporting the larger projectile is another bullet, .32 cal and gilt. Both old enough to impress, anyway.
So far, we've chalked up some scores for the hunt-about style.
