NOT GOLD< BUT NEAT ANYWAY

[Grubstake]

I took a guy from Oakhurst out, that bought a used 2200, Randy Nickels for some instruction on his detector, we dug alot of square nails and lead, shotgun base's and no gold, for either of us, but I did find a nice spur, mexican I think, from the 1800's. Here Pictures Grubstake

 

[chucktx2]

They didn't intend to spur there horse They interned to stab him.
chuck

 

[Grubstake]

I think your right Chuck, I sure would hate to treat an animal like that. Maybe I should send it to the 1st cav. in Iraq, and let them ride them camels. Grubstake

 

[bris dave]

The cruelty of those spurs was the first thing I thought of when I saw the photo. Terrible things! But a great piece of memorabilia Grubby. I have never seen anything like it.

You talk of camels. Here is some trivia for you.
Did you know Australia is the biggest exporter of wild camels to the middle east by a long way?
We have a large feral herd of them in our desert country right through the interior and there are some hardy blokes who make a living catching, breaking and exporting them to Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.
I think they are used both for camel racing and the more traditional transport functions.

 

[Grubstake]

Dave we have some wild camels here in the Mojave desrt, they were used by the us calvary back in the lat 1800's and early 1900's, it did not work out, so they just turned them lose, there ancestors are still roaming out thee and can be seen from time to time. Grubstake

 

[IronMike]

That is too cool Grubstake. Is it made of Silver? What does it weigh?

 

[Grubstake]

No its made of Iron, weighs prob a pound. I found it a new home, its going to Largo, he had some BDU's that were to small for him, but will fit me, he was just going to give them to me, but he was interested in the Spur, so its his now. Grubstake

 

[Potholes Bob-NM]

They probably didn't put much force behind those spurs, because, in those days, the last thing that they wanted to do was injure their horses, as their lives depended on them! I learned this from all of the Louis Lamour novels that I've read

Bob

 

[Slopoke]

Very cool finding that. I wonder what the guy who lost it thought
when he tried to spur his horse. I can just see the horse, "you
what me to go where?" "No spurs, Ha, No way"

Slopoke (Bob)

 

[VT Dave]

bet that got the horses moving! Neat find!

Dave