I've known for years that there was a station used by both the Butterfield Stage and Southern Pacific RR somewhere near where I work everyday. I and a couple co-workers have tried to pin down the exact location for a long time, but never could find what we could say was the real site. Highway and railroad construction over the years has completely wiped out most of the older evidence, and even SP could not say exactly where it was. I went out Sunday and poked around a little in an area close to the company property. I suddenly found myself surrounded by old evidence of habitation, broken glass, bottles, old iron, a little modern recently discarded trash but most appeared quite old.
I casually wandered around for a couple hours and found the items in the photos, plus lots of unidentified "stuff". A lot of iron, but my MXT with a 5" Excelerator DD handles it very well. I actaully found two rings, but gave one to a co-worker. It was large and in really good shape, and appeared to be copper. The other jewelry thing looks like it has an onyx or similar stone. The token is aluminum and is from the Bisbee Elks Lodge #671, for a bazaar in November, 1912. The Barber dime is quite well worn but it's always nice to find a Barber in any shape. The bullet is a two-ring cast lead that looks like it may have been from a black-powder metallic cartridge. I found a few old cartridge cases around that calibre that looked like they could have come from a Ballard or similar rifle. The nickel is a 1945 S War Nickel. I don't know if it was from this site and could have been dropped later. The little pin is pretty cool, with a railroad car and a heart. I haven't a clue what that's all about!
Anyway, thanks for looking!
Marc
I casually wandered around for a couple hours and found the items in the photos, plus lots of unidentified "stuff". A lot of iron, but my MXT with a 5" Excelerator DD handles it very well. I actaully found two rings, but gave one to a co-worker. It was large and in really good shape, and appeared to be copper. The other jewelry thing looks like it has an onyx or similar stone. The token is aluminum and is from the Bisbee Elks Lodge #671, for a bazaar in November, 1912. The Barber dime is quite well worn but it's always nice to find a Barber in any shape. The bullet is a two-ring cast lead that looks like it may have been from a black-powder metallic cartridge. I found a few old cartridge cases around that calibre that looked like they could have come from a Ballard or similar rifle. The nickel is a 1945 S War Nickel. I don't know if it was from this site and could have been dropped later. The little pin is pretty cool, with a railroad car and a heart. I haven't a clue what that's all about!
Anyway, thanks for looking!
Marc
