Road trip - day 1

[steve in so la]

We left out Mon morn going to New Mexico and the long gone railroads. Here's the sunrise to greet us.
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We were looking for rail stops of all kinds where people might have lived - losing goodies. We sure found a ton of them! Here's a typical foundation out in the desert waiting for a good man to detect/dump dig it .
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Once we dig through a dump with a rake we then run my magnet over it. We usually get any metal thats there.
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And here's the grand take - lots of date nails. The left pile dates from 1906 to 1911. These are very hard to find by anyone. The right pile was part of a keg of nails we found - all 1924 and 1925. Got a few bottles, couple marbles, neat old porcelain spitoon for my wife's plants, an old railroad man's lantern and a glass bottle stopper.
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And last , but not least, I dug the greatest nail ever for me. This is a 1906 El Paso & Southwestern railroad one. This is extremely hard to find. A friend sold 2 about 12 years ago for 250 bux EACH. This will go in my permanent set. There have only been about 5-6 of them dug ever. What a trip - I'll post a few things tomorrow for day 2. We came home 1 day early as we were all wiped out from 2 days all day. Pretty good though for 2 old 60's goats Steve in so az
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[minelab marcus]

Nice finds!
Those nails stay in great shape with the limited rain down there. I really like that lantern!
Take care and God bless!
MM

 

[Mike Chgo area]

Great trip for you Guy. That pile on the right is the kind of nail I used to find around Stockton Tower in Calif. It was hard to get one as the head pulled off them very easy when trying to get them out of the ties. I'm not going to be in any hurry when I stop on my next visit.

 

[steve in so la]

The lantern still has one of the 2 bulbs in it. I'll clean it some and put it among my displays, steve

 

[VT Dave]

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[Greg from Mi.]

Thanks for the show and WTG on the 06
Greg

 

[Mike from MI "Iron Brigade"]

great finds! Not bad for 120 plus years of goats!

 

[MI$$OURI BETTY]

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[steve in so la]

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[MI$$OURI BETTY]

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[Joe G]

I want to go on a hunt like that with you

Great post! Look forward to the rest!

 

[steve in so la]

has one or two more trips to cover it all yet. We will go on another in a few weeks again. We'll pick up where we left off and continue for a few days.
I am researching yet another line in a different direction also. So I have a number of years worth of trips yet. But one never knows when the time has come to either be with the Lord or not be able to leave home or such. My friend I went with is 65 and I'm 63 so there's a few more years left.
Sure hope to see ya here some time. I'll put a trip together just for you & me. Steve