Typical WV. finds.

[John 'n' W.Va]

I had a couple good hunts. I rarely get to MD working 6 - 10 hour days and I am always working on the house we bought 3 months ago. Yea, a fixer upper. One hunt was in a park and the other was at an old home site. I found a lot of old iron thingies. Square nails are a menus.

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I like the hitching ring. I find about 5 to 10 miner's tags a year. I think I find a brass valve on every other hunt. They are quite ornate. I thought about making a display for them. Also bullet casings pocket watch parts and mason jar lids. All typical stuff around here. Oh yea, plenty of hot rocks!

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I am always eye balling marbles. Many times I dig them up with coins. I did good this time around. One clay marble and a few old glass ones. Some marbles bring big bucks. WV. is a hot spot for rare marbles with all the glass factories we had around here.

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Here is the coin stuff I found and one junk ring. Man, is that typical. Also I found 4 buttons which I know nothing about and 7 wheat's:1918,1918,1920,1928,1941,1950,1954.

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No silver, but I am happy with the 1892 IH even if it is in bad shape.
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I am having fun with my new camera a Canon s10 I S. 20 :1 optical zoom. I haven't got it figured out yet. That is going to take a while. This guy was lurking near by.

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[edjcox]

awww such a cute baby Pterodactyl....


quite rare nowadays...

he he

 

[brulon]

those are pretty nice pictures. i don't know if you can ever completely figure out these new digital cameras. but at least you don't have to waste a lot of film and money on developing pictures that you take. those are some nice finds.


bill

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

awww such a cute baby Pterodactyl....


quite rare nowadays...

he he

Oh no, Pterodactyl's are typical in WV. I even saw an Archeopteryx once.

Wait a minute. Pterodactyl's didn't have feathers. I think that is an Archeopteryx!!!!!

 

[edjcox]

They molt as they age???

 

[Gold Digger]

Hey John What part of W.V.?? did not detect on my last trip home 21 june , but toured a couple of old museums in Parkersburg, WV. Had a good trip. Have several old insulators from the porcelien plant. HH Gary Nice I.H.

 

[Roscue2]

n/t

 

[Quartzsite]

Nice hunt !! My Uncle lives in Tunnelton .

 

[Piperboy]

Congrats nice finds those marbles are sweet .Good hunting. Pipes

 

[big john]

 

[JohnnyI]

John, I love to see a cross section of finds like this. I'm not surprised to see among them an old gas light fitting, as you guys have had the free natural gas in many areas. I live in a very old place also, a very humble one in the pines and my finds from here show it. One thing nice about the back woods though; there is probably a greater possibility to find a small cache in very rural areas than it is in the more affluent areas. Loved the marbles and the tag too. Looking forward to seeing what else shows up on your property! Please post everything.