I pounded it this weekend. Saturday I spent most of the day at an old military base and it's a tough place to hunt. The first target I dug was a wheat penny at 7" deep, and I thought this is great, where there's wheats there's silver, but it wasn't so. Found 1960's and newer, but the wheatie was a smoke screen. Found a live round, and a half live round, it was still full of gun powder when I pulled it out of the hole, even though the cap was gone. Found two spend caps as well, and a Marines Anchor and Eagle pin. Anyone have any idea how old the pin might be ?
Today I hit GGP. Thought I'd try a tot lot first thing in the am in search of some sparklers or yellow stuff. My first target was this tiny silver heart charm, and then it was just the usual clad (and not much of it).
The I drove around the park a while (site seeing mostly
) until I spied an interesting looking place that had been recently scraped.
The area had quite a few old relics, the first target I dug was an old fork (hard to see in the photo, but it has a beaded edge, it's definitely old).
Then came the bracelet!
It's marked .925 Mexico in an oval, with Art Slat. below that. Then the clasp is also marked, with the outline of an Indian head (with GA over 01 inside). I looked up the mark and the bracelet was made between 1900 and 1940 (I'm thinking possibly 1901, hence the 01 portion of the mark). I'm not sure what kind of stones are on the bracelet, but it's a beauty and cleaned up nicely (came in as a pull-tab'ish sound on the Sovereign).
Then I started finding the rest of the relics, a broken Flow Blue tea cup, English transfer ware china, opalescent glass, an interesting brass or copper tag that's marked 2304-D, with the D a being quarter the size of the numbers (anyone have any idea what this is?), and a partial old tile, that appears to be from Ohio (mark is only partially there).
Coin wise it was interesting, first coin was a wheatie at this site, then a couple of what appear to be coins, but their crusted up, so I have them soaking in olive oil (saw a post that said this would help eat off the crusty stuff on old coins/relics). Then a cool old brass/bronze button that says "Boss of the Road" with a bulldog in the center.
The gophers at GGP aren't scared of nothing. One popped up when I was hunting a field, and I stuck my open centered coil on top of his hole. He popped his head through the center of the coil, tried to nibble the coil, then headed back underground (I really need to start bringing my camera with me).
It was a fun weekend of hunting, but tiring. No gold yet, but I'm happy to add to the silver jewelery count
Brian
Today I hit GGP. Thought I'd try a tot lot first thing in the am in search of some sparklers or yellow stuff. My first target was this tiny silver heart charm, and then it was just the usual clad (and not much of it).
The I drove around the park a while (site seeing mostly
) until I spied an interesting looking place that had been recently scraped. The area had quite a few old relics, the first target I dug was an old fork (hard to see in the photo, but it has a beaded edge, it's definitely old).
Then came the bracelet!
It's marked .925 Mexico in an oval, with Art Slat. below that. Then the clasp is also marked, with the outline of an Indian head (with GA over 01 inside). I looked up the mark and the bracelet was made between 1900 and 1940 (I'm thinking possibly 1901, hence the 01 portion of the mark). I'm not sure what kind of stones are on the bracelet, but it's a beauty and cleaned up nicely (came in as a pull-tab'ish sound on the Sovereign).
Then I started finding the rest of the relics, a broken Flow Blue tea cup, English transfer ware china, opalescent glass, an interesting brass or copper tag that's marked 2304-D, with the D a being quarter the size of the numbers (anyone have any idea what this is?), and a partial old tile, that appears to be from Ohio (mark is only partially there).
Coin wise it was interesting, first coin was a wheatie at this site, then a couple of what appear to be coins, but their crusted up, so I have them soaking in olive oil (saw a post that said this would help eat off the crusty stuff on old coins/relics). Then a cool old brass/bronze button that says "Boss of the Road" with a bulldog in the center.
The gophers at GGP aren't scared of nothing. One popped up when I was hunting a field, and I stuck my open centered coil on top of his hole. He popped his head through the center of the coil, tried to nibble the coil, then headed back underground (I really need to start bringing my camera with me).
It was a fun weekend of hunting, but tiring. No gold yet, but I'm happy to add to the silver jewelery count
Brian