First two hunts at Ghost Town

North☆Star · May 4, 2017

Digging coins in manicured lawns and parks or at the beach is usually #1 on most of our agendas. It's fun to head into heavier terrain and switch to relic mode. This site was active from 1879 till 1913 which is roughly when houses were starting to pop up in my area. These may not be to exciting for you guys in older areas but they're pretty darn cool to me!

Someone cut and stuck a couple headstamps together.. The fork and lantern piece are my favorites so far. The rifle and pistol brass are .45-60, .44 and some unmarked. The headstammps are 12 and 10 gauge.

Thanks for looking and HH!

driftless · May 4, 2017

neat finds, must be more around too!

Semtav · May 4, 2017

Nice Hunting !! Homesteads are my favorite. I think if you look hard enough, almost everyone will have a harmonica reed.

Indiana Bones · May 4, 2017

Nice ! I notice the number of...

Very interesting things,,,,,

I was looking at your picture and noticed.....the ratio of shell casings and
Shot guns shells to the other relics......oh yeah.....definitely. A whole lotta shootin goin on
Around your "Ghost" town.... back in it's Day...

What was it that has been said many times? Talking about life back then???
"If ya lived to be over 30 years old, you were concidered to be an old man!"
I believe it..
:oldguy:

Nice recoveries! .....hope you find alot more !
HH

North☆Star · May 5, 2017

driftless said:
neat finds, must be more around too!

Thank you

Semtav said:
Nice Hunting !! Homesteads are my favorite. I think if you look hard enough, almost everyone will have a harmonica reed.

Thank You. I agree! Everyone must have had one in their pocket

Indiana Bones said:
Very interesting things,,,,,

I was looking at your picture and noticed.....the ratio of shell casings and
Shot guns shells to the other relics......oh yeah.....definitely. A whole lotta shootin goin on
Around your "Ghost" town.... back in it's Day...

What was it that has been said many times? Talking about life back then???
"If ya lived to be over 30 years old, you were concidered to be an old man!"
I believe it..

Nice recoveries! .....hope you find alot more !
HH

Thank You. I've never seen so many casings in such a small area!

Jamflicker · May 5, 2017

Cool group of relics, congrats!

zeemang · May 5, 2017

Great job so far, the full brass shells are always cool to find!

cellrdwellr · May 5, 2017

Nice looking relics congrats!

groundhog53946 · May 5, 2017

Cool relics! Keep us updated on what else you find

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Digger-Dave · May 5, 2017

Cool looking finds!

I love old head stamps. I always try to put a date on the ones I find.

Ever check out http://www.headstamps.x10.mx/database.html

rob.ream258 · May 5, 2017

Digger-Dave said:
Cool looking finds!

I love old head stamps. I always try to put a date on the ones I find.

Ever check out http://www.headstamps.x10.mx/database.html

Thanks Dave - been digging a ton of old head stamps on an old plantation along with round balls and other relics.

Love hunting ghost towns - ton of relics

North☆Star · May 5, 2017

Jamflicker said:
Cool group of relics, congrats!

Thank you

zeemang said:
Great job so far, the full brass shells are always cool to find!

Thank you

cellrdwellr said:
Nice looking relics congrats!

Thank you

groundhog53946 said:
Cool relics! Keep us updated on what else you find
Thank you

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Digger-Dave said:
Cool looking finds!

I love old head stamps. I always try to put a date on the ones I find.

Ever check out http://www.headstamps.x10.mx/database.html

Thank you. TurtleFoot is the man when it comes to Headstamps!

Tom_in_CA · May 5, 2017

Good report. Good pix. Love the period targets like suspender clips, lantern parts, harmonica reeds, etc.... Evokes images of a Clint Eastwood Spaghetti western movie ! haha

Digger-Dave · May 6, 2017

rob.ream258 said:
Thanks Dave - been digging a ton of old head stamps on an old plantation along with round balls and other relics.

Love hunting ghost towns - ton of relics

As much as we enjoy the hobby, many times it's about the relics we find. IMHO, there is something special when you find something that was personal to someone long gone. Buttons, suspender clips, jewelry, hair pieces....etc. Coins are great, but it's not all about coins. :cool:

First two hunts at Ghost Town

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