Old Prospector
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Hey all - I've been away for a long time...too long! Life has been happening - glad to see some familiar names and a lot of new faces. The content on this forum is still spectacular!
Anyways, I have been using USGS topo maps and Google Earth to identify older structures that are no long around. I headed out to a site yesterday that showed a building on the 1960 edition but it was gone by 1968 - so knew it would be nothing or relatively “old” stuff. Happy for the latter.
It was moderately tough swinging with the thick, high weeds and grass but not impossible. I was able to pull four wheaties and a near "silver" - 1942 nickel, without the mint mark so no luck - thanks ToySoldier for pointing that out! Was really hoping for a bonafide silver coin but it proved elusive. I believe the ring is silver, and the broach may be but struggling to tell the difference between silver and aluminum. Doesn't seem tarnished enough to be silver.
A few other interesting items - two sets of three matching buttons found at different times. One of the buttons still had the purple beads and thread - pretty neat. Also found two aluminum toy coins - 1954 and 1956, a part of a toy gun, handle of a novelty Oklahoma spoon, and a big thin hinged tin. The "almost happy dance" was finding the remnants of a wallet or purse - just the zippers, button, plastic photo sleeves, and hint of red fabric. No coins though...
Anyways, it was rewarding to organically identify a site and save some items! Thanks for looking.
Anyways, I have been using USGS topo maps and Google Earth to identify older structures that are no long around. I headed out to a site yesterday that showed a building on the 1960 edition but it was gone by 1968 - so knew it would be nothing or relatively “old” stuff. Happy for the latter.
It was moderately tough swinging with the thick, high weeds and grass but not impossible. I was able to pull four wheaties and a near "silver" - 1942 nickel, without the mint mark so no luck - thanks ToySoldier for pointing that out! Was really hoping for a bonafide silver coin but it proved elusive. I believe the ring is silver, and the broach may be but struggling to tell the difference between silver and aluminum. Doesn't seem tarnished enough to be silver.
A few other interesting items - two sets of three matching buttons found at different times. One of the buttons still had the purple beads and thread - pretty neat. Also found two aluminum toy coins - 1954 and 1956, a part of a toy gun, handle of a novelty Oklahoma spoon, and a big thin hinged tin. The "almost happy dance" was finding the remnants of a wallet or purse - just the zippers, button, plastic photo sleeves, and hint of red fabric. No coins though...
Anyways, it was rewarding to organically identify a site and save some items! Thanks for looking.
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