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Street tearout. Wabash and Erie Canal route. Large Cent,other relics.

Diggerjonny

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I drive by this on my way home from work every evening. It being holiday, crew wasn’t working. This area was the main route of the canal though my town. Lots of action here. My first target was the large cent, my First ever!! I new it would be a great hunt, enjoyed ever minute. Next was the two heel plates, first ones I’ve ever found!! I dug a few little buckles, old print plate. I though I had dug a big button, back doesn’t have shank, back post. Not sure what it is. Thanks for looking.
 

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You're east of the Mississippi, and this is your FIRST large cent ? I thought they were as common as zinc pennies over there ?? :friends:
 
That is a great bunch of relics…two heel plates!

And as to Tom’s comment, out here in the Midwest we actually set our machines to notch out the large cent signals and look for less common stuff. But occasionally they come up anyway.
 
teotwawki12 said:
That is a great bunch of relics…two heel plates!

And as to Tom’s comment, out here in the Midwest we actually set our machines to notch out the large cent signals and look for less common stuff. But occasionally they come up anyway.
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I know!! Those heel plates are tiny,I’m thinking women/child shoe. Have to fly Tom out here and show him large cents don’t fall out of the sky. Haha 😂
 
Might be interesting to a rubbing of that print plate to see what it says!

Nice hunt!
 
Diggerjonny said:
I drive by this on my way home from work every evening. It being holiday, crew wasn’t working. This area was the main route of the canal though my town. Lots of action here. My first target was the large cent, my First ever!! I new it would be a great hunt, enjoyed ever minute. Next was the two heel plates, first ones I’ve ever found!! I dug a few little buckles, old print plate. I though I had dug a big button, back doesn’t have shank, back post. Not sure what it is. Thanks for looking.
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Great set of relics, Digger, and congrats on your first Largie!! The heel plates are awesome - love the club and heart cutouts adding character to them! Some folks call them “hooker heels” because supposedly “ladies of the night” would wear them on their shoes so men could follow them to the brothel, but that sounds more like modern color than a realistic purpose. Many others say they were just a fashion statement. Here’s a website that has a little info and some pictures with the heels still on the shoe:

http://www.clarendonvthistory.org/CardPage?UID=4D95DCD7-F067-460E-BCBB-9D1E7EF68764&ID=225&Type=19

Either way, they are awesome, old finds!

SeabeeRon said:
Might be interesting to a rubbing of that print plate to see what it says!

Nice hunt!
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Absolutely, Ron! For kicks, I’ve already held my iPad up to a mirror here at the house to try and read it from the picture! :lol: All I could make out so far is “directory of the members”, “largest scientific societies”, and “legal profession” among miscellaneous other words. If the print plate appears to be brass, Digger, hit it lightly with some superfine steel wool and the lettering may start to pop out nicely!
 
You got some great finds there. It’s even better that you saved them before they get covered in concrete. Thanks for sharing.
 
AirmetTango said:
Great set of relics, Digger, and congrats on your first Largie!! The heel plates are awesome - love the club and heart cutouts adding character to them! Some folks call them “hooker heels” because supposedly “ladies of the night” would wear them on their shoes so men could follow them to the brothel, but that sounds more like modern color than a realistic purpose. Many others say they were just a fashion statement. Here’s a website that has a little info and some pictures with the heels still on the shoe:

http://www.clarendonvthistory.org/CardPage?UID=4D95DCD7-F067-460E-BCBB-9D1E7EF68764&ID=225&Type=19

Either way, they are awesome, old finds!



Absolutely, Ron! For kicks, I’ve already held my iPad up to a mirror here at the house to try and read it from the picture! :lol: All I could make out so far is “directory of the members”, “largest scientific societies”, and “legal profession” among miscellaneous other words. If the print plate appears to be brass, Digger, hit it lightly with some superfine steel wool and the lettering may start to pop out nicely!
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Thank You! I will definitely clean it up and see what it says! Thank You for the info on heel plates.
 
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