Myers Depot Metal Detectors

100 y/o Railroad logging camp....Wa State

FoiledAgain said:
Wow, a lot of men running around with their pants falling down. :lol: Cool site and neat finds.

Foiled
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Ha!
Crazy...huh?
I estimate between 70-85 men lost their extra set of clothes when a fire ripped through a row of bunkhouses...most everything seen in these pics went through a fire...the camp had fire hydrants, but it was a huge loss for the men
 
budaf250 said:
Amazing finds. That hammer must weigh a lot to stamp a fresh cut timber. I live in a town that the Erie cannel was started in Canastota NY. That just jumped started my 2015 season of detecting. The museum in in the town. I will check out to try to find the camps for it.
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This stamp has to be at least five pounds...I read that on a cold calm morning you could hear the ring of a experienced log stamp hammerman for quite the distance.
 
Those are some great recoveries.I'm here in lynwood wa.gonna keep lookout for those old camps.
 
digger1 said:
Those are some great recoveries.I'm here in lynwood wa.gonna keep lookout for those old camps.
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Check out old publications of "The Timberman" online...look for local camps and check out "fire report" to get tips on camps that might have had a fire...lots of goodies could be in all those nails. Most camp buildings in a railroad camp would have been loaded on the train and moved to the nexnt camp. Nails and debris is a good sign to dig in a logging camp.
 
With 70-85 men in the logging camp, you must have found a ton of tools used by them. It would be interesting to see photos of those relics.
 
lumbercamp said:
With 70-85 men in the logging camp, you must have found a ton of tools used by them. It would be interesting to see photos of those relics.
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1 -stamp hammer
12 -double bit axe blades (one marked, in pic with I.D. tokens)
6 -crosscut saw blades (mostly broken and rusted).
6. -shovel heads (could be past diggers)
1 -pike
Tons of saw files
20 -bottle openers
1 -can opener
6 -pocket knives
3 -button hook
1 -bronze bearing piece (in photo)
 

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Bronze metal bearing? circular wear, looks like it broke off of some machinery. Any thoughts?
 

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I can't say for sure. Something rubbed on it in a circular pattern, you can see the wear starting to slip until it finally broke. Had it tested and it is bronze.
 
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