How many of these have you found

[TerryEastTexas]

How many harmonica reeds and squeeze box/accordion reeds have you found? I should also mention toe taps and heel plates.

 

[stetam]

Waaaaay too many. It seems everyone had a harmonica.

Steve

 

[TerryEastTexas]

Waaaaay too many. It seems everyone had a harmonica.

Steve

Aint that the truth.

 

[HungryGhost]

Lots.

 

[MasonDixonMding]

All most every old site. As many as we find they must have been in ever ones pocket. That is until they lost it. Just one toe tap and one heel plate.

 

[hoser]

Yep, same here. Lots of busted up reeds here too. No toe taps but did find a few heel plates. How could you lose that many harmonicas?

 

[Mr. Digger]

Gobs and gobs of harmonica reeds, complete or pieces. Heel plates and toe taps? Only a couple of each.

 

[LovestheShiny!]

I've found a few, seems like only the older places have them. I detect a lot of 1930s-50s yards and can't think of ever finding a harmonica reed in one of them.

 

[sube]

They seem to be getting rarer these days but I have dug my share over the years . sube

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Toe taps and heel plates are not a common find, but I've found dozens of harmonica reeds. It is kind of rare to find one unbroken, though.

 

[TDM]

None

 

[fastfrank]

Way too many harmonica reeds,not enough heelplates.

 

[markinmichigan]

Way too many harmonica reeds,not enough heelplates.

More cowbells....(SNL skit)

Mark in Michigan

 

[GroundSweeper]

None yet here

 

[Lodge Scent]

Every 1800's site I ever hit for sure has at least 1 harmonica reed. Some sites have given up many.

 

[bluebird66]

A few

 

[BuckHill]

In a NF, depending on your area, you may want to do some nugget detecting as well if you are in a gold bearing area.
** EDIT ** Didn't realize that local laws could prohibit prospecting in a NF... too used to being out west I guess.

I like to think that distinguishing a previously unnoticed historical site would be pretty obvious... ie you find a LOT of things
that are in a very small area, you find a things that have no business being in the area you found them, or you find old human
remains.

Actually that sounds kind of like a possible crime-scene too.

Dang, nothing (specific) for Michigan.

Yup. Leave it to the east coast guy : He goes out and hunts a 1940s school. But does he find 1940s coins ?? NNEEEOOOooooo, he finds a frickin LC !

I

 

[Jeff (or)]

BUNCHES!..............

 

[BeardedRelicHunter]

none yet but everyone else is clearing the ground of them .... first half of the 1900's was the end of generations of people carrying a harmonica around the normal thing to do .Now everyone is zombie like with digital devices instead in their hands yet younger generations are getting dumber even with all the information at their finger tips .