MTJosh
Elite Member
Made it out yesterday for four miles hiking and exploring old areas. two separate sites of 3/4 mile hike in each. First newer than hooped and 60/70's trash. Old beavertails are fun in a park but not at sites you are hoping from 1900 or older. Did find harmonica reeds, old light bulb and parts of pocket watch. Second site definitely 1900 timeframe. Will be back to this site.
Best find of the day was 1904 Teddy Roosevelt election tag/fob. I thought it was luggage transfer tag till I researched it as only could read Fairbanks when dug. Great history. Tag was found after I dug the hatchet. It was blocking tag signal.
Pocket watch from Ansonia company pat date 1888 but this cheap no jewel model made after 1905, probably 20s. Light bulb pat date 1892 Schrader's Son Brooklyn. Was competitor to Edison and Westinghouse from quick limited research. Was hoping gold on bezel but only thick clad/plated gold after looking through loop. Porcelain doll arm was creepy coming out of the ground while digging watch parts. Found lid for tooth powder from 1904 too.
All the creeks below these sites were dredged for gold. Found small pile of dug iron metal at corner of second site building so others have detected it but with all the sagebrush, no one finds it all.
Best find of the day was 1904 Teddy Roosevelt election tag/fob. I thought it was luggage transfer tag till I researched it as only could read Fairbanks when dug. Great history. Tag was found after I dug the hatchet. It was blocking tag signal.
Pocket watch from Ansonia company pat date 1888 but this cheap no jewel model made after 1905, probably 20s. Light bulb pat date 1892 Schrader's Son Brooklyn. Was competitor to Edison and Westinghouse from quick limited research. Was hoping gold on bezel but only thick clad/plated gold after looking through loop. Porcelain doll arm was creepy coming out of the ground while digging watch parts. Found lid for tooth powder from 1904 too.
All the creeks below these sites were dredged for gold. Found small pile of dug iron metal at corner of second site building so others have detected it but with all the sagebrush, no one finds it all.