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  1. John 'n' W.Va

    Well, I didn't work up a sweat. Got a little silver.

    I went out a little today at the demo sites. I found a Tootsie car, cigarette lighter, piece to a pocket watch,buckle wt clear glass in it and cool black marble. The silver handle has Anna written on it. I might use it to silver plate things. [attachment 70474 10-11-07004total.jpg] !950, 1946...
  2. John 'n' W.Va

    Anybody up on tokens?

    I found these this past week. This is token # 1. [attachment 70294 10-8-07tokenft.jpg] What do the #'s mean on the back? [attachment 70296 10-8-07tokenbk.jpg] This is token # 2. [attachment 70297 10-4-07copparcladft.jpg] back [attachment 70298 10-4-07coppercladbk.jpg]
  3. John 'n' W.Va

    I was hot last night!

    It was in the upper 80's. DiggerRick from Pa. got off the interstate to do a little MDing with me Sunday afternoon. He showed me a nice IH he dug Saturday. We had a good time but the wheat's were coming out of the ground pretty nasty. It took me all night to clean off most of the crud. We MDed...
  4. John 'n' W.Va

    It's got an eagle on it, stars around the outside edge and the date 1818 on it.

    I had an hour of day light with nothing to do. I told my wife I going MDing. I can get to the site in 15 minutes and that leaves me 45 minutes to MD. When I got there my first hit was a 1870 I H. 15 minutes later and my MDing was over. A woman came out of the house next door and wanted to know...
  5. John 'n' W.Va

    I need help. There is more then I can handle.

    Normally I wouldn't want any of you near me taking all my loot. :rofl:I have more areas to MD then I have time. I haven't seen another MD'er anywhere. When they get done tearing down the houses on this street, they are going to bring in 20 ft. of fill dirt. I went to a new home that was built on...
  6. John 'n' W.Va

    Anybody for giving me a crash coarse on bottle dating?

    They are demo-ing some homes and I found this under a sidewalk in the dirt. Don't know anything about bottles. Maybe I should learn. I keep running across them here in W.V. I don't think it is that old, but was just wondering what the letters on the bottom meant. [attachment 69537...
  7. John 'n' W.Va

    A few clad, one wheat and a lousy Indian head.

    I like IH's, but this is a lousy one. It started off looking like this. [attachment 69479 9-29-07ih.jpg] With a lot of cleaning, I got it to look like this. [attachment 69476 9-29-07Twocents.jpg] I MDed these two lots. [attachment 69475 9-29-07twolots.jpg] And have a lot more to go. This...
  8. John 'n' W.Va

    Would a person wear this?

    They are demoing a bunch of house to make way for a new hi-way. I dug this up at one of the houses. It is copper and is 5 1/2" long. [attachment 69297 9-26-07dontknow.jpg] The back has two loops. It looks like something flat could slide through them and somebody could wear it. Why...
  9. John 'n' W.Va

    1917, 1942 Merc & six wheat's

    Thought I would try the river since it was hot today. Goose poop everywhere. Bad idea. [attachment 69258 9-26-07goosepoo.jpg] They are demoing buildings everywhere for the new road. This is an old spot in the early days of Palatine, now Fairmont. The cats of the heavy equipment roll up the sod...
  10. John 'n' W.Va

    Got sidetracked while going to the river.

    I saw where they tore down this house. They had dug out some of the front yard with the cats of the dozer. It dropped off steeply to the back yard where they were still working. The foundation was cut stone that looked like block. I thought I would see how long it would take them to tell me to...
  11. John 'n' W.Va

    Is there a reference that tells the age of a place by it's architecture?

    I have a 1920 topo map that I use. All it tells me is that the place existed at that time. Can I tell by looking at a place about how old it is? I saw this place today. They are going to build a housing development there. I can see that they are putting in the storm water drains. No one lives...
  12. John 'n' W.Va

    Five coin spill, all wheat's.

    They are tearing down over a hundred homes to make way for a 4 lane highway coming into town. I think most of the homes are from the 40's, but who knows what was there before. My father's house is one house from being taken and being demolished. He is in the safe zone, but is losing a lot of...
  13. John 'n' W.Va

    The treasure was on the cave wall and it is a registered historical site.

    A friend of mine ask me if I wanted to go with him to a cave to see some petroglyph's. He did some research and found an article on this cave. He had the coordinates for the cave, but didn't know what was there. He also got a new GPS and gave me his old GPS. He said it wouldn't hold a charge and...
  14. John 'n' W.Va

    So this is lake treasure.

    I don't have an aqua Ace, but I was in a place where the water was over 4 feet deep. I saw on TV where they were draining a lake to repair a dam. I saw opportunity knocking. It was about a 200 acer lake, without a beach. I could only go out about 40 ft. because the mud was too deep. Everything...
  15. John 'n' W.Va

    I found my treasure, but not MDing, and it's gold.

    The season started Sept. 1 and I almost missed it. I went out sangin (ginseng) this evening. I haven't went sangin since I left WV. 16 years ago. I haven't checked to see what it sells for now, I have sold it for over $200 a lbs. There wasn't much sang today, but the yellow root (golden seal)...
  16. John 'n' W.Va

    Trash-man strikes again!!!

    I went to my great grandfather's old homestead. I was there last year and only found two coins. I thought I would give it another try since he has a cash buried somewhere. He was a self centered, quiet type of man that didn't let his wife know where he buried the cash. After he died she knew he...
  17. John 'n' W.Va

    What a way to earn a living.

    I MDed a mega park at a town to the south of me. It is one dirty very well used park. Sometimes I like a break from MDing old places where I end up with only a couple of finds. After this place I am ready to go back to the old places. I was hoping to find some jewelry. I did, but if it was worth...
  18. John 'n' W.Va

    Two hours of fun in the shade.

    I went to a nearby city to check on a lead for work. I finished up by 2pm. Next to this place was a playground and soccer field. So it was 90+ deg. I had two hours to MD. It was a slummy area. The soccer field hadn't been MD. Hard to believed I know. There were some copper/ brass plates in the...
  19. John 'n' W.Va

    All this and more with in 6 1/2 miles of my place.

    It was suppose to be an evening drive with my daughter. Two miles of hard road and 4 1/2 miles of dirt road in a deep canyon. I did a half hour of pr with the owner and Mded for a half hour. This was the place, an 1894 school. [attachment 65979 8-19-07hammonschool.jpg] He said there was too...
  20. John 'n' W.Va

    Is this an iron thimble?

    It has the shape of a thimble, but it is a third smaller then my other thimbles. It has cast seams on the side. I have been searching the web and I am not sure. I e-mailed the pictures to a thimble expert and I am waiting for her response. [attachment 65866 8-17-07total.jpg] [attachment 65869...
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