Gulf coast salt water and my pocket watch find

[INCH]

Aint no saving this puppy . The salt water plus the ground minerals have kissed it. I posted this find yesterday in hope of finding a solution for cleaning it, but my friend told me today it would never run and it was gold plated. It has a marking onthe inside the back plate(B&B royal 20 years and some numbers below the writing) Found some stamped name in the guts (illinoise watch co springfield) My friend told me its not worth gettin involved in serious cleaning, because of the damage. So I cleaned it up a bit and just spent half my day gawlkin at it . Any of U guys ever dug a pocket watch and thought how somone could lose it?

 

[TreasureHuntersSupply]

Still a super find to find one intact and if only it could talk eh?

 

[John-Edmonton]

That's a great find. You should do some high resolution photos on it and send them to Garrett.

Click on the monthly contest.

http://www.garrett.com/hobbysite/hbby_favorite_find.aspx

 

[mudpuppy]

n/t

 

[INCH]

That's a great find. You should do some high resolution photos on it and send them to Garrett.

What U talkin bout high resolutin, my camera gots 5 megapickles of power and a mackaroni setting But thanks for the suggestion. I think I will just put it in my glass fish bowl with my other finds. I did a research on the watch and found out it was made around circa 1912 got theserial numbers off the guts(what was left of them.) My neighbors are starting to think Im gifted in metal detecting because of my finds The month of May has been good for me a 10K bracelet with the Ace, a silver ring and the pocket watch with the PRo. Pretty cool about the warranty for the watch for 20 years , the way I understand the warranted part, is for the gold filling to last that long?


LOL mudpuppy, Its all good

 

[goodmore]

Every time I find something of value or just old and unique I wonder about the person that lost it. One of the great things about our hobby if you ask me.

 

[INCH]

Every time I find something of value or just old and unique I wonder about the person that lost it. One of the great things about our hobby if you ask me.

Dont we all have a great conscious.

 

[skippers]

That's a great find. You should do some high resolution photos on it and send them to Garrett.

What U talkin bout high resolutin, my camera gots 5 megapickles of power and a mackaroni setting But thanks for the suggestion. I think I will just put it in my glass fish bowl with my other finds. I did a research on the watch and found out it was made around circa 1912 got theserial numbers off the guts(what was left of them.) My neighbors are starting to think Im gifted in metal detecting because of my finds The month of May has been good for me a 10K bracelet with the Ace, a silver ring and the pocket watch with the PRo. Pretty cool about the warranty for the watch for 20 years , the way I understand the warranted part, is for the gold filling to last that long?


LOL mudpuppy, Its all good

Yes kid, the 20 years was for the gold plating on the case..

 

[khouse]

I found a womans Fossil watch a few years ago. It had dirt and water inside. It looked like it had been in the ground a long time. At least at the time Fossil guaranteed watches for life. So I sent it to them. About a month later they sent me a brand new watch. It wasn't the exact one but close.

 

[Yukon Cornelius]

I found a pocket watch this past weekend next to this early 1900s cabin,the face was so badly damaged and the inside was completely rusted out had a bronze casing but no manufacture name or date.

 

[Heras]

Hey 72INCHKID are you finding the stuff with the at pro on the water?

What sens are you using? do you get falsing when hitting the ground or a strong wave current?

 

[INCH]

Heras I found the watch a few feet onshore of a salt water bayou. It was in red clay looking soil. Its been in the ground a while and the watch has been through a few hurricanes aroun here. I have taken the PRO out in the salt bay and bayou and not aproblem with it ., I forget my settings. I prefer land hunting and I aint gonna B dunking Humpty Dumpty(ATP) in the salt water. I love the ATPRO but Im not dunking the control box in any saltwater, I havent been in the Gulf with it , but it works well in calm salty waters around NW Florida. Sorry , I really cant answer about the waves.

 

[dahut]

Ive found a couple of pocket watches over the years. Each and every one was rotten to the core.
The innards of them inevitably contain many ferrous metal cogs and doo-dads, so they suffer badly from exposure.

But they are neat, for sure. You could remove the guts and use the case itself as a decoration, or as a secret stash for a small wad of hunnerd dollar bills.