My Town

[mrhvmd]

Twenty five years ago I wrote a self publshed history of our little hamlet of Flicksville, PA. I had moved here seven years earlier and my interest in local history led me to talk to all the long-time residents, many of whom descended from generations of local dwellers. I formed great friendships and was able to explore attics, nose around our dilapidated grist mill and haunt our graveyard more than any ghosts who might be present. Courthouse records revealed that the original gristmill was built in 1791, so in 1991 we celebrated the town's bicentennial. By then we had started a local history club headquartered in the Flicksville church and there was plenty participants to pull off our fete. I'm not sure why it took my wife and me so long to come around to detecting, given our love of history, antiques and the outdoors. Nevertheless we finally did and it's only now, nearly a quarter century later, that we have started reallty searching the old structures in our town. What I'm really getting around to saying is that we have had precious little success. Yesterday Jen and I made a thorough search of the land around the one room schoohouse, now a single family dwelling, that has been in this location for most of two centuries. I found a 30-06 casing. A while later, 100 yards away on the grounds of the grist mill I found the bullet pictured, which fits perfectly into the casing. I know nothing about ammunition - could they actually go together? Seems like it would be a prettty amazing coincidence for that specific bullet to have belonged to that specific casing. Most interesting find of the day was a compact case that Jen unearthed, made by Reisch Ash Corp. http://collectingvintagecompacts.blogspot.com/2013/10/reich-ash-part-1-cherubs-nudes-and.html. Pretty colorful history. I like these old compacts and reading about the entrepreneurs who marketed them. I also posted on online photo of a mint condition specimen. Besides a single wheat penny my only other find of the day was the cap off a milk bottle from the now defunct Bangor Dairy. Bangor is the closest town of any size. We'll keep at it. Happy hunting everyone!

 

[mrhvmd]

Forgot about these items on yesterday's hunt. Might be an old saddle buckle, eh?

 

[DougF]

Some good finds - keep at it. I found a similar buckle - I think about the same size as yours. Good luck

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Looks like its getting older..... just a matter of time till you hit the good stuff..

 

[doc holiday]

The bullet and the hull may be the same caliber--30-06 in this case,but not likely mates. The bullet has a slightly flattened nose which indicates it came from afar. Had it been fired from that hull at that close range it would have been greatly deformed.

 

[senda]

Good job, congrats but keep looking, looks like a very interesting place.