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Relic Hunting

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crabby

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I'm posting this here because on the other forum's I think this question might be misconstrued.

I look at relic finds and all I see is rust. What am I missing? What is the allure?

Crabby Ron
 
Well, for me it depends on what the relic is - I'm not going to collect old rusty nails - but for some they love that. But finding an old radio-show token, military badge, or item used by a pioneer - That is SWEET!
For me, it is the idea of history. I have always loved history. Even when I was a kid (10 or 11) I loved searching out old cabins and homesites up where I lived in Northern Alberta, and imagining the people using these things I found.
Most of us who like relics also do the research to find out what the items are that we find, and how they were used. It's a connection with who we are as a Country (I'm Canadian - so we were built on a lot of Pioneer Spirit). Its a connection to the foundations of how our country was built.
Thats why I love artifacts & relics -

Peggy
History is a treasure worth finding!
 
No rust in Az = no rain :) How would you like to dig something like these relics ? Steve in so az

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Yes there are some that are not much more than rust, but it depends on what it was, it's historical significance, and to some it's value.
It is ok if that is what you see and have no interest, but to others it might be very cool. One mans junk is another mans treasure! :)

God bless!
 
Peggy,

I loved your post about history! I'm a history and social studies teacher and agree 100% with everything you said. I love to do all the things you mentioned and I also enjoy researching the history on the items I find.

Lisa (in Alabama)
 
Not all relics are rusty as Steve in AZ said! I was hunting on a Civil War site with my club group with permission and I found silver, so not all is iron! Also found miniballs or bullets and many found cannon balls of various sizes but not my cup of tea, as I didn't like the idea of digging and digging for them in hot weather and dressed in long sleeves and pants while wearing gloves to keep from getting loaded with poison ivy! I am very allergic to it! Yet, I had a lot of fun and would do it again, if I could and was able! The club hasn't been there for years since the president we had left and moved away and then passed away! I always enjoyed our :detecting: trips in and out of St. Louis!

Some of the relics like the soldiers used and wore, although rusty, are very valuable to a collector of Civil War items! To each his own and like Mike in MI says: One man's trash is another man's treasure.....depending on what you like to collect! There are profession cleaners who will clean and restore Civil War relics for a price.......so there are people who want them! :)

Oh, and welcome to the forum Ron, if you are new and if not, welcome back! :clapping:

God Bless! :angel:
Betty
 
Who lost what I am holding I'm my hand? How long ago? I have history of another era.

Try it on "metal detecting" forum, they won't think it an odd question. They will tell what they feel like
when find one.
 
stop by often, God bless.
 
...researching what I found actually is (if I don't know). I've learned a lot that way. But finding something in my area and knowing it's from colonial times is just a thrill. My mind just goes back it time as I imagine how that person might have lost that shoe buckle or that flat button. Who were they? What were they doing? Yeah, it's not worth anything really, but it's really cool to be the first person to touch something that's been in the ground since the 1700's or so. People I show the stuff to are pretty amazed.
 
Back the 50s at the fairgrounds durning the fair, they had B Ward Beams daredevils. Well I went detecting on a traction line roadbed. The tracks were taken up after the late 1920s. The traction line only operated about four years. The guys that owns the property now said the person that lived there before used to burn his trash on the roadbed. Anyway this is what I found there...............
 
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Glad to have you back crabby ??? Ron.
To me, just the learning of so many different things aside from what I'm trying to research is very interesting and sharing them with friends here opens up a lot of new areas to think about MDing.
God Bless.
Mark
 
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