Seriously Guys....What Do You Do With All Your Relics:shrug:

[John-Edmonton]

I have accumulated 20 years of spoons, forks, ladies beauty supplies, old ammo, lead projectiles of all types, old metal toys, tokens, licence plates just to name a few. I am cleaning up around the house today, and I can't believe how much stuff I have found. Most of it tells a bit of history from some where at some time. However, if I were to expire tomorrow, realistically, my wife and kids would probably load 80% of it into a trash bin, except for the coins and jewelry. Sometimes, I feel like just snapping a photo of my next spoon, toy car or whatever, and rebury it again so a new-comer to the hobby can also experience the thrill. What are your thoughts?

 

[fongu]

I have numerous 5 gallon buckets full of stuff and once in a great while I will get into a cleaning frenzy and throw something away or recycle it or just give it away. I doubt I have 1 percent of what someone who is as active as you and has been going at it over 20 years has accumalated. Mama and my brothers would have a mess on their hands if I expired. Thankfully most of it is in the shed except the fishing stuff I found, it stays in the house. If I had a wife, I would be in the dog house and it would probably be piled on top of me.
GL & HH, John.

 

[mudpuppy]

"Ebay....folks buy all sorts of crap"........'Detectorists'........ BBC channel 4 (you really gotta watch this last season on youtube!)


Mud

 

[JOE in MD]

Put them in display cases, curio cabinet, etc. in my corner of the basement. My daughter ask me what one relic was my most important one to me. ( I told her my 1852 Gold dollar coin and my confederate "C" rosette I found). Well at least she going to keep two of my relics.

 

[fongu]

Joe, if she doesn't have time to look after the gold dollar and the csa item, send them to me. lol You probably posted photos in the past, but I sure wish you would post another photo of these items. Both these items are on my lengthy wish list.

 

[senda]

hi guys!
I live in an apartment with a very nice lady who lets me live with her. Conquered a small room for my pc and my little things, big and dirty works remain in exile in the cold attic ...
Several jars with hundreds of coins in olive oil, one for every period. Jar with current ongoing coins, another coin to change in the bank. Small piles to identify with pods and bullets, with objects of bronze, iron, laundry and many small boxes with musket balls, and other findings ... The best pieces in a case with trays. In these transparent boxes of chocolates, crosses and medals and one with buckles, I have to eat more Ferrero's
senda

 

[WaterWalker]

You can always give up dirt digging and go waterwalking.

There are far less collectable trinkets in the ocean. Very seldom does a shallow water detectorist find any of the marvelous buckles, coppers, bells, older coins, war relics etc that the land lovers collect. My 5 gallon bucket of last year's scrap was recycled. The lead was bartered for jewelry repair. The live shotgun shells were given to the local police. 20% of the precious metal was returned to the owners, the family took the other 80%.
Not much left for me to put into a collector's box.

However, what is in my collector's box is marvelous. Included are the Thank You notes for the returned items, an 8 reales, a few rings and a necklace. An 1898 A.O.U.W medal. My first found silver dollar (it took me 32 years to find one) and many other interesting items. And a thumb drive with photos of all the beaches I have detected, others I have detected with, a compilation of 38 years of newsletters and other information on the metal detecting club I belong to and of course all the rings I have returned and their smiling owners. All will be memory triggers for when I can not get out and detect like I can today.

 

[upnorth]

I toss a lot out unless rare. I see no point in keeping more than one 12 gauge head stamp version. The same with spoons etc., it has to be different or unusual. More toward the unusual end.

 

[senda]

Good intentions for the year 2015.-
Make absolutely clean, throw (recycle) all that crap !! least some exceptions ...
God !! in 30 years ... I will need a home 10 times higher than the current ...
senda

 

[fongu]

It's about time for more spring cleaning. Then I can store more junk the rest of the year. I meant relics, not junk. lol I've had a case of packrat fever so long, it's involuntary. Just like breathing.

 

[Canine]

I live a somewhat Spartan lifestyle. All of my belongings easily fit into the bed of a full size truck. As the junk comes out of the ground, I put it in a bucket or pouch then throw it away when I get home. What coins I have I clean them and spend them. Anything worth money gets sold or returned to the owner. When I eventually replace my damaged camera, I will take pictures if a found item is worth remembering.

I prefer to spend my time having fun rather than storing stuff that is mostly garbage. I also don't have to worry about what I'm going to do with all that stuff. My worries go towards figuring out how to get enough gas money to go to the next cool site for a hike or a dig.