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Some New Favorite Finds - Token, Fob, Gold Pin...

William-NM

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I had some luck this week despite some wild March weather - my ghost town hunt started with mist & fog, followed by a drizzle, then it cleared up, then it hailed like mad, cleared up again and then rained on and off for the rest of the day. Good thing little blackie is water tight - more than I can say for my thrift shop raincoat, heh (it doesn't rain much around here, so...)
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Between that and a couple of creek hunts, I managed to pull a few new favorites: a local watch fob - kind of copper colored, maybe bronze or a high-copper brass? Anyhow, it says "Silver City, New Mexico" on the top and "Broncho Bustin" on the bottom. Nice graphic of cowboy in the center. I've always seen it spelled "Bronco" - not sure if this is a misspelling or ??. Back is stamped "The Arts Shop, SIlver City, N.M". And a broken spur to go with it!
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Then I found this token. It's from Fort Bayard, NM, now a historic site about 5 miles east of town. The fort was established to protect the Chino copper mine in around 1860 and ceased operation as a military fort in 1900. Another local 'treasure' - it reads "U.S. Veterans Hospital #55 Ft. Bayard, N. Mex." on the front, and "Good for 1 Pint Milk" on the reverse, with the numbers 4&2 overstamped (a control #?)
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Then I snagged this little cast iron airplane, I love the old toys! It has a Barber dime with it for scale, the wingspan is 5", length is about 4.5".
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I thought that this Art Nouveau pin was brass, but it tests out at 10K, doesn't smell like brass (brass has a distinctive odor when rubbed), or taste like brass (yes, I did taste it). So, I'm on a nice roll with the gold! It's 4" wide, 1/2" high, and weighs in at .51 oz with the little stone in.
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Some of my finds don't require a metal detector:
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I hadn't found a "3 Merry Widows" condom tin for a while, heh. and you can never have too much nickel silver / silver plated flatware, right? I must have 150 by now. I also found an old 'Airline' radio set dial window, what looks like an old p.o. box door, etc.
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Got a few Coke & 7UP bottles in better condition, and a few other good ones:
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Just a few marbles and toys - Tigger likes his new female friend, though. Spooky lookin' porcelain doll.
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A '48 truck license plate & a heavy, porcelain enameled (f&b) number - possibly railroad?? And almost 10# of lead - one of the bars on the left is stamped 'ALF".
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wow looks like a great spot to hunt you pretty well found all my favorite thing to find tokens, toys, watch fob,bottles,marbles and a spur to boot.lol that would be a months hunting or more around here great finds and congrats on great hunt
 
Outstanding! What a great hunt, write up, and pics! Good to see you made another run at it! :clapping: That little cobalt blue bottle is sweet!
Mud
 
What a great game, man! A tremendous amount of objects that always show us, I guess that will be of different days ...
I know that curiosity killed the cat, we say here, but I would like to see where you put that amount of objects? Museum passes do you do?:)
That plane looks like something out of a dream, it's wonderful.

Thanks for showing
best regards
 
That's an interesting assortment of finds. Thanks for sharing. My back's hurting just thinking about digging all those finds. HH.
 
Wag, Trackerman, Mudpuppy, TXPIRATE, Fongu: Thanks, Guys! Appreciate the moral support :cheers:
Senda: The museum is currently closed for renovations. I'm adding two more floors and an elevator. I'll send you a pass and a plane ticket once it's complete. :cool:
 
Nice stuff in that hunt.
Congrats !
 
I AGREE! :clapping:
I'll see as I explain to my wife :starwars:
:rofl:
I love traveling and I think the United States is my number one target, the most complete, where I can find more interesting things, but ... I would not know what state for started.:crylol:
best regards
 
Very cool finds
Good job
 
Les, Joel, Redly, Chip: Thank you!
Senda: OK, I'll send a ticket for the wife, too. Somebody has to watch the museum while we're out digging treasure!
 
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