old pueblo

Back out at my friends place in town today, where there is this old garbage dump next to the railroad that has produced quite a few neat little finds over the years. Found a few more things, including some clay marbles, buttons, half of a green glass bead, a harmonica reed, saw medallion, date...

Found this 11 1/2 inch saddle shield in a cigar box full of relics and other junk that my Grandfather owned. Can anyone tell me when these things were made? I have no idea where it was found, but it probably came from somewhere here in Arizona, or maybe even New Mexico.

This thing here has been sitting on my sister's front porch for years. She doesnt remember where she got it, but we believe it came from an old roommate, who was a maid, who used to bring a lot of decorative tribal stuff like this home from one of her elderly clients, and give it to my sister. I...

Found this thing here. I dont remember where exactly, but it was somewhere out in the fields around here. For that reason I think it is livestock related, but the back looks like it was made to be mounted onto something, presumably wooden. If anyone knows what this thing is called, please let me...

Some more finds from this ranch a buddy of mine lives on up near the base of these mountains, where there were once a bunch of old mines. At the first old site, there wasn't much, but I did find that old UMC Nitro shell, which dates to about 1894 to about 1899, and that little suspender buckle...

Found this in a thrift store, I think I paid like 50 cents or something. On the back it has a little copyright symbol the letters "MC" I think it is and "14K" underneath. I tried weighing it, but my scale is too large, and this thing weighs less than a gram. Is this thing worth anything? The...

Found this in the desert near my home several ago when I lived just to the south of Tucson, Arizona. I always thought it might be an old gun flint, and Tucson is one of the oldest towns in Arizona, founded back in 1775 or so by the Spanish, and there was lots of fighting with Indians here back...

Needs some help determining the age, type and value of these points. Most are broken straight in half, and they're all from one county in Pennsylvania somewhere. I bought them on ebay a long time ago and paid $35 with a large glass rikers display case. The seller shipped the artifacts in the...

Does anyone know what this thing is? I think it may be broken in half, but you see these things near the old railroads out here all the time.

Some finds from back in town, which I didnt feel like going through yesterday. This place turned out to be much larger than I expected, and you can see where some others were bottle digging all over the place. Kind of cool that there is still some interesting stuff here to find, since my...

Since my last few outings have been cut short for one reason or another, this morning I decided to go back out to a local construction site near home, where I have recently received permission to salvage any last finds before a bunch of new houses go up. Ive been here a few times before, but...

Some more stuff from here in Southern Arizona, including a huge red trade pottery sherd, its dirty and I still have to clean off the dirt to expose more of that bright red color. A few shotgun shells, including a 1901 Winchester Repeater, an unfired UMC Club No 12, which dates to about 1885 to...

Today's finds. Had to cut it short as I caught some lowlife attempting to break into my car, and had to leave. Can anyone put a date on this cracker jack carriage? And what is this little clay bead? Native American? Its definitely clay, and looks like something tribal people would wear, and...

Some of today's find. Need some help with some of it. Can anyone put a date on that Hyvis Oil token? And what about this shotgun? It says "Daisy" so Im pretty sure its just a BB gun. The stuff on the left is an old horseshoe, possibly US Cavalry from the 1910s, but Im not sure. Does anyone know...

Today's finds include another old pocket watch, and several pieces to pocket watches, including one piece that says it was patented in April 17, 1888. A couple more clay marbles, a jack, two rusty date nails from 1916 and 1923, some glass and pearl shell buttons, an old Levi work button, a blue...

Can anyone put a date on this old bottle and key, and maybe tell me what these bottles were used for? Its very thin, has bubbles, and is turning purple. And what is that rusty square thing? Anyone recognize it? And thats an old miner's tag I threw in just to show.

Found a few things at this old ranch today. Can anyone ID this key? I dont think its that old, but who knows. This place goes back to at least the turn of the 19th century, judging by the purple glass shards I was seeing all over the place. I also found that little clay marble. I always enjoy...

Can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is? Found in extreme southeast Arizona, a few miles north of the border. The brown you see is just dirt.

Out with a friend today, who took me to some place out on his property to look for relics along a dry wash. Nows a good time since the Monsoon tends to wash stuff up that have been buried for centuries, and my friend lets me keep anything I find on his place. Take a look. I am also looking for...

First thing has a 1909 patent date. The ceramic thing or whatever that is I think came out of an old battery. And the third, I dont know, but I have found one of the round button looking things on top before, and was hoping someone might no what it is. Also found these date nails, including...

A few of today's finds, including a cowboy's worst nightmare (a tiny little arrowhead, called a bird point), a 10 gauge Repeater shell, which is kind of cool, since you most often find them in 12 gauge, and an old flat key. Can anyone put a date or date range on this key? Date nails include...

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Can anyone tell me more about when these two dropped bullets were made?One is a "Peters .45 Colt" and the other a "WRA Co. 32 S. & W. L." Thank you

Found these today, anyone know more? The suspender buckle looks like two different kinds attached together. The "President" was patented in 1901 and the other has an 1892 patent date on it.

Can anyone make out the manufacturer's mark on this old bottle? Thank you

Found this box of silverware in the local garbage dump when I was a kid, I was wondering if any of it is actually silver, how old it might be, and so forth. Its all the same design except for two forks. If you need more pgotos, please let me know and I will be happy to take some more. They all...

Can anyone make out the manufacturer's mark on the bottom of this old bottle? And does anyone know what kind of bottle this is? I'm thinking its early to mid 20th century, since it has not changed colors, but it does have some very small bubbles and it looks like a cork top. Any info would be...

Does anyone know what this went to and how old it might be?

I found this a long time ago, and Im 99% certain it is an Native American awl, used for drilling holes into things. Its was found near where a person close to me found the pottery spindle whirl you see in the photos, and it looks like the awl would have been perfect for drilling out the holes...

Found some more cool stuff, including a little train car made of lead I think, some more marbles ( a clay one and a solid black glass one), a sterling silver ring, missing its stone, some date nails, buckles, buttons, shotgun shells and so forth. Please let me know if you know anything about any...

Found this in the back of a U-haul truck when I moved into the house Im living in now. It looks like a authentic old one, based on its design. (Ive never seen any modern repos that look like this). Does anyone know what kind of point this is, and if so, where it might have came from?

Can anyone date put a date on the REM-UMC Nitro Club shell? And does anyone know what that little harmonica reed looking think went to? Maybe a tiny harmonica? And what about the buckle? Horse tack? I also found whats left of an old watch. I didnt see any writing and its light, although it kind...

Does anyone know what this stuff is? The stuff at the bottom next to the ruler is what Im interested in. The other stuff is just to show. The thing at the far left is what I believe is another .50-70 round, without a headstamp, as it is exactly the same size as the other darker one you see...

Found these date nails on a ranch my sister lives on here in Southern Arizona, and a bunch of camouflage stuff from the drug smugglers, which I recently posted another threat about. This time I stopped at the same spot and found several more camo backpacks, camo clothing, camo hats (baseball and...

Some stuff we found yesterday at an old place here in Southern Arizona. Please let me know what you think, as Im trying to determine the age and/or origin of this stuff. Thanks

Hello,found these online a few weeks ago for a couple bucks each, so I figured they were worth it, if they are real. From what I read, these are late 19th century to early 1900s (WW1 era) buttons from California and New Mexico State Militia/National Guard uniforms. Both say "Superior Quality" on...

Hello, I was hoping someone here might be able to point me in the right direction for finding old newspapers from Arizona that are online and free to view. Im mainly interested in the 1910s and 1920s, so if anyone knows where to find any, please let me know. Thank you

Today I have what I believe to be a .38 rimfire casing without a headstamp. According to what I read on Wikipedia's ".38 rimfire" article and some other random stuff online, this casing dates back to the latter half of the 1860s (when the round was developed) to the 1880s or so, when headstamps...

Does anybody know anything about this old tire iron. Its weird in that it has holes through it, and is broken off at one of them. It must have been made to be lightweight or something. I found it in what used to be an army camp dating from 1910 to 1933. The whole area is houses and stuff now...

Since the Mexican coins I found the other day seem to be popular, I thought I'd share these with you all. All found in the desert in Southern Arizona, in the border country, and at least one of which came from illegal aliens coming across. The glass one I found on the southern side of the...