A day on my own

[TimmyNY]

It was a nice day yesterday so I decided to go out and hit some cellar holes near me. John and Jeff were busy so I had to go it alone. I got the area with the idea of hitting a hole that we've hit a couple times before, but as I drove to the hole I passed one that I knew was there but we haven't hit because it was quite a bit newer than what we usually look for.

Now it was pretty open and there was about an acre or so surrounding the cellar hole and a large barn. there are also 3 wells and a garage foundation on the property.

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I was quite surprised when the first signal turned out to be a piece of a large sleigh bell. I was not expecting to find anything that old there. most of the other finds were more modern. I would say from the 1920s. all in all I spent about 3 hours there.

I found a bunch of sleigh bells and a nice buckle. the 1919 merc came from near the garage foundation as did the plate with "xwell motor corporation"on it.

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after looking it up on the internet I found that the plate is a serial number for a Maxwell motor corp car. This company operated under that name from 1920 to 1924 when It became Chrysler

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at this point I took a break and called John to see if he was coming out. He had other plans so I put on the small coil and headed back to hunt right up around the hole.


more to come

 

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[TimmyNY]

I headed back to the hole and soon came up with a few more finds. a nice silver pocket watch and a 1865 british penny.

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The rest of the day I drove around a bit looking for spots for us to hit today. of course this is what I woke up to so I guess we'll have to wait till next weekend

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Tim

 

[kenb]

Great finds Tim, good move getting out before the storm. We already got 2 to 3" of rain down here.

kenb

 

[Dig This]

Tim,
great day for ys. I wish I didnt have to work yesterday but whay can ya do. I guess we need to start hitting all the holes since this one produced stuff we would not have figured would be there. Next weekend looks good weather wise, we need to get out. I am sure John will be making the plan up.
Jeff

 

[Diggincoinz]

Nice digs, ha, you got more snow that me!

It'll all melt quickly though, good luck next weekend too!

 

[Michiganne]

Nice finds! Love the British coin and the sleigh bells. Keep digging.

HH

 

[davesx]

Hi Tim.
Looks like you had a good day,The penny is in nice condition,
shame about the hole. I like the pocket watch too.
I hope the snow dos'nt last too long.

HH Dave.

 

[SilverDreams]

Nice finds. That British penny is cool!

 

[KenPa]

Very nice Timmy Sorry to see that snow, I feel lucky now we are only getting heavy rain.
Ken

 

[midnightguy]

Nice Finds Tim, I like the old pocket watch body. Looks very ornate.. The sleigh bells look that they will clean up well also. Should be fun continuing the hunt.. HH Midnightguy