Another Day at a Nevada Ghost Town

[oldmxrat]

Went back to where Conito@55 and I have been finding Barber coins. No coins today, unfortunately, but he found a nice token from Nevada, Missouri of all places!
Nice day out hunting nonetheless.

First up are buttons and clothing hardware.

Next is a .41 rimfire round, a Winchester .22 WRF round, some kind of product tag from Mattatuck mfg. co. of Waterbury, Conn., and a whatzit.

And finally, a little tiny railroad spike.

Always fun to get out there with my friend!

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[Digger RJ]

Went back to where Conito@55 and I have been finding Barber coins. No coins today, unfortunately, but he found a nice token from Nevada, Missouri of all places!
Nice day out hunting nonetheless.

First up are buttons and clothing hardware.
View attachment 2169188View attachment 2169189

Next is a .41 rimfire round, a Winchester .22 WRF round, some kind of product tag from Mattatuck mfg. co. of Waterbury, Conn., and a whatzit.
View attachment 2169191

And finally, a little tiny railroad spike.
View attachment 2169192

Always fun to get out there with my friend!

Good Ol’ Nevada Mo.🤣 Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Mud Hut]

Neat stuff! That Jefferson piece looks like the ringer lever from a bicycle bell.

 

[tnt-hunter]

Congratulations on an interesting hunt. Your tiny railroad spike is the type used for mine car rails. I live in coal mine country and we find them occasionally. Stay safe, good luck and keep swingin.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A very nice assortment of finds - well done !

 

[Mackaydon]

Some history:
In 1886 Mr. Henry L. Wade organized the Mattatuck Manufacturing Company on the corner of Southmayd Road & East Main Street in Waterbury. For nearly 100 years they were a leader in producing brass & wire goods such as upholstery nails, spring bed fabrics, wire forms and screw machine products. They had several patents for handcuff and leg iron restraints which were widely used by police and law enforcement agencies through out the world and were often utilized by the great illusionist Harry Houdini in his handcuff, escape acts. During World War II they switch from manufacturing upholstery nails to cartridge clips for the commonly used Springfield rifle producing as many as 3 million clips a week and employed over 500 employees.
Source: https://minnick.frontrunnerpro.com/runtime/679/History_and_Future_383649.html
Don in SoCal
PS: The name Mattatuck was given to the area by the original settlers in the 1600s.
Source: Page five of this report: https://nvcogct.gov/wp-content/uplo...Plan-of-Conservation-and-Development-2008.pdf

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Went back to where Conito@55 and I have been finding Barber coins. No coins today, unfortunately, but he found a nice token from Nevada, Missouri of all places!
Nice day out hunting nonetheless.

First up are buttons and clothing hardware.
View attachment 2169188View attachment 2169189

Next is a .41 rimfire round, a Winchester .22 WRF round, some kind of product tag from Mattatuck mfg. co. of Waterbury, Conn., and a whatzit.
View attachment 2169191

And finally, a little tiny railroad spike.
View attachment 2169192

Always fun to get out there with my friend!

cool recoveries all around, thanks for posting. Nevada MO is about and hour and a half south of me, and I've actually done some swinging there 😊

 

[Conito@55]

Went back to where Conito@55 and I have been finding Barber coins. No coins today, unfortunately, but he found a nice token from Nevada, Missouri of all places!
Nice day out hunting nonetheless.

First up are buttons and clothing hardware.
View attachment 2169188View attachment 2169189

Next is a .41 rimfire round, a Winchester .22 WRF round, some kind of product tag from Mattatuck mfg. co. of Waterbury, Conn., and a whatzit.
View attachment 2169191

And finally, a little tiny railroad spike.
View attachment 2169192

Always fun to get out there with my friend!

It was a good day, but we need to keep pushing in that place, I know there are more things waiting for us.

 

[oldmxrat]

It was a good day, but we need to keep pushing in that place, I know there are more things waiting for us.

We need a big magnet to gather up all of those nails! 🧲

 

[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on all the cool finds! Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[Gare]

VERY NICE FINDS thanks for sharing with us