Digging shotgun shell brass pays off

[watercolor]

During my last two hunts at "Barber Hill" with Kimsdad, shotgun shell brass,
.22 casings, pocket knives, and cheap tableware were plentiful. During our first
hunt, I felt fortunate to recover two Wheats and a "Evanston Railway Co" token and
after some research, was able to date it somewhere between 1913 to 1937.

Probably my most unusual find was a 6-holed, oval-shaped brass plate with
a patent marking of June 2, 1914. . . which turned out to be the sole plate for a
"Triple Splice" Spalding spoon golf club





During our hunt today, Kimsdad & I were joined by Looking4Seated. He must have
brought some luck with him because just after he arrived, I found a 1900 V-Nickel
and soon after, another Boy Scout pocket knife and an early Wheat.

All in all, it was fun to get out and enjoy



Thanks for looking,
watercolor.

 

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[Lookn4Seated]

Great day to be out hunting today.

Congrats on that Liberty Head!

Met up with pops after I left and went to 'his' spot, and didn't do so bad.

 

[treasurefiend]

Great hunt guys!!!! Just don't hunt that place out without us!

 

[Lookn4Seated]

Great hunt guys!!!! Just don't hunt that place out without us!

No worries. I have a new place for us to get out. Looks like it has never been hunted either as to the amount of goodies I found in a very small area.

 

[kimsdad]

Great finds, Mark!!!

I was happy that one of the three of us picked off an oldie today.

That spoon and fork are nice, too. Look at the points on that fork! I found one last year with tines just as sharp. You really had to be careful when you were eating back then, I guess!

Did you see the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile on your way back home? Legit - it was at Euclid & Milwaukee!

 

[d-dub]

Great finds Watercolor!

 

[mikewaz]

Nice finds again!
You guys sure had a beauty of a day to be out running in the woods.
Mike

 

[litefire56]

Nice digs Mark! That '21 wheat looks like chocolate.

 

[AmericanCoinHunting]

Excellent finds Watercolor.....Love the V,,,and ecpecially the pocket knives.....HH

 

[Lowbatts]

Another round of winners Mark! Looks like much ado about picnicking sometime in days gone by there.

 

[treasurefiend]

Great finds, Mark!!!

I was happy that one of the three of us picked off an oldie today.

That spoon and fork are nice, too. Look at the points on that fork! I found one last year with tines just as sharp. You really had to be careful when you were eating back then, I guess!

Did you see the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile on your way back home? Legit - it was at Euclid & Milwaukee!

Hey I saw it last week at Higgens & Mannheim (next to O'Hare)!!!

 

[watercolor]

Thanks everyone for the comments!

When I dumped my trash out of the bag last night, I must have had at least 20 brass
shotgun shell heads and a dozen .22 casings. . . that had rung up as pennies :P

It's funny about the .22 casings. . . they were all near the creek so someone must
have been using frogs for targets.

 

[DPBOB]

Great finds, Mark!!!

I was happy that one of the three of us picked off an oldie today.

That spoon and fork are nice, too. Look at the points on that fork! I found one last year with tines just as sharp. You really had to be careful when you were eating back then, I guess!

Did you see the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile on your way back home? Legit - it was at Euclid & Milwaukee!

Hey I saw it last week at Higgens & Mannheim (next to O'Hare)!!!

I know the girl who is driving it...She lives in my neighborhood


Nice job on the coinage....

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