Digging Up My Childhood

[romeo-1]

Spending the weekend at my parents place with my 8 year old son so we decided to try the back yard to see if we could find some of my old Hot Wheels from when I was his age. Sure enough, three targets in and out pops a fire truck I lost 35 years ago. I distinctly remember this one too...amazed it was about 3 inches down but we never dug up the back yard while playing.

Also found an old Austin hood ornament, a local dog tag from 1980, a 1960 silver dime and a nitro moment...thought for sure I had a gold pendant but it's plated. Still, fun digging up some memories!

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the back to childhood relic quest, you did well!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Cool. I see lots of people collect these, post these toys found. I leave them where found for some other kid to "discover"..Except for the couple I found in my own yard, which like yours, were mine.

 

[lairmo]

That's awesome....believe it or not when I got my first detector at 13 yrs old I detected my mom and dad's black dirt pile that I played on around 7 yrs old. I found my first Silver, a 1898 O Silver Barber dime. They had the dirt brought in from some field a few miles South of town years before. I still have it...

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Romeo but priceless when hunting with our son and building memories! Thanks for sharing...

 

[Hawks88]

Nothing better than hunting with your son. Lots of good stories to tell him while you’re hunting. Especially when you found your old fire truck. Keep smiling and digging. Congrats.

 

[Phishfarmer]

Fun finds! I really like the hood ornament.

 

[s2ndjetli]

Thats pretty cool, time capsule. Me and my dad buried some stuff in the 80's and found it later, was neat to see what and how I wrote things back then. I know it was deeper but I think mowing the lawn and constantly placing material over top gave it layers. Hopefully your son will continue a new tradition from this.. neat digs.

 

[villagenut]

Nice rescue of the rescue vehicle.....But even nicer of a rescue of memories and some quality time with junior.

 

[thrifty76now]

You had fun finding things you lost during your childhood.

 

[sutphin]

IS IT FOR PLYMOUTH OR REO ??