Finally, no tabs or bottle caps!

[DrGrip]

I'm sure some are going to say I still dug trash, and I'll agree to a point. This "trash" came from a home site that hasn't been hunted until today according to the owner. I tend to believe it since most every step you take you get a hit for iron.

Most all of this was at an average depth of 4" with a lot of it at 6" or better. The ground out there was TOUGH to dig. I had to quit earlier than I wanted to due to my hand getting a major blister, and I was wearing my work gloves. I've gotten blisters on hunts before, but never like this. I think the ground out there is 3 parts concrete and 1 part clay! :P

I don't use any discrimination so I was on my knees digging quite a bit and the pictures are of the more interesting things, a lot of stuff went to the scrap bucket in the back of the truck. The only "keeper" I found was a 1929 wheatie.

The find with the "hook" on it is lead from what I can tell. I have NO CLUE what the hook thing is and will post it in the "What is it" forum as well. Upon cleaning it got really interesting...

At one point by the old front porch I had a surface find and got excited, I saw a ring sticking halfway out of the ground! I picked it up and realized it was a brass gas line fitting piece.

I feel certain that a few more hunts here and I'll have a lot of the the iron dug out and will be able to get serious about coins and such. With the wheatie out there I know there will be more.

Grip

 

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[curbdiggercarl57]

One day you'll look back and fondly remember those pull tabs and bottle caps. Really.

 

[nebstater]

Some neat finds.

Besides the broken glass and nails in the ground, gloves keep your palms from blistering like yours did.

 

[bellapoison]

Besides the broken glass and nails in the ground, gloves keep your palms from blistering like yours did.

He said in the original post that he was wearing gloves.

I think most trowels just aren't ergonomically designed for hours of intense digging in "black gumbo" soil, so you end up with sore (sometimes blistered) palms.

 

[wyattrr]

Doesn't look like trash to me...Those are Relics. Let's see...A Mason Jar Lid, An Ole School Water Faucet and some Cool Nails. By the looks of your hand some great exercise...Congrats and HH

 

[DrGrip]

Doesn't look like trash to me...Those are Relics. Let's see...A Mason Jar Lid, An Ole School Water Faucet and some Cool Nails. By the looks of your hand some great exercise...Congrats and HH

LOTS of exercise for sure.

Yep, had my gloves on, but like Bella said, the dirt around here is what we call "black gumbo" and in some places it can be tough. Next trip I'll have a moleskin patch on my palm under my glove.

The thing that looks like a water faucet is actually lead and not hollow, not sure what it is yet. The jar lid had a ceramic liner in it and was made by Boyd's.

Grip

 

[STH69]

Yes gloves are a must, a lot of digging