TNGUNS
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- Jun 23, 2012
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- Whites 5900, Fisher 1266x, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Silver Sabre, Whites Eagle Spectrum, Teknetics G2, Teknetics T2, Vibra-Probe 580
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- All Treasure Hunting
Dug the fob pictured below here in TN a few weeks ago. When I showed it to the owner his Mrs. seemed to have a real fascination for it so I gave it to her. Went back to get pics of it a few days ago and really found a great story about the site. I knew the landowner's home was relatively new but constructed on the site of a much older home. I have been hunting a little ghost town here in TN that was started in 1812. The original home at the site was one of the early ones. I actually found the fob at what was supposedly slave or tenant quarters across the road from the main home. When I brought up how odd it seemed that one of our farmers was a world traveler I was floored by what they told me. His family was actually very prominent and the grounds near where I found the fob once contained a bandstand and even tennis courts. A spring that runs out had several little foot bridges across and that side of the road actually resembled a park. Many parties and weddings etc took place on the property up through the early 1900's. More than one of the family was known to have traveled extensively. Now it is a jumbled mess and pretty much a marsh as the beavers keep damming below the spring. Very unlikely to get to hunt much of it as it literally too thick to even walk through but one to keep my eye on in case the ever clear it.
A note about the Great Eastern Hotel: It was the grandest hotel in India for decades and started in the 1840's. Literally a huge structure in its heyday. I doubt the fob is much older than 1900 as it appears to be made of aluminum.
A note about the Great Eastern Hotel: It was the grandest hotel in India for decades and started in the 1840's. Literally a huge structure in its heyday. I doubt the fob is much older than 1900 as it appears to be made of aluminum.
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