Heres What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

Incredible finds Badger. Super intersting!!

Me thinks you are going to have to open your own museum with all the great relics you are digging at this lumber camp. Thanks for sharing all your digs!

Smiles!
BDoo
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

MB,

first off, great finds!!

secondly,
I have a question for you. When you were detecting these saw blades, what did they show up as? The reason i ask this is because I have a good target that shows on my Ace 250 as a dime at 4+ inches but I cannot find that sucker after digging deeper that 6 inches and about the same diameter hole. Someone on my post (in todays finds "thirty cents richer and a proposition") said it is more than lickely a big trash item even though when detecting it the detector does not show it being too big (I can swing all around the hole and it does not detect it but when I swing over the hole it does).

Any ideas??


Thanks

Funkman
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

That sure is a sweet spot...I'm jealous... ;D
 

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funkman said:
(I can swing all around the hole and it does not detect it but when I swing over the hole it does).

Any ideas??


Thanks

Funkman
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It's most likely a deep piece of iron, tin, or aluminum. Many times old fruit jar twist lids will do this. They often read as a penny and since most were purposely buried as junk, they're deep. There are some sites where I dig a dozen of these everytime I hunt.

As for crosscut saws, usually these are found in trash pits. If laying flat near the surface you will get one very long narrow target. You might think it's a wire or chain.

Many times saw blades read as IRON and if you discriminate it out you'll miss them.

I usually hunt all pre-1910 sites with only enough discrimination to tune out small nails.

I use the Tesoro DeLeon which is fabulous at separating thinner targets (sheet tin, etc.) from heavy massive ones (blades, plows, etc.).

Dig up your deep target and let me know what it is.

Best,

Badger
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

will dig it up. I will bring a camera to record what it is as it comes out of the hole.

Thanks again.

Funkman
 

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funkman said:
will dig it up. I will bring a camera to record what it is as it comes out of the hole.

Thanks again.

Funkman
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Cool!
 

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That's great!! I know how you feel we have a similar camp/dump on our property by an old spring they used - ours dates from the early 1920's appx but there is always news areas to pull from. That's some great stuff you've found.
 

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IF IT AINT IRON IT AINT TREASURE.

Congrats on your finds Badger!


-CC
 

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Wow,

Very cool relics for a short time.

HH Jer
 

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All of that stuff in 45 minutes! WoW! You must be diggin like a badger!

;D
 

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Nana40 said:
All of that stuff in 45 minutes! WoW! You must be diggin like a badger!

;D
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I'm a mean diggin machine ;D
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

This afternoon I cleaned one of the artifacts using electrolysis.

It needs more hand cleaning but at least you can see the details now and it no longer looks like a ball of rust.

It's a wagon step-up foot stand.

In my research on the camp I learned they had a wagon, buggy, and a sleigh, so this step most likely went to one of them.

I'm also finding more photos of the actuals lumberjacks and some were taken right at the camp!

Badger
 

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All that in 45 minutes, it would take me that long to dig up one of those things. Nice going. Gotta love those relics.
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

fantastic! love them crosscut saws


HH
-GC
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

that wagon step up is a sweet find... not to mention the crosscuts.

I love old lumber camp relics. Will post a couple of mine when they're done with electrolysis.

Keep them photos comin'

HH
Chris

by the way:

http://www.metaldetecting101.com/beta/viewtopic.php?t=88

...an Iron Relic thread I've started on a new forum. Lookin' to get some activity there, join up if you want.
 

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Bless you Michigan Badger and funkman.

The both of you might have really made my day after reading this.

First its nothing special but I got my first coin MDing ever this week a 1996 dime.

Then I went to ask for the first time permission to dig an old (for here) 1890 home with lots of history. To my surprise was a friend from grade school that I had not seen since grade school. She gave me full permission.

** Side note will be posting a pic of this place along with its history. Its a very promising site (that is if it wasn't so full of glass and trash lol). But an interesting history indeed.

So far I have been digging 6 hours and nothing but junk coming out of the ground.

However, this is why bless you guys. Was digging atleast 3 holes that said 6" with my BH 505 and never found anything. I attributed it to glass or perhaps metal in the ground itself. You see the town I am digging was carved out of Ky's mountians by a good sized meteor impact thus leaving a dusting of iron..or something all over the place.

This place was once an old soldiers home, and they have a WWII artillery piece in the front yard. In the 70's this friend of mine that owns the place said her Grandfather got mad at the bank and withdrew his money and buried it in jars all over the place. As it turns out, after some library research, he threated to blow up the bank with the artillery piece. The police went up there and cemented the gun up so he couldn't. He WAS the owner of a very profitable coal mine.

Gotta go back .... and dig dig dig dig dig .. LoL.. Thanks for the Info Badger!!!

Postalrevnant
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

Huge finds MB, would make a nice display on the outside garage wall. HH, Mike
 

Re: Here's What I dug In 45 minutes at the Lumberjack Camp 1877-1909

Great Relics!!! they would look great on my wall of relics I have in my yard...The old saw blades have sure come a long way! Nice finds!
 

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Postalrevnant said:
Bless you Michigan Badger and funkman.

The both of you might have really made my day after reading this.

First its nothing special but I got my first coin MDing ever this week a 1996 dime.

Then I went to ask for the first time permission to dig an old (for here) 1890 home with lots of history. To my surprise was a friend from grade school that I had not seen since grade school. She gave me full permission.

** Side note will be posting a pic of this place along with its history. Its a very promising site (that is if it wasn't so full of glass and trash lol). But an interesting history indeed.

So far I have been digging 6 hours and nothing but junk coming out of the ground.

However, this is why bless you guys. Was digging atleast 3 holes that said 6" with my BH 505 and never found anything. I attributed it to glass or perhaps metal in the ground itself. You see the town I am digging was carved out of Ky's mountians by a good sized meteor impact thus leaving a dusting of iron..or something all over the place.

This place was once an old soldiers home, and they have a WWII artillery piece in the front yard. In the 70's this friend of mine that owns the place said her Grandfather got mad at the bank and withdrew his money and buried it in jars all over the place. As it turns out, after some library research, he threated to blow up the bank with the artillery piece. The police went up there and cemented the gun up so he couldn't. He WAS the owner of a very profitable coal mine.

Gotta go back .... and dig dig dig dig dig .. LoL.. Thanks for the Info Badger!!!

Postalrevnant
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That sure sounds like one great hunting spot you have there!

One thing to always remember is, when you dig iron signals you may just find gold! Many THers laugh at us relic lovers but we are the ones most likely to find the purest gold objects and caches. How many caches of silver coins have you ever heard of buried in a pure glass container? Most likely they were buried in some sort of iron box...BING!

I understand coinshooting and I also like old coins very much. I think we all do. And too, some people just aren't into relics. That's cool. However, I also think there are some who don't do relics because basically they're too lazy. Relic hunting is hard work. Personally, I thrive on hard work. Coin hunting is relatively easy if one does research and hunts old sites. I used to do this myself and I dug hundreds of coins dating back to the early 1800's. Basically I got bored with it.

The supreme prize for most THers today would be to find a gold coin. Before I started hunting relics I purchased a real gold coin ($5 piece) and tested my machine throughly against it. The way most THers set their machines they're not likely to detect a solid gold coin or jewelry piece even if they do swing their coils over one. This is something they never consider.

I'm glad I like SOME iron because if I ever do swing over a gold piece (or jar of them) I'll most likely dig it.

Go dig those super deep "junk" signals my friend, you may just be surprised what you'll find! And if you don't like relics, clean them up and put them on ebay. The finds I've dug in the last 3 weeks would sell for $1,000 to $1,500 to special lumber camp collectors. I know because I've sold to them in the past. So "junk" some say...what a laugh!

Go dig em!
 

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