poptopking
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While walking through the woods near a small town in southern middle Tennessee I came across an old falling down chimney out in the middle of nowhere with no roads leading up to it. As I looked over the site I noticed some buttercups so I knew I was at an old homesite. I then noticed a row of Trifoliate Orange plants. These nasty plants with long thorns were imported to this country from the Orient during the Revolutionary War to use as a barrier to stop British advancement. The town I was near was occupied by the North during the Civil War, so I figured the Yanks planted them for protection. Along with the discovery of the plants came the discovery of my first belt buckle complete with the three cartridge clips on the back. The only problem with the buckle is that the CS on it was misspelled and someone accidentally put US on it. The best part of the whole day was I didn't dig the first @(*%&@)!@& pop top! Yeah, I got the fever. You can bet I'll be back out there tomorrow to see what I overlooked.
On the bottom right is a reigns ring from a wagon. I think the item to the left of that is a suspender clip, and a curry comb is to the left of that. On the far left is an ornate horse bit, (our side didn't get to use the fancy ones, we had old bits made out of wire). The cluster of stuff above the suspender clip is the remains of an old clock. There is also horseshoes, a hatchet, a spoon, belt buckle, a jar, and what I think is a cookstove eye lifter. Above the curry comb is some siort of brass reed musical instrument (or part of one) that I would like to get help identifying. I have no idea what the rest of it is, but it sure is fun to look at. On top of all of these finds, yesterday I set my detector to the glass mode and found a 100 year-old Jack Daniel's brown half-pint bottle.
Y'all have a good day now, ya hear?
On the bottom right is a reigns ring from a wagon. I think the item to the left of that is a suspender clip, and a curry comb is to the left of that. On the far left is an ornate horse bit, (our side didn't get to use the fancy ones, we had old bits made out of wire). The cluster of stuff above the suspender clip is the remains of an old clock. There is also horseshoes, a hatchet, a spoon, belt buckle, a jar, and what I think is a cookstove eye lifter. Above the curry comb is some siort of brass reed musical instrument (or part of one) that I would like to get help identifying. I have no idea what the rest of it is, but it sure is fun to look at. On top of all of these finds, yesterday I set my detector to the glass mode and found a 100 year-old Jack Daniel's brown half-pint bottle.
Y'all have a good day now, ya hear?
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Hardrock
Nice relics, looks like your not done with that site.HH
