New Old Box of finds!

OutdoorAdv · Jul 10, 2013

Back in the mid 90's I started metal detecting when I was about 14 years old with a Coinmaster Classic I and later a Classic III+. If it wasn't raining or snowing I was metal detecting! I grew up in a house from the early 1800's with many acres. I mastered those things and could pull the faintest of signals out of the ground. After a few years and a LOT of awesome finds, I lost interest with high school, college and then work. Just recently I got back into the hobby full force... I just have a lot less free time now! I had kept all my old coppers and silver that I found way back then, with me throughout the years. But I built this box that I would throw all my what-is-its and other non-cw-relics in, that seemed interesting to a 14yr old.

Well tonight I was visiting my parents and climbed through piles of boxes in the top of the barn to retrieve this box. I'm not even half way through it and half the stuff I cant believe I just threw in there. Some really awesome new old finds! Some of the old iron and brass locks would have looked awesome if I did electrolysis on them, now there is a layer of iron dust in the bottom of the box. Everything from pocket knives, spoons, broken jewelry (some really old), locks, button, cow tags, lots of buckles... what-is-its... and who knows what else. Having a lot of fun going through this. A lot of it I never even cleaned the dirt off!

mr helton · Jul 10, 2013

You would be amazed at what a rock tumbler could do for some of that stuff!

vpnavy · Jul 10, 2013

Super memories OutdoorAdv. Thanks for sharing...

wheatfinder13 · Jul 11, 2013

Awesome, I really like the pics, I would keep it all, do you have more pics?

OutdoorAdv · Jul 11, 2013

Here are a few more. Its nice to see all this stuff again and pull some interesting finds out of my old junk box!

Back then the internet hardly existed and find out what something was wasn't nearly as easy. I googled this morning and found out that the "Warranted Superior" with an eagle brass thingy was to an old saw handle. There is also an eagle button with no back, probably from the 40's or 50's and the Black Oak Farm cow tag #5. Funny, I also have cow #63's tag, but for some reason I put that in my 'keeper' pile back then. The ornate copper piece that is missing the stone looks like an old pin.

I really like this old lock because it has brass in it... just wish i did something to keep it from flaking apart when I dug it back then. Again, thanks to Google, I apparently found a "Merry Widows" condom tin!! Had no clue what that was back then. Some brass bells. A "US" stamped SS spoon. The largest flat button I have, which also for some reason got thrown in my junk box and not with the pile of other flat buttons I kept.