Old Ghost Town/Train Station in the High Sierra's

[oldmxrat]

Found some clues digging around online early this morning and decided to go for a hike and give it a swing. The place is mostly overgrown with huge deadfalls and impenetrable ground vegetation but I found a few small areas to swing the coil.
Recovered two Chinese cash coins, a "dollar' pocket watch, a skeleton keyhole escutcheon, a drawer pull and a couple of buttons.

The watch is an Ingersoll, the inventors of the 1$ pocket watch. Kinda strange that there's a 1922 patent date when Wiki says the company went bankrupt in 1921.

Info on the cash coins:

 

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[billb]

Very nice
Congratulations on your achievement
Keep up the great work my friend

 

[Mackaydon]

Interesting (and loaded with history) watch you found. Not only was it a Dollar Watch (the cost when the average wage was $1.00 per day), but the Ingersoll Watch Company had some great 'firsts'; like:

• The smallest existing pocket watch.
• ‘RADIOLITE’: the first glow in the dark watch.
• The first ever military watch, which was designed with the involvement of the armed forces.
• The first character watch, which was commissioned by Disney to feature Mickey Mouse.

Source: https://us.ingersoll1892.com/pages/history
Don in So Cal.

 

[pepperj]

Nice selection of history.
Liking the Cash coins.
Here is when the pocket watch was made.
(I hope I read the serial number correct)

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Found some clues digging around online early this morning and decided to go for a hike and give it a swing. The place is mostly overgrown with huge deadfalls and impenetrable ground vegetation but I found a few small areas to swing the coil.
Recovered two Chinese cash coins, a "dollar' pocket watch, a skeleton keyhole escutcheon, a drawer pull and a couple of buttons.
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The watch is an Ingersoll, the inventors of the 1$ pocket watch. Kinda strange that there's a 1922 patent date when Wiki says the company went bankrupt in 1921.
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Info on the cash coins:
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great saves, am always intrigued with the chinese cash coins, wtg

 

[TreaShore]

At first the Chinese cash coins threw me for a loop, then I remembered this was a railroad hunt and things started to add up once I recalled 8th grade history.

 

[Conito@55]

Found some clues digging around online early this morning and decided to go for a hike and give it a swing. The place is mostly overgrown with huge deadfalls and impenetrable ground vegetation but I found a few small areas to swing the coil.
Recovered two Chinese cash coins, a "dollar' pocket watch, a skeleton keyhole escutcheon, a drawer pull and a couple of buttons.
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The watch is an Ingersoll, the inventors of the 1$ pocket watch. Kinda strange that there's a 1922 patent date when Wiki says the company went bankrupt in 1921.
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Info on the cash coins:
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well done. these are good finds