Only 2 silvers today, but almost dug a chest yesterday.

[prolab69]

These supports for a chest were scattered everywhere at a small school site yesterday, Still have to cover that whole area again, I counted them when i got home, a few corner pieces seem to be missing. Whats pictured isnt even half of the supports. Hit 2 other school sites today for an hour or two, found a 47 Rosie & a small ring the same size as the dime.

its not much, but it made me smile today,
enjoy
Pro-

 

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[treasuredog]

Strange,buried treasure loot? Seriously,I would check that area very carefully for stuff,that might been in trunk or trunks! Good Luck

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[civil war hunter]

OK the third picture to the left half bottom. Is that a pull tab? And what year were they made? Because i found allmost ten of those things.

 

[RGINN]

That's a lot of fittings for a chest. Do you suppose since this was a school site they had a wood shop and these were some of the supplies?

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice hunt. A bit strange to find almost all of the components for a chest Maybe there is one under there somewhere Nice old Rosie too

 

[davidtn]

Seeing the parts of the chest reminds me of the joke where the little boy is digging in a pile of poop and when his mom asks him why...he sez, "well with all this poop, there's GOT to be a pony in here somewhere!"

 

[prolab69]

All those pieces were in a 10x10 area, with one piece that mudswat found about 50 feet away. every one of those were about 3 inches down, got tired of digging them, all i did for an hour is dig trunk pieces. This is a site where a mid to late 1800s one room school house sat, so my guess is it was just a chest of school supplies. books, games, rulers. all the things they would have used up untill about the 40s or 50s. I figured id give it a few days before going back, maybe itll rain a bit and some more signals will show up in that little area.

Thanks,
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[STH69]

Dude I would use those trunk pieces, I build them! nice

 

[coltdavis]

Nice finds! congrats on the silver

 

[Nick A]

If you're handy with woodworking, it would be neat to make a "treasure chest" of your own with those found parts to keep your finds in. Strange to find them all together like that...

 

[mcmurphi]

The ring looks vintage....nice keeper there.

 

[prolab69]

Yeah, ill do something with them, they do have a nice medevil look to them, ill clean them up and see how they turn out. if I have enough to design something nice then maybe ill have them sandblasted and painted black. They would make a nice little chest.

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[hikermike]

I agree!! Build your own !! Great finds!


HH
Mike

 

[Newt]

First pic-bottom middle loks like a "crown" soda cap remover. Maybe it was an earlier soda cooler?
Newt

 

[prolab69]

First pic-bottom middle loks like a "crown" soda cap remover. Maybe it was an earlier soda cooler?
Newt

Actually I believe thats where your fingers would go to lift the lid, and open the chest.

 

[Moonshadow]

Very cool finds! Congrats on the silver and hope you find the motherload of goodies at this site!

HH,
Moon

 

[allen]

way to go on that sweet silver !!!