Screen Diggin

[Fishstank]

Hello,

Went screenin for the first time about 3 weeks ago. Had a blast. I took my 13 yr old nephew with me to help me out. This is what we found. Screenin might be better than MDing?


Santa Fe dining car plate
New Mexico 1 cent tax token
Rexall's 1 cent sale/keep me and you'll never go broke
Assortment of marbles
Chief and Covered wagon plastic toys?
Lots of gears and buttons
Two buckles
Bottles

Thanks for looking,

Fish

 

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[mariposagold]

Screenin'? Is that what it sounds like? Sifting through dirt looking for interesting Items? I need to do that with my neighbors yard. So much junk, burn piles and such. Makes Md'in hard on his property. But also, lots of buried surprises. I need to find something to sift a large about of dirt. What are you using? Oh, love that late. Great find.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

That Santa Fe piece is really sweet! How about some pics of the rest? And where did you dig that you were using a screen? Nothing too specific if you want, but what kind of area?

 

[Fishstank]

Yes I had a guy from my MD club help me build a screen out of wood and 1" screen you get from home depot. I was hunting near Flagstaff in an old lumber camp that predates 1880. Most of the stuff found was prob from early 1940's. I tried to upload the other pics last night. But I took them from my Iphone and seems the pics are too large. Any idea on how to make them smaller?

Fish

 

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[mamabear]

that's amazing! & a lot cheaper than buying a metal det.

 

[Catobra]

Really nice finds!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Those are some great finds there Fishtank. If you want to clean that dish up, try soaking in white vinegar, some people use mercuric acid but I don't recommend this its too dangerous. If the stains don't come out with the vinegar then try a rust remover (I use a gel type)or Metal Prep from your local Auto Parts supplier.
Love the dish.
ZDD

 

[IAMZIM]

Screening is a great way to find treasure, especially in a really trashy place or in an old dump. Some of my best finds have been from screening old dumps. In one day I found 20+ tokens screening.Here is a few good ones I found screening. Hope you dont mind me posting these on your thread...

 

[feidzd]

so cute.

 

[nov2101]

Outstanding finds! I found a trash pit along a foundation wall. Got frustrated with my probe vibrating crazy because I thought it had to be too trashy...Nice job!

 

[Fishstank]

Those are some great finds there Fishtank. If you want to clean that dish up, try soaking in white vinegar, some people use mercuric acid but I don't recommend this its too dangerous. If the stains don't come out with the vinegar then try a rust remover (I use a gel type)or Metal Prep from your local Auto Parts supplier.
Love the dish.
ZDD

I don't mind. Well I got 2 tokens. Going back there this weekend for a club hunt trip.

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any interested in az wants to check out our club

 

[got2dig]

That's some nice goods you got there, some of the guys that I hunt with are starting to get in to this. Looks like they are on to something.
Is that part of a clock I see there in the box ?

 

[Fishstank]

That's some nice goods you got there, some of the guys that I hunt with are starting to get in to this. Looks like they are on to something.
Is that part of a clock I see there in the box ?

Yes. Lots of clock pieces. I suppose since they are just pieces that's why they went into the dump. We hit the same dump yesterday and only scored a few marbles. The dump is harder to sift now because I started in the middle instead of picking a corner and moving on it north to south or east to west. So you end up resifting the same stuff.

 

[mariposagold]

Fish, I'd sure like to see a photo of your screen setup.

Yes I had a guy from my MD club help me build a screen out of wood and 1" screen you get from home depot. I was hunting near Flagstaff in an old lumber camp that predates 1880. Most of the stuff found was prob from early 1940's. I tried to upload the other pics last night. But I took them from my Iphone and seems the pics are too large. Any idea on how to make them smaller?

Fish