jsandin
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- Nov 26, 2008
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- Relic Hunting
In eastern KS, a former house site, consisting now of half-dead trees, weeds, thorns, bugs, trash, bricks, rocks, broken dishes, iron scraps, and beer cans. Spent 3 hours there and dug up a smorgasbord of junk, including a sterling whatsit, .38 slug, a 30-06 brass, a penny, the letter D from a font of type, the eye of a large eye bolt, fishing sinkers, part of a toy truck from 1968, a metal clothing stud, a broken file, a copper or brass whatsit, and a silverplated fork and spoon. The spoon looks like grandma dished out oatmeal with it for 50 years. The most interesting item (to me) is a fragment of a brass shoe nail can, which appears to be a lot older than the rest of the stuff. I was eager to find out the date of the penny. When I got home and cleaned it....1975-D. But there's more stuff there, and I'm going back.
The photo of the round nail can cover (found online) is what it once looked like intact. The piece I found resembled canslaw until I read it. It is stamped ROME TACK & NAIL CO, ROME, N.Y.
The fork is stamped LADY ESTHER SILVER PLATE and the spoon is stamped WM ROGERS [remainder illegible].
The photo of the round nail can cover (found online) is what it once looked like intact. The piece I found resembled canslaw until I read it. It is stamped ROME TACK & NAIL CO, ROME, N.Y.
The fork is stamped LADY ESTHER SILVER PLATE and the spoon is stamped WM ROGERS [remainder illegible].
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