SW Desert Silver +

[oldmxrat]

60 and sunny yesterday so I took a little hike to detect an area where I saw some evidence of mining. I came across a spot that was littered with nails so I cranked up the recovery speed and slowed way down.
Finds were several little clothing hardware pieces, a bottle opener, cufflink, .32 WCF cartridge case, Mentholatum lid, top of a Beiersdorf's toothpaste tube, a whatzit and a 1948-D dime.

The toothpaste tube top is lead and has a very fancy cap, thought it was kinda cool.

With some of the 19th century pat. dates on some of the clothing pieces I was hoping for and older coin or two.

The cufflink was a nice surprise.

The whatzit is made of lead and says "Sozodont-NY". Any ideas on it?

It always amazes me to find things under this rocky/gravely desert surface.

The dime was close to this cute little barrel cactus, so I thought I'd include it.

Thanks for looking and HH!

 

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[pepperj]

Congrats on the silver.
Nothing like having a lead topped toothpaste tube.
It's a really cool piece of history.
Great photos for us snow bound wishers.

 

[Gulf Coast Pirate]

Cool finds!

 

[Randy Combs]

That Mentholtum and toothpaste lids are way cool

 

[Red-Coat]

Sozodont was a liquid dental hygiene product dispensed from a glass bottle with a metal spout and sprinkler closure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozod...ontained castile soap,insect of the same name).


The ‘Cling Socket’ looks like it might be part of a reversible screwdriver patented by Goodell & Lanfair in 1897):

The ‘Velvet Grip’ is Pettibone’s garment supporter, originally patented in 1892 and then with an improved patent in 1895.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Great finds - congrats !

 

[oldmxrat]

Sozodont was a liquid dental hygiene product dispensed from a glass bottle with a metal spout and sprinkler closure.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sozodont#:~:text=The liquid contained castile soap,insect of the same name).


The ‘Cling Socket’ looks like it might be part of a reversible screwdriver patented by Goodell & Lanfair in 1897):

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The ‘Velvet Grip’ is Pettibone’s garment supporter, originally patented in 1892 and then with an improved patent in 1895.

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Thank you much for the IDs Red-coat, very much appreciate it!

 

[oldmxrat]

Congrats on the silver.
Nothing like having a lead topped toothpaste tube.
It's a really cool piece of history.
Great photos for us snow bound wishers.

Thanks Peps!
Funny how there used to be all these things to poison people with lead. Now we've moved on to micro-plastics and chemicals.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.

 

[lenmac65]

Nice finds. I really like that cufflink. I am guessing it is very early 1900s, as I have read that is when those dumb bell pattern or bean back style links were popular. Congrats!

 

[ModernMiner]

Nice group of interesting finds. Great assortment of clips. Congrats on the silver and that cool cufflink, but my fav is that lead toothpaste top. That is so neat.
Thanks for the post. I can almost feel that 60 degrees.
-MM-

 

[scruggs]

Very nice finds!

 

[texjim]

Neat finds.

 

[Gare]

Nice going a lot of nice finds

 

[Digger RJ]

60 and sunny yesterday so I took a little hike to detect an area where I saw some evidence of mining. I came across a spot that was littered with nails so I cranked up the recovery speed and slowed way down.
Finds were several little clothing hardware pieces, a bottle opener, cufflink, .32 WCF cartridge case, Mentholatum lid, top of a Beiersdorf's toothpaste tube, a whatzit and a 1948-D dime.View attachment 2126793

The toothpaste tube top is lead and has a very fancy cap, thought it was kinda cool.
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With some of the 19th century pat. dates on some of the clothing pieces I was hoping for and older coin or two.
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The cufflink was a nice surprise.
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The whatzit is made of lead and says "Sozodont-NY". Any ideas on it?
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It always amazes me to find things under this rocky/gravely desert surface.
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The dime was close to this cute little barrel cactus, so I thought I'd include it.
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Thanks for looking and HH!

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[cudamark]

Your pick looks older than your finds!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Great finds! congratulations! Thanks for posting.