Tearin it up

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Tearin' it up

Saturday I came across a sidewalk tear out and decided to give it a try. The houses in this area date to early 1900's so I had a chance at some goodies covered by the concrete entombment.

Found-out that the city uses metal forms for their concrete work, which only gave me a little bit of room to detect. Those things sound-off really nice even when the sensitivity is down.

Found a Jamestown Ter Centennial Fob / Medallion? '58 Wheatie and the clad dime and Memorial.

Not a big tear out project, but big enough to reveal the hidden goods.

HH

DJH
 

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rc2125 said:
Nice souvenir find :icon_thumleft:

:coffee2: ....found this pic from the hampton roads naval museum, looks like a match?

"souvenir watch fob" (piece on right): http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/rc2125/tercentennial.jpg

original source page (bout 2/3'd down): http://www.travelphotobase.com/s/VAKXA.HTM

Thanks Ry,

I did a Google search the day I found it and went to that page, but I overlooked the picture that you linked to. Certainly looks the same.

I cleaned it with a soft toothbrush and some dish wash soap, then I nuked some Hydrogen Peroxide & soaked the Fob in it. Got a bunch of dirt out of the letters to clearly read it without using my glasses.

DJH
 

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Nice finds congrats.
 

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Ok, I gotta get all my chores done so I can get out and find some of my own cool chit. No offense but I'm tired of living/MD'ing vicariously thru this board :wink:
 

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vibes said:
Ok, I gotta get all my chores done so I can get out and find some of my own cool chit. No offense but I'm tired of living/MD'ing vicariously thru this board :wink:

Slacker!!!!
 

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Look Chubs...I'm planning on getting out sometime this weekend:) You best watch yo back. Hmpf, slacker..you really know how to get me all riled up!

Hey, has the park seen any bulldozer action?
 

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vibes said:
Hey, has the park seen any bulldozer action?

Was just wondering that when I responded to your post. Guess we'll have to ask if jgas knows.

Now get out there and start digging.

DJH
 

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As of friday, late afternoon, when I drove by the park, nothing had changed yet.
 

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rc2125 said:
As of friday, late afternoon, when I drove by the park, nothing had changed yet.
Would certainly love to hunt that after the first 10-12 inches was scracped off of it. That would definitely get us alot closer to the goodies underneath.

DJH
 

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Would certainly love to hunt that after the first 10-12 inches was scracped off of it. That would definitely get us alot closer to the goodies underneath.

DJH
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AGREED!

Cool fob DJH, I have not found one yet...well not in the ground.
 

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vibes said:
Ok, I gotta get all my chores done so I can get out and find some of my own cool chit. No offense but I'm tired of living/MD'ing vicariously thru this board :wink:
I"M in the same boat,TOO MANY CHORES. >:( I did get permission for an old house just north of chitwhereyouwanna or i mean shipshewanna :-[ Hopefully soon! HH
 

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Nice find DJH!!! I have never had any real luck with street tear outs but they can give up some good stuff.

vibes said:
Ok, I gotta get all my chores done so I can get out and find some of my own cool chit. No offense but I'm tired of living/MD'ing vicariously thru this board :wink:

Vibes, maybe you should get an etrac. heheh.

rc2125 said:
As of friday, late afternoon, when I drove by the park, nothing had changed yet.

I wish they would do something destructive there so we can dig up some good stuff instead of watching those guys put their lives in extreme danger digging bottles. TMAN...
 

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