TEXAS CABIN HUNT NEW YEARS DAY AND MORE INTERESTING FINDS!!

[Baggins]

Well, got out to hunt my favorite cabin site this past weekend, and new years day, made some great finds...some I am not sure of, so I will post them in the What is it section to get some help from all the pros here! I have been hunting this site for over a year, and it has not let me down yet, I always seem to find something cool (to me at least anyway!) First group is not from the cabin site, but from a barn foundation about a mile from the cabin....I dug up around 20 ball and mason jar lids, many with the glass still intact...does anyone know about when these would date from? Next group is from the cabin, and is some crockery I had found...these are some of the bigger pieces I have found...one appears to have had a handle of sorts at one time...there is also a bottom section that I had glued together... next are a few of the many, many pieces of china that I have found...these have makers marks, or partials..any help on these?? The next group is the head of a hoe, a small length of chain, a hook, and a log splitter..then, a few buckles that were found, one attached to a metal "belt" any idea on what this was used for? Also one that is also attached to a length of metal with a loop on the end sort of resembling a small stirrup...also in the photo is a small latch from a trunk, and parts to a spoon, and above all of that, a plate from some type of Ford car..the words around the hole read, Bat Dim OFF ON MAG...Was this off of a car?? Any idea as to year? Also found the pieces to another stove lid, my second, or third from this site...next are a couple of files that were found, along with another piece of broken equipment, looks almost like the handle to a frying pan, and along with it a couple of lengths of barbed wire...one that is completely different from the other...will post some of the other more interesting finds in the next part....
As always, thanks for stopping by and taking a look...
Baggins

 

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[beetle662]

Looks like a bunch of stuff from pre WW2 to me!

Very cool finds! Thanks for showing us!

 

[Montana Jim]

Yer gonna give Gypsy-Rust a run for her money!

Great pile-o-relics...

I have MANY days digging that stuff and love it...

 

[Wasabi]

Shooowee, I would go back there and look for the coins, has to be some out there.
That is some old pottery shards you have that probably date back to the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Thanks for sharing.
Rob

 

[Baggins]

That is the thing that has been KILLING me!!! I have been hunting this site every couple of months for over a year, and NOT ONE COIN!! I know they are there, but I can't find one to save my life! I just recently heard from my buddy who owns the land that he had spoken to an older guy in town who used to play in the root cellar for the cabin when he was like 4 or 5...he is now almost 100...gotta find that as well!

 

[civilman1]

Yep...coin's....They have got to be there somewhere.Nice bunch of relic's Baggin's and Good Luck to ya in 08'...

 

[Montana Jim]

Remember Baggins... sometimes the coins just are NOT there...

If that family was dirt poor I guarentee they did'nt just "loose" pennies or any other money... if that guy could tell you about life then - he would tell you when they lost money - they found it... period.

Now... maybe they were a bunch of wealthy money losing people... in that case... you should be golden!

It's not like the homes back in the North East... coins were flying everyplace back then...

I'm just saying... sometimes it's nails, and not coins. Hope I cheered you up! LMAO

 

[txkickergirl]

I agree with Jim, down here in S. TX people were so poor they bartered most of the time, during the civil war money was useless, unless it was Spanish silver and lets face it the majority of people didn't have it, they did without flour and a good amount of staples and even made acorn coffee since they couldn't get anything else. Then later along comes the depression, which I would think that would be the era of the jars with glass seals. People starved, here on a regular basis. By the look of those jars and things you found, the people who lived there may have had a hard life, but they looked fortunate, apparently there was food to be had and in them days that was alot.

 

[Baggins]

I agree...I have certainly pulled out my fair share of square nails from this place!

 

[Baggins]

I totally agree with you TT....and I have found one, lone clay marble last year...but none since then...I do think it is true that these people made the most with what little they had...and I would much rather dig relics like these than coins...I know it sounds as if I am beating a dead horse, but this site is one of the last sites in North Texas where the Indians came in and killed the family, except for 2 of the children I believe...the daughter they took with them, and one of the younger sons was out hunting at the time...The other son was injured, but managed to walk to the neares town which was damn near 10 miles away! It is a very inteseting story and I love finding pieces of the puzzle...
Baggins

 

[oldhippiecoinhntr]

The plate you describe (pic would not download on my putor) is one that was used on the model T ford car. Not sure what years it was all used. Likely some changes over the years. I have owned a number of T's, and this switch plate was used. The same switch and switch plate was also used on the International Harvestor 6 speed special of the mid and later 1920's. Many electrical items were not exclusive to one make. In fact, the door latch knobs on the Ford T were same ones used on the 6 spd by IHC or international.Also similar carbs To Ford A used on late 1928 and 29 were used on the 6spd. This was a practice not uncommon in the auto industry. Just takes some experience and research to find this out.