04-28-2014, 11:19 PM
Hey Yall,
Last week I drove out to try and hunt bottles with a buddy, (Mark) and I now have a new respect for diggers! Digging pits is hard work - Sadly the first one we dug was just shards (but tons of em) we obviously were too late as someone had beat us to the bottles. The second one we tried had everything going for it, (age of site/location/natural depression/bottle probe sunk down all the way) but about 5 feet down we hit a clay sewer pipe that ran to the creek...hence everything dumped in washed away ages ago! Doh.
On the upside there was a demo site that had uncovered a ton of area of old miner activity. (it ended up being covered up the very next day) Just goes to show you you have to hit demos while you can!
Anyways first couple of pics are from that demo site - and next ones starting with medals are from some of the older San Fran Parks.
Thanks for lookin' and HH as always!
2 of these are mystery items to me - any info appreciated.
-M
This first object has me stumped - its about 2 inches long.
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Tip of a powder flask
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1939 San Fran International Expo Union Pacific token - has a square nail hole through the middle ..heh
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Half of a 1908 San Fran Licence plate
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Any ideas what this last thing is? Its handmade of lead - some sort of burnisher for engraving? Size of a pencil.
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Last week I drove out to try and hunt bottles with a buddy, (Mark) and I now have a new respect for diggers! Digging pits is hard work - Sadly the first one we dug was just shards (but tons of em) we obviously were too late as someone had beat us to the bottles. The second one we tried had everything going for it, (age of site/location/natural depression/bottle probe sunk down all the way) but about 5 feet down we hit a clay sewer pipe that ran to the creek...hence everything dumped in washed away ages ago! Doh.
On the upside there was a demo site that had uncovered a ton of area of old miner activity. (it ended up being covered up the very next day) Just goes to show you you have to hit demos while you can!
Anyways first couple of pics are from that demo site - and next ones starting with medals are from some of the older San Fran Parks.
Thanks for lookin' and HH as always!
2 of these are mystery items to me - any info appreciated.
-M
This first object has me stumped - its about 2 inches long.
[attachment=1777]
[attachment=1778]
[attachment=1779]
Tip of a powder flask
[attachment=1780]
[attachment=1781]
[attachment=1782]
[attachment=1783]
1939 San Fran International Expo Union Pacific token - has a square nail hole through the middle ..heh
[attachment=1784]
Half of a 1908 San Fran Licence plate
[attachment=1785]
Any ideas what this last thing is? Its handmade of lead - some sort of burnisher for engraving? Size of a pencil.
[attachment=1786]
