Hobo Camp Silver

[devilsrenegade]

Hunted an old transient camp along the river yesterday that I have been eyeballing for quite a while. It paid off after about 10 min. with this 925 eagle pendant. Found the usual brass cartridges, bullets and some modern clad also. I used my vintage tesoro bandido umax, garrett pro find pinpointer and homemade prospector pick. The pendant was found a couple feet from where I parked the bike by the tree.

[IronDigger]

Nice find....sounds like a great day  !

[Andyy]

Nice work.   Some of my biggest gold could have been found with a detector from Radio Shack.   Location is everything. 

[IronDigger]

3 hours ago, Andyy said:

Nice work.   Some of my biggest gold could have been found with a detector from Radio Shack.   Location is everything. 

"Boot of Cortez"  Nugget was found with a cheap Radio Shack detector !! 

[GB_Amateur]

Nice!  Lot of detail on that pendant, and I wonder why the double loop attachment.  To my eye this looks a little large (and probably too detailed) to be from a charm bracelet.

Hope you're being careful with that pick.  I take it the ground is really hard and rocky.

 

[devilsrenegade]

On 8/22/2019 at 7:50 PM, GB_Amateur said:

Nice!  Lot of detail on that pendant, and I wonder why the double loop attachment.  To my eye this looks a little large (and probably too detailed) to be from a charm bracelet.

Hope you're being careful with that pick.  I take it the ground is really hard and rocky.

 

I suspect the double loop attachment is for possibly leather or braided cord, not a traditional chain. As for the pick, I brought it because I've never hunted that area before and was unsure what the digging conditions would be. The ground was actually fairly soft where the pendant was found. It was about 4" deep and I think it has been there maybe 5 yr's or less judging by the oxidation. The condition of the find shows how careful I was in recovering it.