Popular Post UT Dave Posted March 9 Popular Post Share Posted March 9 I actually like digging clad. So... Pigging out on a big clad haul is always fun for me. And, clad pig outs are getting fewer and farther between as the clad just kind of dries up for good it seems. Last Friday, I got out to a known clad sprinkle. It's super, super pop tab and bottle cap trashy, but the trash is also just littered with clad. I worked it over for awhile with the M8 and did pretty good on the clad. Got tired of digging so much and wandered off into a little wooded section, where it was if anything even more trashy and also sprinkled with clad. But, from about a foot apart, I pulled these two pretty oldies out. I don't see intact old pocket watches, like, ever. I've dug a lot of backs, and frames, and guts, and lids, but this is the first time I've dug one fully together. The token, I could tell was unusual, but not sure what it was. Found what it looked like when new online - poached these two pictures. Did not find any date for them, but if $10 off a used car was worth advertising, it has to be pretty old :D. About then, it went from sprinkling rain and wind to hard wind and hail and it was time to leave. It snowed heavy they next day, which was one week ago today. Snow is melted now one week later and I had a whole entire morning free. So I went back! And hit it with the Manticore and M8 again. And found another cool old relic. A Denver & Rio Grande Railroad padlock, which I was able to find online just now and looks likely from the 1920's. And pigged out on clad too! Over 100 coins, about half of them quarters. Snagged five nickels without a single pop tab. It was a good day. The weather is starting to break, will be able to get out to the ghost towns pretty soon! - Dave 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Seeker Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 From what I found online it appears the token is from Salt Lake City and if so I found this old news paper article in the Salt Lake Telegram from 1923 that is reporting on what appears to be baseball teams, one of the teams is sponsored by "Browning Auto", which could be where that token came from, but who knows, I searched for them with "1923" as part of the search and couldn't find any other info. https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=18989144 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 All very nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Dave Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 3 hours ago, Gold Seeker said: From what I found online it appears the token is from Salt Lake City and if so I found this old news paper article in the Salt Lake Telegram from 1923 that is reporting on what appears to be baseball teams, one of the teams is sponsored by "Browning Auto", which could be where that token came from, but who knows, I searched for them with "1923" as part of the search and couldn't find any other info. https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=18989144 Excellent! I didn't find that in my searches. It's the right place - I found it in Salt Lake. And lines up in time with the padlock. Has to be a silver coin or two hiding in all that modern trash where those 1920s items were. Vegetation will be getting tall soon and make that little spot hard to hunt. But I'll definitely get back to it while I still can. And remember it for next year. It's only 15 minutes from home which is extra nice. - Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valens Legacy Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Very nice hunt and some very good saves. if you have a good watch and clock repair shop it may be able to be running again. That would be a nice item to have brought back to life. Good luck on your next hunt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strick Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Do a google earth historical imagery search on it and see what the area was...I did a post on here a few years ago where I discovered an old ball field that a modern park was built over..I was hunting the park and started finding some old stuff...got intact old pocket watch and a silver dollar from the 1920's ...Nice work Dave! looks like the small coil is working great for you. strick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UT Dave Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 Checking out historical maps and images are definitely on my to do list. And yes, the little coil is working great! Combined with the Manticore live ID in pinpoint (an underrated Manticore feature), it really excels at scrubbing good stuff out of heavy trash. - Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 You sure did find multiple something good on that hunt ! 🤯 Sounds like many more trips there are called for. Could you bring trimmers if the weeds grow ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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