If I Only Had A Key And Some Shoe Goo!!!

[dogodog]

Yesterday I decided to take Friday off and hit the Creek again. For some reason I felt like I was missing out on some things. When I arrived at the creek I noticed some holes dug near the bank and in the water that I saw last Saturday. I chalked them up as someone looking for crayfish, well not so much. Turns out this fool was detecting and leaving his or her giant holes everywhere. Not a big fan of detectors that think its ok to punch holes without covering them back up. Back to business, today I was running the 11'' for better coverage (my bad). I was doing OK but man was this coil was killing me. Out of beach mode and back into park 1, Ah that's more like it. My first good target was a quarter followed by a dime and a penny. Not so bad for a start. Oops!!! Man I got a pinhole in my wader!!! I love cold water!!! My coil was acting really strange with some quarters sounding like iron, which NEVER happens. I hit a really good copper tone but it was drowning in iron. It sounded really good even though the iron was taking over the tone. Digging into the creek bottom for 12'' produced a really amazing old lock!! My next target was a quarter tone and once in the sieve I really thought I dug a Seated quarter!!! ( Not so much ) just a State coin. 💩 Getting colder and not enjoying my wet leg and foot, I decided to hammer on. Next up was a nice old flat lead sinker and a cylinder from an old cap gun. A few more things were dug up but I needed to head home and change my pants and socks. 

[markinswpa]

Dogodog, whats the saying, don't piss on my leg and tell me my waders are leaking. Ha ha, just a flashback from an old movie. Well kinda. Congrats, that lock is an awesome. I dug just the face plate of that same lock a while back. I went back several times  hoping to find the rest of it but no such luck. Cool save.

Except for the metal fab, my interests are the same as yours, particularly good bourbon. I have made a few large piles of sawdust over the years. I run the 800 & 900 and the Legend. Got into cooking during the covid lockdown. 

What part of Pa. you from. ? I'm in Pittsburgh. Don't get out as often as I would like to. I used to average about a 100 hunts a year but weather and health has slowed me down a bit. Good luck. Mark

[F350Platinum]

Cool stuff coming out of that creek! 👍 I guess the teardrop shaped thing that says "snagless" is a fishing lure spinner. Another item looks like a bridge for a stringed instrument, "Deliverance" wasn't filmed there was it? 

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Cool lock, and a beautiful place to hunt in the fall during this nasty drought. 🏆

[dogodog]

Markinswpa, I'm outside Filthadelphia. My lovely wife is a Steelers fan and from Indiana Pa. That old lock is probably one of the best I have ever found. I'm always amazed at how well fresh water preserves things.

[Doc Bach]

Congrats on the very handsome six lever pancake lock those are always a welcome sight for sore eyes on the rare occasion that they pop out of the ground and they never disappoint.

Some of those spoon or blade shaped lead sinkers go back a day or two...Very nice hunting there dogodog!

[kac]

Hollar if you need more NH tokens i got plenty here :)

Nice lock. You need to take your fishing pole to that river!

[JCR]

Like it has been said,  very nice pad lock and really neat old branded fishing sinker.

[Valens Legacy]

It's a shame the lock wasn't gold , but it is still nice.

Great looking lead spinner weight.

Good luck on your next hunt, and re-seal your waders with a good patch.

[rvpopeye]

 That lock is the finestkind . Ya got yerself into some old , keep at 'er . 

 One thing ya need to find DoD ,,, Aqua Seal FD . It's the fleet favorite , worship worthy no doubt ! !Only a small sticker shock involved but sure is worth every penny ! Keep the left over in the freezer or it will set up pretty quick...I try to save up patching till I have enough to use a whole tube .But dry gear is worth using for just one. I've used it for non rubber gear too . There's also another version for neoprene .