ann Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 Wise move, William! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 1 hour ago, ann said: Wise move, William! Considering the amount of trees and branches that lay throughout this wooded area, indeed! Seems like every other step is taken stepping over branches and fallen trees... There's a few spots where we have too pass going from one area too another where there is dead wood looking for an "excuse" too fall 😬 It's pretty eerie hearing all those trees and limbs creaking and rubbing when a little breeze blows through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 On 10/13/2022 at 3:03 PM, William said: No dirt in the household sinks so a good hose down in for this nice group of saved Mason's 😊 Nice variety of sizes too! Based on the Ball masons you found, I'd say that haul is pre-1925--do you have any jars that have "Improved" or "Special", rather than "Perfect"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Jzoook6 said: Based on the Ball masons you found, I'd say that haul is pre-1925--do you have any jars that have "Improved" or "Special", rather than "Perfect"? You betcha 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 would love pics of this baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 This Sloan's Liniment bottle is nice too. I think it was kinda like a tiger balm/bengay invented to be used on horses--but people could buy it over the counter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Jzoook6 said: would love pics of this baby 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jzoook6 Posted October 19, 2022 Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 So cool!! 1950s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 More pics (hopefully better ones), of the building remains we discovered not too many days ago. Also a picture of the small collapsed building that is the first one you see once back in the woods... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 Another nice little haul today, though not as big as the previous loads. Post some pics tommorow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2022 5 hours ago, Jzoook6 said: So cool!! 1950s? Haven't taken the time to look alot of stuff up yet as far as time frame and identification... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Sorry, a day late! Nice assortment once again..it sure was nice to find something other than game marbles! Too bad that big slag is missing chunks, but the sizable Pelt Rainbo is in nice shape. A few of the white ones appear opaque and the red ones might deserve another look. Also hit the motherlode with agates, quartz and other nice rocks buried in a pile next to one of the buildings. There's one as big as a watermelon which will be a joy to carry for about 400 feet..a good day 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Cool soap dish--any markings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 3 hours ago, akroorka said: Cool soap dish--any markings? Nope, totally blank. It is porcelain though 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Well, I'm whooped. Just a small load today from more digging, I'll post them later. Just wanted to show off this huge agate I dug out of the ground alongside that building I mentioned. Man, I carried this thing at least 200 feet too the car! Talk about heavy! I probably shouldn't have but I was not leaving it behind. These pictures simply do not do this beautiful piece justice at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, William said: Well, I'm whooped. Just a small load today from more digging, I'll post them later. Just wanted to show off this huge agate I dug out of the ground alongside that building I mentioned. Man, I carried this thing at least 200 feet too the car! Talk about heavy! I probably shouldn't have but I was not leaving it behind. These pictures simply do not do this beautiful piece justice at all. It's easily the biggest formation of this kind that I have ever dug 😊👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted October 21, 2022 Report Share Posted October 21, 2022 1 hour ago, William said: huge agate I dug out of the ground You know what they say on "Gold Diggers"--"Find the Agate--Find the Gold". You better get a metal detector out there. They are trying to open a gold mine in northern Wisconsin---so ya never know. I thought sure that that soap dish was glass--nice shape and even cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 We found some more cool "treasures" digging today, but the most intriguing thing is this stone. It's definitely something different. You can see the size of it next to my hand. Not too terribly big, right? But it weighs close to 15 pounds on the scale!!!! Here's some pics of all 4 sides and each end. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 29 minutes ago, William said: We found some more cool "treasures" digging today, but the most intriguing thing is this stone. It's definitely something different. You can see the size of it next to my hand. Not too terribly big, right? But it weighs close to 15 pounds on the scale!!!! Here's some pics of all 4 sides and each end. Thoughts? I will note that the last photo does show what I thought was metal, and it is. A magnet sticks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 interesting .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, Steph said: interesting .... I know, right? Those diamond shaped Indentations got my brain working overtime....and now the magnetic properties...iron ore maybe? Or dare I say meteorite? I don't think that's too crazy considering the wide variety of rock that was piled/buried. It was all brought in and put there. Collected in my opinion... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Some pretty cool specimens! As you can see, one piece was in the process of being polished. Another one also has what obviously appears as metallic properties. Couple of nice crystals and no idea on the reddish one. From what I have noted, these folks traveled so maybe southwestern in origin? Not aware of any stone like that in the midwest? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ann Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 Meteorites have a blackened crust from falling through our atmosphere . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted October 24, 2022 Report Share Posted October 24, 2022 This one is cool William. It may be a coprolite---look it up💩 Folks used to travel out west and pick up many things that you would be fined for today. We have a lot of petrified wood that we picked up at rummage sales. Nice find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 Some of our most recent findings... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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