William Posted October 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2022 35 minutes ago, William said: Some of our most recent findings... In brief...the drinking glass was a nice find, wish I could have captured the gold leaf pattern that mixes with the white...the doorknob with both plates is awesome, appears to be aluminum and was on the rotting remains of the back door too the house...the leather reins, bridles, etc., were a nice find considering they were half buried....the V9 plate I think went to a stovetop....scythe blade #4.....more vintage spark plugs...what's left of a wagon wheel. I'll have to grab the wood remnants when I go back....a small tripod/easel?....an all metal, long handled scraper....some really cool horse gear....really nice 1920's compact, missing its contents but still nice. I think there was also silk on one side...fun!!! And of course more nice mineral deposits 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire1981 Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 These are great Dig Pics you’re posting! Keep them coming 🔥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Haven't posted here since the last week of October, so have to play a little bit of catchup after having been too the site a few times since then....comment as you will because it's going to be alot of pics 😊 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 53 minutes ago, William said: Haven't posted here since the last week of October, so have to play a little bit of catchup after having been too the site a few times since then....comment as you will because it's going to be alot of pics 😊 WOW ! that must have been super fun!!!!!! wish I could do something like that! where do you start? was it a plan thing or did you just start digging? lov it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Gladys said: WOW ! that must have been super fun!!!!!! wish I could do something like that! where do you start? was it a plan thing or did you just start digging? lov it!! Well, it's actually a place not very far from Patty's parents farm in Northeastern Iowa. She used to go on walks years ago and knew of the property. After we got together, she caught the "treasure hunting" bug and remembered this property as being abandoned for many years. So with permission, we started visiting the site weeks ago. We go a couple times a week. As you can see from the pictures, most everything has collapsed, most recently the house itself (it was still standing around 2010, Patty was actually inside of it back then!) Lots of fun! It's amazing what we find out there. So many different time periods appear to be represented pertaining to what we are finding. Some things are just below the surface, other things a foot deep or more! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Someone at some point did alot of traveling and collected (and worked), alot of various rock, stone, minerals, etc. Nice examples of what I have found recently. The picture is me yesterday in the "honey hole" inside a collapsed shed. I was about a foot and a half down discovering all these goodies...petrified wood, agates, quartz, crystals, you name it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 26 minutes ago, William said: Someone at some point did alot of traveling and collected (and worked), alot of various rock, stone, minerals, etc. Nice examples of what I have found recently. The picture is me yesterday in the "honey hole" inside a collapsed shed. I was about a foot and a half down discovering all these goodies...petrified wood, agates, quartz, crystals, you name it! So Cool!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 54 minutes ago, William said: Well, it's actually a place not very far from Patty's parents farm in Northeastern Iowa. She used to go on walks years ago and knew of the property. After we got together, she caught the "treasure hunting" bug and remembered this property as being abandoned for many years. So with permission, we started visiting the site weeks ago. We go a couple times a week. As you can see from the pictures, most everything has collapsed, most recently the house itself (it was still standing around 2010, Patty was actually inside of it back then!) Lots of fun! It's amazing what we find out there. So many different time periods appear to be represented pertaining to what we are finding. Some things are just below the surface, other things a foot deep or more! NICE!!! thank you so much for sharing!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 10/26/2022 at 3:50 PM, William said: In brief...the drinking glass was a nice find, wish I could have captured the gold leaf pattern that mixes with the white...the doorknob with both plates is awesome, appears to be aluminum and was on the rotting remains of the back door too the house...the leather reins, bridles, etc., were a nice find considering they were half buried....the V9 plate I think went to a stovetop....scythe blade #4.....more vintage spark plugs...what's left of a wagon wheel. I'll have to grab the wood remnants when I go back....a small tripod/easel?....an all metal, long handled scraper....some really cool horse gear....really nice 1920's compact, missing its contents but still nice. I think there was also silk on one side...fun!!! And of course more nice mineral deposits 😊 DOOR KNOBS LOV them!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Heading back out there shortly...rain predicted for Wednesday and Thursday so a nice, sunny day for digging for a bit. Still have plenty of pics too post from previous trips yet. I'll have to get busy with that later today 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 49 minutes ago, Gladys said: DOOR KNOBS LOV them!!!! Found some more, I'll post them later! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 Some more cool stuff... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 The hands crossed bottle is just killer. The stone with the included bone like structure is as well. Who cannot appreciate some dino-turds and petrified wood as well. You are in a great find William—keep diggin! Thanks for sharing all of your finds. Keep on keep-in on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, akroorka said: The hands crossed bottle is just killer. The stone with the included bone like structure is as well. Who cannot appreciate some dino-turds and petrified wood as well. You are in a great find William—keep diggin! Thanks for sharing all of your finds. Keep on keep-in on. Definitely! It's been a blast! Next step is more cleaning and then more pics 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 23 minutes ago, akroorka said: The hands crossed bottle is just killer. The stone with the included bone like structure is as well. Who cannot appreciate some dino-turds and petrified wood as well. You are in a great find William—keep diggin! Thanks for sharing all of your finds. Keep on keep-in on. And Patty thought the bottle that you mentioned was possibly Bullwinkle? Seems she remembers something like that from her childhood.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 23 hours ago, William said: Some more cool stuff... To much fun!! again the door knobs! awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Gladys said: To much fun!! again the door knobs! awesome!! It's nice having both knobs for each set...I really like all the advertising from the 50's, 60's and 70's myself. Can't be alot of plastic out there that is intact like these pieces are. And too think it all survived collapsing buildings and mother nature! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Awesome! Found the other half! Anyone want to throw out a guess about what it is? 🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Couple of really nice agates from Tuesday. When they are this big, I call them "Chunky Monkeys" 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Scores from yesterday...you know, I should actually start cleaning more than digging, but it's damn hard not to be out there! Starting tomorrow, we will struggle to stay above the freezing mark for a little while, so yesterday was probably the last day of digging for the year... More guessing is welcome! We have the obvious then we have the "what the heck is that"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 38 minutes ago, William said: Awesome! Found the other half! Anyone want to throw out a guess about what it is? 🤔 Petrified coconut...super cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 27 minutes ago, Tommy said: Petrified coconut...super cool That's what I was kinda leaning towards but it's always good to get some opinions 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 4 hours ago, William said: That's what I was kinda leaning towards but it's always good to get some opinions 👍 Total seed ...bet you could get some good mib money for that lol......but it is roundish and cool and all heck....top shelf bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted November 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 9 hours ago, Tommy said: Total seed ...bet you could get some good mib money for that lol......but it is roundish and cool and all heck....top shelf bro Lol, I checked out Feebay last night and saw 2 petrified coconuts listed by the same person. This dude is trying to get over $1,000 for one of them! If only! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted November 11, 2022 Report Share Posted November 11, 2022 4 hours ago, William said: Lol, I checked out Feebay last night and saw 2 petrified coconuts listed by the same person. This dude is trying to get over $1,000 for one of them! If only! Ohhh--That is a lot of marbles William. I will just bet that when you started this dig that you were hoping to find one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM This song will be stuck in hy head all day--I like to share😁. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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