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Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:48:42 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline A lid....never found the jar it went to....but very beautiful embossing on it Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) Post #: 1

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:50:12 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline This even had a few air bubbles in it...adds a little more character to it! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 2

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:52:51 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline I began to think I found the kitchen....The ones on the bottom I'm sure are just silver plated....Bit the 3 on top I'm thinking are real silver, they are much heavier than the rest...oh and green but not rusty like the ones on the bottom. Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 3

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:54:49 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Broken plate...was a real pretty apricot color, never found the other piece.... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 4

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:56:11 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline same plate...nicely embossed Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 5

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 8:58:20 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Beautiful Red....broken (again) plates....Found another larger square one, broken to of course but I forgot it there... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 6

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:02:33 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Pretty red plate again.....   These will probably end up being turned into beach glass....Just in case anyone isn't familiar on the method of how beach glass is made...take your glass and place in a potato or onion bag....smash the heck out of it and throw it as far out in the lake as you can...and in about 10 or 20 years you have beach glass...as the lake tosses it and then finally the bag will break open and eventually beautiful bit of glass will come ashore Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 7

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:07:25 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline well here's a shot of the whole find for the day...well minus the shuffleboard disc (yes I know it was weird)....In the shot that I didn't post individuals of are a broken blob top(just the top) another part of a broken plate or some sort of dish and my prize of the day even tho it was broken...A Bitters bottle, I haven't identified yet...check that one out on digging and finding if ya want....Oh and I finally found a nice soda bottle...I think anyways... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 8

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:08:29 PM    bostaurus Posts: 2299 Joined: 2/17/2009 From: Madison, Wisconsin Status: offline If you can find a glass artist or jewelery maker that does glass slumping they may be able to make a bracelet or pendant for you out of that glass. _____________________________ Always looking for veterinary bottles, American and foreign. (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 9

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:09:47 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Found most the stuff down under that pipe...which leads to what I am thinking now is a cistern...not a well... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 10

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:14:04 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline This is the bottom of what I wasn't sure of whether it was a well or cistern....I'm thinking cistern now...as it is more wide on the bottom and gets narrow towards the top....also you can see the bottom...there are no bricks any lower down than what you see in this shot...and was about 20 feet away from the pipe that was hanging into the foundation....    You think it would be worth it to dig in and or around this? Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 11

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:17:35 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Watch your step!!!  It's only about 4-5 feet deep but still even tho I knew it was out there somewhere...I didn't know exactly for sure. It's grown up a lot since I first visited here.... Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 12

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:19:29 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline That hole is almost dead center...off to the left just a bit...talk about dangerous if you didn't know it was there! Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 13

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:21:32 PM    MIdigger   Posts: 766 Joined: 3/3/2010 Status: offline The one fork on the left side looks like a Rodgers Bros 1848 I had some of them in the same pattern not sure what year they are made. Theres plenty of patterns and they have the 1848 date on them, Usually they have silver with a copper core and thus heavier weight. If you get a bunch, to confirm grind a spot to reveal copper. See Ebay for more. Or sell for scrap. Much of the silver plate is just that on steel (use a magnet to confirm) not worth much. Also German  nickel silver plate contains no silver at all. I also find a lot of steel forks/knives/spoons etc. I usually toss the common stuff but if the magnet doesnt stick its stainless and can be sold for scrap at about or more than aluminum scrap. The silver/copper brings better money. (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 14

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:23:25 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Gobble gobble...for all those hunters out there who saw and shot nothing....I saw Tom and the hen and he was just a strutting his stuff!!!  Attachment (1) _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 15

RE: Had some luck at the foundation today... - 5/30/2010 9:26:54 PM    woodswalker   Posts: 1048 Joined: 4/13/2010 From: South Haven, Michigan Status: offline Wheres a gun when ya need one!!! There goes dinner  Attachment (1) < Message edited by woodswalker -- 5/30/2010 9:29:06 PM > _____________________________ Always enjoy nature to the fullest....what more could we want...birds singing and fresh air....AND Lots of neat stuff to always be found...One mans junk may be someone elses treasure :) (in reply to woodswalker) Post #: 16

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