Raise your hand if you've done this..

[garren]

Post stories or pics if you've ever used your tractor for relic hunting or if you've ever unearthed anything cool while using it.

I've always been into metal detecting, bottle digging, relic hunting, etc. The Kubota makes a great digging tool!

Some of you may have seen this post a while back when I took the tractor and box blade to a construction site where we had permission to scrape old house lots until new construction started:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/117037-more-fun-uses-your-tractor.html

Here's some newer pics from a Texas ghost town dump that we were allowed to dig in.
My friend Chris and George are using electric sifters as I fill them with the backhoe. This particular ghost town has been hunted hard in the past with detectors. Its hard to find anything there these days. I was hoping the backhoe would net us some new finds but we didn't have much luck on that trip.

 

[DJ54]

I have a collection of horseshoes I unearthed, while repairing road slips here in Ohio. Most were work shoes that were lost, I assume when making the fills, when the roads were originally built with horses and slip scrapers.

Lord only knows how many were actually there, lost. These are just the ones I found...

 

[manganos]

No but I'm a relic hunter!!!! mytreasurespot.com is the place I spend my time for that hobby.

 

[bullbreaker]

The only relic hunting I've ever done was when I once chased a gal that was over 70.
Years young not MPH !

:laughing:

Boone



Garren : Thanks for starting neat thread,posts,pic's ! :thumbsup:

 

[ak9]

I own a small farm in w Pa . & in this lands history in the 1800s it was an access right of way for a coal mine.There were a number of old support bldings on this property for the mine. The previous owners used this land as a machinery/auto salvage yard up til the 1960s & then went to agr.With this said I find all kinds of stuff... bottles ,metal pieces of all sorts,even civil war items...I've been attemping to "clean" this property up since I 've owned it !( IE: my theads here relating to rim cruncher/ tire shears). About a week ago I dug up what appears to be an old train tressel piece from the mine? The damb thing weighed about 3 tons. :mur: . I guess years ago scrap metal had no value @ here so they burried it .
items found of Value other than scrap; 1913 silver dime ,1890s penny& other coins ,numerous pic ax heads from mine ,digging bars ,horse shoes, antique beer & soda bottles,tow chains & all the coal I could ever use ( they paved the access road with it)
ak9

 

[garren]

Neat stories so far!

I checked out the link Manganos posted and came across this news article -
Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector - USATODAY.com -
Made me think about Boones post...just because they're old doesn't mean they're inert!

But on a serious note...that's a raw deal...who would've dreamed that thing was still live. I've dug up cannon fuse parts but never a whole cannonball. I'll think twice before throwing one in the back of the truck if I ever do!

Dj54 - I might come and see your horseshoes next time I'm visiting family in Chillicothe. I try to get up there once a year for the Circleville pumpkin show.
AK9 - I'm definitely putting you on my visit list! Sounds like you'll be diggin' relics till the cows come home!

Heres a couple more pics...
First pic is not treasure but still pretty cool. Relics embedded in concrete when I peeled up an old sidewalk with the backhoe. The pipe is actually part of an old iron bed.
Second pic is one of the cannon fuse parts that I found while metal detecting an old fort site...tube in the middle of the display.

 

[bullbreaker]

Neat stories so far!
Made me think about Boones post...just because they're old doesn't mean they're inert!

Garren Hope you and your Family having a great T-Day. :thumbsup:



I never said old, I said 70 years young. I did use word relic though.

I also in all honesty had to look up word inert.53 years young myself and didn't know what it meant.
BTW that "cougar" was worth the hunt.No dogs were used and didn't have to tree it !
Enjoying this(your) thread !

Boone

 

[hrcarver]

Have a john deere that likes to find deer antlers... with the tires.

Twice last spring

 

[Shooter45]

I accidentally unearthed a diamondback rattler hibernating in a terrace row one winter. He wasn't very happy.

 

[TripleR]

Neat stories so far!

I checked out the link Manganos posted and came across this news article -
Civil War cannonball kills Virginia relic collector - USATODAY.com -
Made me think about Boones post...just because they're old doesn't mean they're inert!

But on a serious note...that's a raw deal...who would've dreamed that thing was still live. I've dug up cannon fuse parts but never a whole cannonball. I'll think twice before throwing one in the back of the truck if I ever do!

Dj54 - I might come and see your horseshoes next time I'm visiting family in Chillicothe. I try to get up there once a year for the Circleville pumpkin show.
AK9 - I'm definitely putting you on my visit list! Sounds like you'll be diggin' relics till the cows come home!

Heres a couple more pics...
First pic is not treasure but still pretty cool. Relics embedded in concrete when I peeled up an old sidewalk with the backhoe. The pipe is actually part of an old iron bed.
Second pic is one of the cannon fuse parts that I found while metal detecting an old fort site...tube in the middle of the display.

Some really neat stuff.:thumbsup: