I LIKE MY TURKEY SMOKED!!!

[Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!]

I just received permission to detect this property that dates back to the early 1800's. The original old house burned to the ground in 1973, but a lot of the original outbuildings still exist. Check out the tin roofing on a few of the shacks. All NC license plates!!!  
There was a lot of trash in this yard, but here are my finds from today's 2 hour hunt.
I had to laugh when I dug this "vintage" crack/dope pipe up at this old property.  
My oldest coin was a 1948 wheat (whoopie   ) , but I did get a pocket spill worth $1.35.  
I think the spoon handle is silver, but this piece has no markings.
Nothing exciting yet, but I'm hoping next trip turns up something better.  
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

-MM-

Dug,

That site looks prime for some Seated silver and your first LC!!   Hit it until it's dry, my bud!

How old is that map?

Sir Kyle

Dug,

That site looks prime for some Seated silver and your first LC!!   Hit it until it's dry, my bud!

How old is that map?

Sir Kyle

Kyle,
I hope so. I started detecting the newly plowed field, but it was too muddy. I hope I can knock that LC off my list soon. 
The only date I see on the map is 1870, but I know the original house was a lot older than that.
Happy Turkey Day buddy,
Dug

Mines on the Traeger right now!  um um good  nice finds congrats  HH

Your whatsit looks as if it may be the blade portion of a spinnerbait lure.

          I'd say that your chances of digging an old rusty license plate is quite good there MM!!! Looks very inviting. You may be surprised by what you detect there. HH

nice finds and thats redneck roofing for ya lol

Sweet finds there , and nice photos .

OMFG! LMAO@ Colonial Crackpipe

Your whatsit looks as if it may be the blade portion of a spinnerbait lure.

I thought he same thing,just never seen one with the gap

Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it. The licence plated roof is cool. Here's wishing you your first LC Doug. Wishing you the best Thanksgiving also my man.
Chris

Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it. The licence plated roof is cool. Here's wishing you your first LC Doug. Wishing you the best Thanksgiving also my man.
Chris

Not here in Texas. There's a store called the gas pipe that sales stuff like that. You can buy any pipe you want because it's not illegal to smoke a pipe with tobaco. You know the people that are going in there aren't using it for tobaco though.

good going on that neat assortment of finds !!!

[Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it.]

Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it. The licence plated roof is cool. Here's wishing you your first LC Doug. Wishing you the best Thanksgiving also my man.
Chris

Chris,
That's why I mailed it out to YOU yesterday. 
Thanks buddy,
Doug

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!
May your turkey be stuffed with Spanish silver & Colonial copper!!!! 

Thanks for the replies. I'm still baffled how anyone (except a prisoner    )  would have access to that many license plates.   

Gobble gobble,
MM

[Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it.]

Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it. The licence plated roof is cool. Here's wishing you your first LC Doug. Wishing you the best Thanksgiving also my man.
Chris

Chris,
That's why I mailed it out to YOU yesterday. 
Thanks buddy,
Doug

OMG I almost fell off my chair when I read this.

Hey Modern, tell those folks I'll take the house. Man what a piece of property THAT would be to get ahold of.
Nice reading your post my friend. As far as your whatsit goes, I also think it is a part of an old fishing lure, but not a modern spinner bait.
They used to make some real goofy bass lures years ago as I am sure you already know.
Take care and Happy Thanksgiving.

Trying to get back into the SWING of things

~Nash~

Nice finds.  I like all the license plates.  Happy Thanksgiving.

very cool post, thanks.  the unknown item I can help ID... It is  piece of metal.  hope this helps.  bob/ct

you do know that some folks collect old car plates you know -- to put on the old rebuilt cars for car shows   gold mine !!

theres gotta be cash around there look at the money he saved on roofing shingles alone.-- clearly a tightwad recycling sort of person

don't ask me how I know it but --- thats a old "pot" pipe mid 70's era -- bigger bowl -- stash grass in the center when you smoked -- it filtered the smoke and made the grass in the middle stronger when smoked later --while it might be legal to smoke tobacco in em (thus legal to sell em)--the residue in the bowl of it most likely isn;t tobacco based. and thus could possibly get you busted.  

I think we are yet to see many more finds.

[Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it.]

Watch out with the dope pipe. It's considered paraphernalia and you could be busted for just having it. The licence plated roof is cool. Here's wishing you your first LC Doug. Wishing you the best Thanksgiving also my man.
Chris

Chris,
That's why I mailed it out to YOU yesterday. 
Thanks buddy,
Doug

OMG I almost fell off my chair when I read this.

Hey Modern, tell those folks I'll take the house. Man what a piece of property THAT would be to get ahold of.
Nice reading your post my friend. As far as your whatsit goes, I also think it is a part of an old fishing lure, but not a modern spinner bait.
They used to make some real goofy bass lures years ago as I am sure you already know.
Take care and Happy Thanksgiving.

Trying to get back into the SWING of things

~Nash~

Nash,
Great to see you posting again big guy.    I miss seeing your finds.
You may be right on the lure piece, as that seems to be the popular vote.
Have a good one buddy,
MM

you do know that some folks collect old car plates you know -- to put on the old rebuilt cars for car shows  gold mine !!

theres gotta be cash around there look at the money he saved on roofing shingles alone.-- clearly a tightwad recycling sort of person

don't ask me how I know it but --- thats a old "pot" pipe mid 70's era -- bigger bowl -- stash grass in the center when you smoked -- it filtered the smoke and made the grass in the middle stronger when smoked later --while it might be legal to smoke tobacco in em (thus legal to sell em)--the residue in the bowl of it most likely isn;t tobacco based. and thus could possibly get you busted. 

Thanks Ivan,
I won't ask you how you know,  but thanks for the pipe 101 class.    I seem to remember something about that stuff as a teen in the 70's, but it's a bit foggy for some reason. 
-MM-

 

wow!
The plates on the roofs of those buildings could be worth several thousand by themselves..lol...
If they were put on upside down where the printing and paint was toward the building, they could still be in fair condition, and also some early plates bring lots more money... they can be restored, and people do that all the time.

it would be well worth it for the owners to reroof the buildings and sell the plates, they would come out way ahead on the deal!

the plate thing is true i got some old ny plates that i found ill pot pics later

Happy Thanksgiving Doug!  That is a cool looking site and I like your finds ... wishing you even better luck in the future ~ Jimmy

Those roofs have got to be VERY cool finds!!!
Can't help with the whatsit.

I dont think the pipe is colonial or a crack pipe, probaly marijuana. some of those license plates are likley pretty rare. Nice Hunt

Wow, all liscense plates on the roof ?!

Two hours is not nearly enough time to score on that site.

Hope all is well with the Synders.  We are doing well although we were planning on spending Thanksgiving with my aunt in Maryland but her mother was killed in a car accident two days before.

Rachel is still holding off the boys for now... 

Give Suds a treat for me.

Bob

MM!!! you found a crack pipe... shady stuff going on up in NC huh?!
(hope you had a happy turkey day)
Kel