SJ Treasure Hunters
Relics
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San Jose RR buttons
in april 2007, a friend said that he had dug 2 very nice RR buttons at a home demo. i went there right away cause i had always been hoping to dig a SJ RR button. i got lucky and dug 2 large and 2 cuff size buttons. the SJ RR only operated for 7 years(1863-1870), before it was turned over to the southern pacific.
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Half reale and pheonix button
february 23 2007, dug at a mission with rick and Tom t. the reale dates between 1788-1808. at this time, this is my 3rd reale found.
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chinese metal opium pipe
rare metal opium pipe found at a site of the old china town in san jose. also in pic is a opium bottle,cache coin and 1887 indian cent.
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civil war bullets
finally some of those 3 ringer bullets. found at a park in belmont. more can be seen with my 1854 dime on the "seated" page
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1833 waist belt buckle
"Brian, We e-mailed my cousin a picture of the early military buckle you found. He is the historian for the 1 st armoured division located in Baumholder germany. He I.D.'s the buckle as an 1833 waistbelt buckle. Worn by U.S. Army seargents before the Civil War. If you would have found the other side we would know if he was in the infantry or the artillery by either the cross rifles or crossed cannons between the letters U.S.
Good to see you at the meeting last month."
Jungle Jim
found 6/17/00
- WWI collar disc
found in san jose on 11/19/00. i've heard that it is a staff NCO collar disc that could date back to 1907
- more misc buttons
another collar disc, a really old buckle, a CW cuff button(from Niles Canyon) and more.