Hi, George! I also "acquire" other hunters' junk. When in NY, I used to find the old "boundary trees" that hunters used for stands in the old days when most of upstate NY (now forest) was pastures. Ran my metal detector around their bases and found no end of crap--ctgs. fired and unfired, coins, hunting knives, Zippos, almost all in an advanced state of decay. My favorites are two silver Deutschmarks dated 1900 and an unfired nickel .38 Colt Super Auto softnose. Now that I'm back in CA I have to search canyon overlooks for Western style deer stands. But last weekend I found 3 Savage headstamped .22 Hi-power cases on top of an arroyo up by Ojai, so I guess there is still stuff to be found (sorry for the OT, gus; I'll shut up now...).
