Metal Detecting a Hobo Camp from the Depression Years, Finding Stuff from the 1930s with My Detector

I had some time this holiday season to get out with my metal detector. The weather was warm enough and it had stopped raining for long enough too. I checked out a local spot that I suspect was an old hobo camp site from the depression years. I found lots of interesting stuff, but what you won't see in this video is the dozens of liquor bottle caps and glass bottle fragments I carried out of there that day. Jeez, that place was one of the trashiest spots I've metal detected in a long time. Check out this video to see what I found...

[@jerryprice5484]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that brass escutcheon might be part of a flexable grab handle. There might have been a wooden bar that had gone through that ring (long since rotted away) I remember seeing something similar years ago that was part of a towel rack.

[@dirtsandandrocks]

@jerryprice5484 thanks for the possible ID! I can't say I've ever seen anything like it before, but I did ponder it being a curtain rod holder, so it's along the same lines as that. Thanks very much for watching and the comment - Paul

[@DCJNewsMedia]

Great video.
I used to detect myself and found a lot of various things over the years.
Late 1800s tools and inplaments 😊
Keep on sharing Brother.
I am a new sub and I will share with my 5K friends.
God bless you and your family Brother

[@dirtsandandrocks]

@DCJNewsMedia thank you for checking out this video. I really appreciate the sub, the comment and you sharing this video! That will all help my channel grow. Please check back again sometime soon. All the best to you and your family in 2024 - Paul

[@JamesEBraus]

I think it's a casket rail escutcheon.

[@dirtsandandrocks]

@JamesEBraus Woah!!! Now that would be something else! Thanks for the comment and possible ID. I must admit, that never crossed my mind, but I reckon anything is possible. Thanks for watching and check back again sometime - Paul

[@chrissettles4127]

Very nice eagle badge

[@dirtsandandrocks]

I thought that was a cool find too!

[@franceshennesy122]

RIP spoon. 🪦

[@dirtsandandrocks]

Ha! Ut oh - I unburied it! I guess it's undead now!!

[@chrissettles4127]

That was a lipstick container not a valve stem cover . I think.

[@dirtsandandrocks]

No, it was a valve stem cover