Bird band

Interesting find - plus the tangerines! Alan's ghost towns has me planning lots of field trips, too. Glad he posted it. Sue

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Auggie, The wild tangerines apparently came up from the roots of a grove that was on the property back in the 70's or 80's.  Right next to them there is a tree that is about 18 inches in diameter. I guess it is 20+ years old so the grove has been gone a long time. The variety is locally known as clementines I think.

I've got great hopes for the traditional type of treasure or at the least some old coins. It was an old school that was there in the 1920's. I mostly surveyed the property today trying to figure out where the playground and the building were. The building burned in 1965 and the ground has been repeatedly plowed and bulldozed since then. I found what I was looking for. a mound of dirt that contained what was left of the building after it was bulldozed to make way for the grove. It was on the low corner of the field and was full of nails and building hardware bricks and chunks of concrete. On the other end of the lot was the playground I think. that is where the tangerine trees are. The ground is very clean for old ground. The tangerine trees tell me that it wasn't bulldozed since the grove.  That will be where I start. Gambol

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Thank you Auggie, Being old and deliberate has its advantages.

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NSC, Yes pigeons are sitting ducks for hawks. I've seen a red sholdered hawk take a rock dove from the ground in my back yard. I've found bands before on dead birds but this is a first with a metal detector.

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