Finds in the bush
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Have founds lot of the usual, old cars, bottles, cans. Found an old (i'm guessing logging) campsite with a rusted out woodstove, lets of real old cans and bottles and some old car rims.
When we were younger we would get snorkels and flippers and cruise along the edges of lakes and collect all the spinners people lost while fishing and i came across this old style rapala, best guess is from the 60's or 70's. When i went to grab it there was still quite a bit of line attached to it, so out of curiousity i decided to follow the line back and see what i could find. Well it lead back to a complete rod and reel that must have been pulled off of a boat when the rapala got hooked on a rock while trolling. The rod itself was from around the same time, 60's or 70's by my guess but it was mostly junk, the cork handle was completely rotten away, the string holing on the eyes was junk, but the reel itself was quite a find. It's a heavy old contraption (don't remember the type or make) but i was able to clean it out and grease it out and it works better then any of my newer reels, i still use it down at the lake.
When we were younger we would get snorkels and flippers and cruise along the edges of lakes and collect all the spinners people lost while fishing and i came across this old style rapala, best guess is from the 60's or 70's. When i went to grab it there was still quite a bit of line attached to it, so out of curiousity i decided to follow the line back and see what i could find. Well it lead back to a complete rod and reel that must have been pulled off of a boat when the rapala got hooked on a rock while trolling. The rod itself was from around the same time, 60's or 70's by my guess but it was mostly junk, the cork handle was completely rotten away, the string holing on the eyes was junk, but the reel itself was quite a find. It's a heavy old contraption (don't remember the type or make) but i was able to clean it out and grease it out and it works better then any of my newer reels, i still use it down at the lake.
Here are some Civil War bullets, dug from the battle of Kenneshaw mountain, just north of Atlanta, Georgia.
Most of them are about 58 calibre. The big one on the right bottom is flattened, so is not quite as large as it appears.
I sure wonder what that one on the right hit, to make such a perfect mushroom!
I'm willing to bet it has some unfortunate souls name on it!
wheelin_ca
CGN Regular
- Location
- Simcoe County Ontario Canada
last week I went for a walk for grouse, and seen old pepsi cans (before pop top) and this...
Random objects like pocket knives, a nice hatchet. Arrows and arrowheads (modern). Flagging tape. Various bones and sheds and the like. Empty casings. All the standard stuff.
The funniest one though was in a remote campground. No services or anything. Just a firepit and a very rough two seater outhouse. When we got there my buddy heads over to the outhouse to have a sit down. He opens the door on one side, stands there for half a minute and then goes to the other one. I assume some a-hole left a mess in their. He comes back a few minutes later and I ask him what was up with the first hole. He told me to go take a look. So I go over and open it up and inside are three backpacks. Decent sized ones probably about 70-80L. I am a nosy SOB so I opened them up. Filled with food (I kind of expected that). What makes this weird is a) No one was there. At all. And no one came in the 4 days we were fishing, B) Most of the food was candy. Three quarters full of candy each one. And half of that was all skittles. I have no idea what these people were doing. On a slightly ironic note both my buddy and I are diabetic so we couldnt even sample the goodies.
The funniest one though was in a remote campground. No services or anything. Just a firepit and a very rough two seater outhouse. When we got there my buddy heads over to the outhouse to have a sit down. He opens the door on one side, stands there for half a minute and then goes to the other one. I assume some a-hole left a mess in their. He comes back a few minutes later and I ask him what was up with the first hole. He told me to go take a look. So I go over and open it up and inside are three backpacks. Decent sized ones probably about 70-80L. I am a nosy SOB so I opened them up. Filled with food (I kind of expected that). What makes this weird is a) No one was there. At all. And no one came in the 4 days we were fishing, B) Most of the food was candy. Three quarters full of candy each one. And half of that was all skittles. I have no idea what these people were doing. On a slightly ironic note both my buddy and I are diabetic so we couldnt even sample the goodies.
last week I went for a walk for grouse, and seen old pepsi cans (before pop top) and this...
What the heck is that?
I once found a pink bicycle, looked like it had been there for a decade. About 20 feet away were two jackets, one looked like a child's jacket and the other possibly an adults jacket. This was on an old cut line probably about 1km from the highway. What's weird is that there are no houses for at least 10 to 15kms from this woods road.
Needless to say, the find gave me the creeps and I didn't explore any further!
I still hunt in that general are but nowhere near that old cut line.
Needless to say, the find gave me the creeps and I didn't explore any further!
I still hunt in that general are but nowhere near that old cut line.
- Location
- Golden Lake
I was looking for a grouse that had flushed wild and way back in the bush I found this stone blind. Someone must have had a lot of time on their hands.
It sort of looks like a "hide" they use in Scotland.
It sort of looks like a "hide" they use in Scotland.
does this count, the Anoyx dam middle of nowhere
I was just going to say "Nice picture from an Astar" but I had to do a little reading on that dam... Very cool. I might have to go check that out sometime, and I already have a plan on how to get there.
wheelin_ca
CGN Regular
- Location
- Simcoe County Ontario Canada
yup.. a bra..... for size, the tree is about 12" in diameter....
i figured a tree hugger took the term a little too seriously
i figured a tree hugger took the term a little too seriously
Oddly enough I saw your post just before I was going to post this. Went to the site earlier in the summer
Avro Anson that went down on April 30, 1944 in Riding Mountain National Park. Pilot was killed and remaining three crewman injured, one seriously. Two of the crew managed to find a small community near the park and organize a search party.
All kinds of ammo an nice opinel knife that is now my everyday pocket. A Browning knife with broken tip, thermometer, binders, skulls antlers, bones, rotten old snowmobile, lots of junk of course and a scary pack of wolves once thank god I had my shotty didn't have to shoot but was happy to have just in case.
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NShunter1254
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Nova Scotia Canada
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I explored no further!!
I explored no further!!
Old wood stove, an old side by side ten gauge that still hangs on my mom's wall. It was in GREAT shape too, old but cool.
About ten years ago, I was talking to one of the cops in Clinton (in there to report a totaled van I had found that day that had clearly ben stolen)and they said earlier that day another hunter had found a crashed airplane with two skeletons in it. It had crashed 40 years ago!!!
About ten years ago, I was talking to one of the cops in Clinton (in there to report a totaled van I had found that day that had clearly ben stolen)and they said earlier that day another hunter had found a crashed airplane with two skeletons in it. It had crashed 40 years ago!!!
- Location
- nova scotia
I found an old mantle type lantern while wandering the woods ,all that was sticking out of the ground was part of the tube that the mantle would be tied to.Dug it out with a branch,took it home and with alot of elbow grease cleaned it.The whole thing was brass and shined up looked just like new
