More outdoor wanderings

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There is a black cat that sat on the top of this creek wall on a very cold day. It sat immobile possibly trying to absorb the sun. I wouldn't even flinch when I tossed a dirt clump at it. Kind of freaked me out a bit. It was there for hours.


Old wooden cask in the dirt wall


Mink hole


I spooked a mink out in the open and it dove into the snow, burrowed a bit, then shot out and scampered away. I found this interesting as they use water in a similar fashion.


Screw top bottle aren't old enough to interest me, just junk


Likely a buffalo\Bison bone. I am only interested in finding an intact old skull


I practice with natural materials opportunistically, were and when I find something interesting\useful



Closer to what I look for in old bottles




One of my local haunts



I love old swirl marbles also


Was bummed that the telegraph insulator was a junker


One of my books explained that the native peoples here used both types of local cactus for food. Yes, there is cactus in Canada. If I can find some half decently sized ears I will try to to cook them up outside as a survival food experiment.



Now were are talking, turn of the century light purple glass cork tops.




An unusual find yesterday was a piece of soap stone used by kids back in the pre pencil days for writing on their slates.
 
Some very cool finds!

And yeah, you can eat cactus. We had healthy stands of prickly pear where I grew up. Take some gloves and a knife and scrape them clean, dice them up and then boil them (we would chop up onions and add them in), then rinse them well in fresh water. In Mexico, they are called 'nopales' and are often served with eggs. I likes 'em.

Prickly pear have a delicious fruit as well. :thumbup:
 
I liked the old bottles.

Thanks, I could likely find a dozen interesting things to look for or see on any given day out there. This is what I call mud season, were I look up hill sides for old bottles, before the plants leaf up. Then it's metal detecting season. But it is always bring a knife and ferro rod\lighter time.
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Some very cool finds!

And yeah, you can eat cactus. We had healthy stands of prickly pear where I grew up. Take some gloves and a knife and scrape them clean, dice them up and then boil them (we would chop up onions and add them in), then rinse them well in fresh water. In Mexico, they are called 'nopales' and are often served with eggs. I likes 'em.

Prickly pear have a delicious fruit as well. :thumbup:

Thanks for the first hand experience\info. This dovetails with what I have read. I will try these little boogers this year. :thumbup:
 
Nice bottles and other stuff. Finding stuff makes getting out all the more fun.

Exactly, I have zero interest in having anything given to me, or buying anything. I sometimes walk shallow creeks during the low clear water periods. All kinds of strange stuff is in there. I have found pitch forks, shovels etc.
 
That's amazing, how do you find everything? Keen eye, experience, kool stuff.
 
Some very cool finds!

And yeah, you can eat cactus. We had healthy stands of prickly pear where I grew up. Take some gloves and a knife and scrape them clean, dice them up and then boil them (we would chop up onions and add them in), then rinse them well in fresh water. In Mexico, they are called 'nopales' and are often served with eggs. I likes 'em.

Prickly pear have a delicious fruit as well. :thumbup:

Prickly Pear grow wild here
The Fruit is called Sabra
Our Israeli self proclaimed nickname is Sabra, prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside

Pick them with leather gloves and roll then in the dust to break all the spines
Then eat them
 
That's amazing, how do you find everything? Keen eye, experience, kool stuff.

I metal detect after the ground dries. And I bottle hunt before the plants leaf up. Creek banks, particularly after a rain or spring run off erode and reveal old garbage\burn sites. Want native arrow heads ? Check out freshly plowed fields in the morning or evening light after a rain. The stone points shine a bit and stand out from the dirt.
 
Prickly Pear grow wild here
The Fruit is called Sabra
Our Israeli self proclaimed nickname is Sabra, prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside

Pick them with leather gloves and roll then in the dust to break all the spines
Then eat them

OK, thanks for the info.
 
Very cool, thanks for sharing.

Is that a porcelain doll leg? I'm not familiar with Moosejaw's history, was it a fairly wealthy settlement at one point? Possibly Metis?
That's an expensive toy for the time.
 
Moose Jaw was one of Al Copone's "summer" homes. So it would be safe to say that there were times when there were a few wealthy folks around. The tunnel tours are pretty cool. I hope they are able to open up more of them.
 
I'm sure Capone brought in a fair amount of business to Moosejaw but probably not too many children. It's interesting to think about, the Metis were by far the wealthiest of the North West(present day prairies; Sak and Man) for a time, during the buffalo and pemmican trade, but with out much documentation from the government it's hard to tell how far their wealth spread and I am just not as familiar with Moosejaw's history as the rest of the praires.
Very cool stuff, I love the story these findings can tell, but I am a bit of a history nerd.
Thanks again for posting
 
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