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Got out today in a swimming hole and found a first for me...

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
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The swimming hole in Ben Lomond at Highlands Park is pretty magical for me, having found a 1910 Kraemer automatic lighter and a 21 gram 14k vintage gold necklace in it. Someone recently drowned there (In 4ft of water!?) and I hadn't been back in over a year. I got out there today with my White's Dualfield Pro and found this!

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Okay, I'm guessing it has nothing to do with the Nazis, but it is the first item I've ever found with a swastika on it. The signal was really faint and I had to go through a lot of rocks and sand to get to it. The Highlands park creek is full of depressions (bowls) that trap all kinds of heavier material.
"I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.

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  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,336 ✭✭✭✭
    wow, well isn't that interesting? Any idea what it was used for?
  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,585 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From what I can tell, the symbol was nothing more than something the company used for a logo until the mid 1930s from the Nazis hijacked it. It looks like a gas valve.
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a gas valve.... no idea who used the swastika.... although, the swastika is an ancient symbol, even used by some Native American tribes... Cheers, RickO
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