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Offline doggonemess

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I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« on: October 23, 2012, 02:19:12 pm »
Hey everybody,

I was hoping that the combined experiences of our board members might be able to identify this thing. I dug it up in my backyard after getting a hit with my metal detector. The first thing I found (which set off the detector) was a VW hubcap. That was a cool surprise. Then I kept digging and found this:









It looks like a panel that was made to be load-bearing, like an access panel on a boat. It wasn't very heavy once I knocked the dirt off.

Any ideas? I'm stumped.
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2012, 02:48:51 pm »
Sorry, i dont have a clue.
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Offline danny f

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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2012, 03:13:19 pm »
could be what off-roaders use when they get stuck in the mud. to spread the weight of the vehicle and help them get out.
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2012, 03:14:55 pm »
ps metal detecting is my main hobby. if you are new to it you will soon find out there is lots of metal under ground and most of it is not silver or gold lol. :(
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2012, 03:22:22 pm »
Looks like the floor under carriage of a VW van :-\.
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2012, 03:33:54 pm »
It could be from anything my idea is some kind of running board from a trailer or machine kinda like a step
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #6 on: October 23, 2012, 04:55:04 pm »
I know exactly what it is................$0.30 worth of scrap metal ;D


Maybe half of an old steel loading ramp? 
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #7 on: October 23, 2012, 10:52:41 pm »
Quote from: mullet on October 23, 2012, 03:22:22 pm
Looks like the floor under carriage of a VW van :-\.

All great ideas, but I'm thinking that this one could be a match. Since I found a hubcap, it seems likely that nearby debris could be related. I'm going to look into this, see what I find.

Thanks for all the suggestions!
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2012, 10:56:41 pm »
Maybe you found the final resting place of the Mystery Machine!
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« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2012, 12:46:29 pm »
Quote from: Adam on October 23, 2012, 10:56:41 pm
Maybe you found the final resting place of the Mystery Machine!
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2012, 12:57:32 pm »
What kind of metal detector do you use my dad has a whites brand one
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2012, 11:34:23 pm »
Look at the one picture and you will see the channel where the clutch cable ran through. I'd say a VW van or flat bed truck with fold down panels, 1958-60?.
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« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2012, 09:23:36 am »
I think Eddie is on the mark. Ron
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2012, 11:19:51 am »
  MULLETS right my brother had a VW van once I saw the bottem a couple times it's the under cariage of the vans body. You found the hub cap the pandle keep digging the whole thing might be there.
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Re: I dug up something interested in my yard - weird panel?
« Reply #14 on: October 26, 2012, 02:02:17 am »

     Look for the initials " JH ", and then a skeleton........ ::) :P ;D ;D ;D
Is your house built on or near an old junk yard, or land fill?  When I was a kid, the Lake worth Jr. high school athletic field was at one time an old junk yard, and every now and then, while playing out there, especially after a rain, we would find old car parts.  It was at one time a fantastic huckleberry field too!  Darn board of education! >:(  Apparently they never had one of my Mom's homemade huckleberry pies! ;)

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