What’s the coolest thing you found in the back country

[Pezboat]

I was a big fan of the creepy thread that’s been going around on here, but wanted to expand this discussion beyond weird/creepy/paranormal. So what’s the coolest thing you’ve found?

 

[grappling_hook]

As a 13-year-old I was out grouse hunting with my .22, and found a 6" Cold Steel tanto knife in a meadow about a mile from the road. Score!

 

[gbflyer]

 

[Blaw]

lightweight undies, NICE!!! probably kuiu?

 

[MuleyFever]

For me it's an arrow head found while bowhunting. Found it while walking up a wash. I just think it's cool to think of the person that lost it there hunting in the exact same spot all those years ago.

 

[Ross]

3 items pictures of two and one should have......first a glock .45 with my buddy, 2nd a 6 pt bull pinned to the ground by a tree and 3rd no photo a polaroid photo of Barbie posed very perty for her boyfriend

 

[AK Troutbum]

Let me guess, you saved them didn’t you?


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[Marble]

6 miles from roads at 9000', I located just the head of a shingle hatchet, and a couple dozen 6" long custom nails. Left the nails took the hatchet,. I still have it, it's pretty cool.

I've also found arrow heads.

 

[Ralphie]

Petroglyphs.

 

[11boo]

 

[thinhorn_AK]

A massive box of used up pornography.

to this day, I still love pornography.

 

[Nickofthewoods]

While Elk hunting in Colorado I found a 6ft antique crosscut saw hanging in a massive old Ponderosa. My guess is it had been there since the 1950's but it could be much older.

Deep in the Wyoming Backcountry about 15 miles from the nearest road I found this old J Ryall fly reel. It had survived through a burn that had occurred several years prior. I actually found a guy who specifically repairs these old Ryall reels and I had him restore it, replacing all of the plastic pieces that melted. I've caught many fish with it over the years now and have found it to be a very fine reel.
Crosscut saw was hanging in a very old tree by the remaining handle.

Update: Picture of the restored reel today on my 4wt rod.

 

[WV Mountaineer]

Peace

 

[BAKPAKR]

This rock was pretty cool:

 

[FLAK]

Was Javelina hunting with my teenage son near Deming N.M. this past Jan.
and found an old sheath knife with the handle rotted off of it. Blade has a
rusty patina on it but I bet with a little work it will clean up. I forget the brand
now but I believe it was German made.
Just looked, its a Blackhawk.

 

[colersu22]

I found an arrowhead this year.

 

[Desk Jockey]

No pic but when we were kids I found a model T Ford in an area that had been logged in the 20s. It had a 10” tree growing through the middle of it.

 

[ZDR]

After a really long steep hike, a friend and I decided to soak our feet in a small stream and lo and behold there were 2 cans of Coors beer chilling in the water right where we were sitting. They didn’t last long.

 

[EastMT]

Springfield 45 Cal. Called sheriff, notified of findings. After 6 months nobody claimed it and I got to keep it. I made sure to let them know to call anytime in the future if someone should report it missing, never heard anything.

 

[wyosteve]

A Remington 700, 7mm w/ Leupold scope. Rusty, but functional. Must have fallen out of a saddle scabbard. About 10 miles into wilderness.