MangoAve
08-03-2015, 09:45 AM
I will start with a short blurb and a few pics of a semi-recent hunt that didn't end up on here yet. I tried to hit a 1955 school, which used to have a house prior to 1868 on the property, and is next to a 1939 school and a bunch of mid 1800s houses. It took almost an hour to finally pull up some clad. I am not sure if I need to go back with a large coil on the secondary machine because it is possible the ground was leveled when the hole filled in. But even by the side of the mid-1800 house there should have been some finds. I ended up going to a green and requiring using the other machine due to some unknown emi killing my machine. Seems I am way more proficient with mine, however.
I did ask at a 1600s house later the next day after some plans got finished and ended up at the town green again during the sunset. More clad, which you don't realize how much comes up until you empty your pocket and see. I found some sort of railroad spike there, and it is weird how one of those would be in a town green.
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A different hunt we went to a spot with two cellar holes. For some reason, the east side of the street house there isn't actually a cellar. It may have been a cabin site throughout it's time. There was a spot with rocks stacked up where the majority of targets were located. As soon as you step out of a 30ft radius from this spot, the targets were really sparse. There were a few ridiculous huge trees there; and the pic doesn't do it justice. It almost looked like there was a depression between two older trees by the side of the road and kinda lead to the left of a rock wall. But 50ft into the woods it looks like it possibly went through the wall....?? The rocks were piled up on one side like loggers did. This is a challenging spot to understand the layout. Two notable finds from there were a centennial suspender clip with an eagle, and a horse tack. The tongue moves to the tack and I am trying a bit of electrolysis on it. The pic of the nice orange salamander is kind of blurry cuz the little guy didn't wanna stay in one spot. The second I can tell was filled in poorly. The foundation is exposed over the sand. There was a nice rope swing on the old tree that was out front and I did spot a child's swing on the ground from another nearby tree. The house stayed until the 50's. It will be a site to wait to return once the weeds die down at spot #2.
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This weekend I hit a spot that was an old mill site after finally getting to a certain permission. The permission I just got an old pic on FB from a link someone posted to show the owner. The dog fence was killing my machine so I had to use the GTI. I think there was only 1 out of the five or six frequency settings that didn't give emi issues. I pulled up some clad and a watch gear and a weird oval piece with a screw in it. That's whatsit #1. I only had an hour and a half there but I get to go back sometime. It's not a small yard. Also got a spoon bowl there. Can you tell that I have to add info as I realize from pics?
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At the mill site, there were many buildings on the old map but it was gone before the earliest aerial image. It was a hike like GK would have because there was a spot where it was climbing up some rocks just to pass by and either jump down a 5ft drop or climb up the steep grade and only have a 2 ft drop. There were a lot of people there along the way and a few were staring as I walked by. Way way at the end was the actual site and there were a few kids taking pics. I can't quite show the pics of the mill because it might give away the spot, but I can show some other pics of the place. With that and the pics of the finds, boy you who love pics will love this. At one point I had to do some business. It lead me up to another spot with some walls where I happened to get heel plate #2. Lol. Any ideas for whatsit #2 in the picture with harmonica reed? I have seen one of these before but I don't remember where. Dual lantern parts came up here and number two suspender clasp.
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There happened to be a token I dug there. A little more research needs to be put forth to it. The place I was at existed before 1868. The token was from the Essex county country club in Essex, NJ. It features a ram on the front. Apparently 1887 was the first time when golf was brought to the US. This country club was one of the first celebrating it's 125th anniversary in 2012. I will be contacting them to ask about when they used these tokens and if they were personalized. I heard the name Gillespie before. Maybe it is from Thomas Haining Gillespie born in Scotland in 1876. The Scottish were first with the sport of golfing. There may be a different correlation to him as maybe being somewhat famous he happened to be part of the club. Now to be in a completely different state way in the woods by an old mill to drop the token? There just opens more questions. The last thing is whatsit #3. To me it looks like Thor's hammer. This was a cotton mill site, remember. One side has the studs/spikes. It has a thread all the way through and there is a tiny tab (like the handle of the hammer).
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I did ask at a 1600s house later the next day after some plans got finished and ended up at the town green again during the sunset. More clad, which you don't realize how much comes up until you empty your pocket and see. I found some sort of railroad spike there, and it is weird how one of those would be in a town green.
492074920849206
A different hunt we went to a spot with two cellar holes. For some reason, the east side of the street house there isn't actually a cellar. It may have been a cabin site throughout it's time. There was a spot with rocks stacked up where the majority of targets were located. As soon as you step out of a 30ft radius from this spot, the targets were really sparse. There were a few ridiculous huge trees there; and the pic doesn't do it justice. It almost looked like there was a depression between two older trees by the side of the road and kinda lead to the left of a rock wall. But 50ft into the woods it looks like it possibly went through the wall....?? The rocks were piled up on one side like loggers did. This is a challenging spot to understand the layout. Two notable finds from there were a centennial suspender clip with an eagle, and a horse tack. The tongue moves to the tack and I am trying a bit of electrolysis on it. The pic of the nice orange salamander is kind of blurry cuz the little guy didn't wanna stay in one spot. The second I can tell was filled in poorly. The foundation is exposed over the sand. There was a nice rope swing on the old tree that was out front and I did spot a child's swing on the ground from another nearby tree. The house stayed until the 50's. It will be a site to wait to return once the weeds die down at spot #2.
492154921449216492124921749213
This weekend I hit a spot that was an old mill site after finally getting to a certain permission. The permission I just got an old pic on FB from a link someone posted to show the owner. The dog fence was killing my machine so I had to use the GTI. I think there was only 1 out of the five or six frequency settings that didn't give emi issues. I pulled up some clad and a watch gear and a weird oval piece with a screw in it. That's whatsit #1. I only had an hour and a half there but I get to go back sometime. It's not a small yard. Also got a spoon bowl there. Can you tell that I have to add info as I realize from pics?
4921849222492214922049219
At the mill site, there were many buildings on the old map but it was gone before the earliest aerial image. It was a hike like GK would have because there was a spot where it was climbing up some rocks just to pass by and either jump down a 5ft drop or climb up the steep grade and only have a 2 ft drop. There were a lot of people there along the way and a few were staring as I walked by. Way way at the end was the actual site and there were a few kids taking pics. I can't quite show the pics of the mill because it might give away the spot, but I can show some other pics of the place. With that and the pics of the finds, boy you who love pics will love this. At one point I had to do some business. It lead me up to another spot with some walls where I happened to get heel plate #2. Lol. Any ideas for whatsit #2 in the picture with harmonica reed? I have seen one of these before but I don't remember where. Dual lantern parts came up here and number two suspender clasp.
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There happened to be a token I dug there. A little more research needs to be put forth to it. The place I was at existed before 1868. The token was from the Essex county country club in Essex, NJ. It features a ram on the front. Apparently 1887 was the first time when golf was brought to the US. This country club was one of the first celebrating it's 125th anniversary in 2012. I will be contacting them to ask about when they used these tokens and if they were personalized. I heard the name Gillespie before. Maybe it is from Thomas Haining Gillespie born in Scotland in 1876. The Scottish were first with the sport of golfing. There may be a different correlation to him as maybe being somewhat famous he happened to be part of the club. Now to be in a completely different state way in the woods by an old mill to drop the token? There just opens more questions. The last thing is whatsit #3. To me it looks like Thor's hammer. This was a cotton mill site, remember. One side has the studs/spikes. It has a thread all the way through and there is a tiny tab (like the handle of the hammer).
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