Digger_O'Dell
11-18-2016, 12:01 PM
Hi all,
Got back to the cellar hole area again this morning for about a 3 hour hunt. All I can really say is I have a newfound respect for you east coast guys dealing with loads of iron!
So despite plenty of time and effort there wasn't much to find. No buttons, no coins, just a few relics, bullets, etc. I did a lot more research on the site last night and there is no sign there ever was a home site here. I have a suspicion this was probably another outbuilding related to the nearby barn. The closest homesite was across the road which was on the 1887 map, but it's now a gravel pit. According to the 1937 aerial photo the whole area was bare field then other than the barn.
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Got back to the cellar hole area again this morning for about a 3 hour hunt. All I can really say is I have a newfound respect for you east coast guys dealing with loads of iron!
So despite plenty of time and effort there wasn't much to find. No buttons, no coins, just a few relics, bullets, etc. I did a lot more research on the site last night and there is no sign there ever was a home site here. I have a suspicion this was probably another outbuilding related to the nearby barn. The closest homesite was across the road which was on the 1887 map, but it's now a gravel pit. According to the 1937 aerial photo the whole area was bare field then other than the barn.
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