Colonial cabin site found! What an experience!

Sunday, Danny and I hit several cellar holes and I had the opportunity to experience something that few detectorists will ever see. The highlight of the day for me was when Danny walked us into a colonial cabin site deep in the woods and on a secluded hill. It was so small that you could walk right by it and not even see it. It's one thing to find cellar holes but it takes experience to locate the cabin sites! Cabins were not built to be permanent structures. It was truly one of the most magical moments I have ever had out in the woods. Just looking at the site was exciting in and of itself. I managed to find my first complete, large size, shoe buckle frame at this site and I will never forget it.Attachment 62780

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Originally Posted by Donnie B

Sunday, Danny and I hit several cellar holes and I had the opportunity to experience something that few detectorists will ever see. The highlight of the day for me was when Danny walked us into a colonial cabin site deep in the woods and on a secluded hill. It was so small that you could walk right by it and not even see it. It's one thing to find cellar holes but it takes experience to locate the cabin sites! Cabins were not built to be permanent structures. It was truly one of the most magical moments I have ever had out in the woods. Just looking at the site was exciting in and of itself. I managed to find my first complete, large size, shoe buckle frame at this site and I will never forget it.Attachment 62780

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Nice buckle frame . I have found several cabin sites. The last one was in December . I’ll bet I walked by it at least 10 times in route to a larger cellar I had been working. It was small, nondescript and best of all undetected. It is very old and my one visit before deer season produced several coppers and a bunch of buttons . I only scratched the surface and actually left a nice mid 80’s signal near the rim.I have decided not to go back until I can take my grandson on his first detecting trip in a year or two. I have no fears it will be discovered. You are right they are very special.

That a cool sight hope it gives up some nice stuff for you

That's great, Donnie! Cabins are rare and exciting to find! Congrats!

Very cool !

WOW that's cool! You guys have some great sites up there.

Very cool, and admittedly I'm jealous. Not only are you able to dig this time of year, but you have the potential to find sites like this. 99.8% of the oldest sites In my region have already been built on or paved over.

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Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew

That's great, Donnie! Cabins are rare and exciting to find! Congrats!

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Danny found the cabin. I was just there to share in the excitement and learn from The Master!

Thanks for sharing your story Danny. I'm sure that was a great experience! I've yet to discover a true cabin site here in northern VT, but I'm sure there's a few.

John

WTG Donnie! Those buckles are great to find! Can we get a better pic in focus :thumbsup01:

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WTG Donnie! Those buckles are great to find! Can we get a better pic in focus :thumbsup01:

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Thanks! It actually doesn't look much better in focus! LOL! I found it in a low spot next to a creek and it must have been laying in wet soil for 225 years. I have never seen so much corroded brass on any relic. The brass was soft from being rotten! I saved what I could and gave it several coats of polyurethane to keep it from crumbling. Attachment 62833I'm still very happy to have found my first, large size, shoe buckle and walking in on that cabin was magical. I can't describe the feeling of walking into that small site.

Congratulations on a great find! What is the signs of a cabin site that one looks for?

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Originally Posted by Bell-Two

Congratulations on a great find! What is the signs of a cabin site that one looks for?

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I'm just learning the ropes but the colonial cabin site that Danny found was a small, very shallow, depression with a small rock pile on one end. The rock pile would have been the remains of a collapsed chimney. Like I said, you could walk right past it and not even give a thought unless you knew what you were looking at.

Congrats on your shoe buckle and pocket watch Donnie :clapping:Its too bad some one beat us to that cabin site , I'm sure it was the same person who left the lincoln memorial for me to chip out of the frozen mud !:hairpulling:

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Originally Posted by Bell-Two

Congratulations on a great find! What is the signs of a cabin site that one looks for?

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Tony many are either on a graded level piece of ground with a few large stones in a square or as Donnie mentioned with a very shallow depression and a pile of stones at one side where a chimney had stood . Many don't have wells but some do nearby .

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Originally Posted by del

Congrats on your shoe buckle and pocket watch Donnie :clapping:Its too bad some one beat us to that cabin site , I'm sure it was the same person who left the lincoln memorial for me to chip out of the frozen mud !:hairpulling:




Tony many are either on a graded level piece of ground with a few large stones in a square or as Donnie mentioned with a very shallow depression and a pile of stones at one side where a chimney had stood . Many don't have wells but some do nearby .

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Dan, thanks for this info. these cabin sites seem to be rare and even harder to find..
Nice buckle Donnie

Really cool, I would love to find an old cabin site. Most of the sites I hunt are old farm fields, with the actual location of the home never known. If we hit a hot area on a farm, we think that's where the home most likely was.

Tons of great finds. Congrats.
You guys always find the coolest stuff.