MangoAve
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Yesterday since a permission didn't go through I decided to hit a public place. There is an old mill site but it is off in the woods and I was hoping no one ever thought to check this site before. There might be some potential here but I will need to bring my machete to cut the small brush. The little ferns and skunk cabbage weren't the problem. The old map shows only one large building. The 1934 aerial there is only a wooded area. I definitely found two buildings, or one foundation and one depression with rocks around it.
Two large gears were unearthed. They look like they are the same type but found in different spots. They are about 9 or 10 inches diameter so they are nothing small. The notable finds were an old fishing reel or that's what it looks like, and the old style metal container for milk that looks like the large coffee pots typical of an old diner. There was also a fork I pulled up which I am hoping someone knows a lot about silverware. It read up in the silver range. I already tested it with a magnet and there is no iron. It is not a stainless steel fork. I am wondering if it is silver. All I got on the back is the letter B which is stamped into the metal and then the logo which to me looks like a mushroom and an S in the tip. Below that is pat'd...but it is broken there. Any other useful information on the handle is gone somewhere, possibly in the ground still. It might have been a masked signal or just didn't swing over it.
Two large gears were unearthed. They look like they are the same type but found in different spots. They are about 9 or 10 inches diameter so they are nothing small. The notable finds were an old fishing reel or that's what it looks like, and the old style metal container for milk that looks like the large coffee pots typical of an old diner. There was also a fork I pulled up which I am hoping someone knows a lot about silverware. It read up in the silver range. I already tested it with a magnet and there is no iron. It is not a stainless steel fork. I am wondering if it is silver. All I got on the back is the letter B which is stamped into the metal and then the logo which to me looks like a mushroom and an S in the tip. Below that is pat'd...but it is broken there. Any other useful information on the handle is gone somewhere, possibly in the ground still. It might have been a masked signal or just didn't swing over it.
