Saturday Hunt at old Estate

[milco]

I have been intending to get out to a friend's house northwest of Milwaukee all year, but the dry weather kept me away over the summer. Now that it is cool and the ground is moist, I checked in with him and got the green light. His house was built in the 1960's and his neighbor's is one of the older houses built in the 1940's. What intrigued me to this neighborhood is because a very large estate once stood on this area of about 160 acres from the 1890's to early 1940's. Although the ground has been moved around a lot with the construction of modern homes, there are some spots that have potential with very large old trees and around a couple older homes. I hunted in the back of my friend's yard and his neighbor's for about 5 hours (One of which was just talking to his neighbor who knows everyone and is like a local history book). Found some neat finds and an open invitation to come back anytime. It was a great sunny October day around 58 degrees.

 

[z118]

nice digs! that cap gun is sweet. i've never dug a whole one, but i've gotten many, many pieces! lol

 

[tanacat]

Sweet finds thumbsup01 I wonder what the copper plate w/all the holes and nails is?

Isn't Google Earth amazing. I've been comparing maps in my area- found a 1877 county map and compared to find a site where P.O., voting place and country store was. All I've found there so far is dateless SLQ and 1941 Washington, but I will be back...

http://www.historicmapworks.com/

 

[bob_e99]

That area sounds pretty nice and the IH would make me sooo happy!

Continued good hunting there.

:clapping: :clapping:

Sweet finds thumbsup01 I wonder what the copper plate w/all the holes and nails is?

Isn't Google Earth amazing. I've been comparing maps in my area- found a 1877 county map and compared to find a site where P.O., voting place and country store was. All I've found there so far is dateless SLQ and 1941 Washington, but I will be back...

http://www.historicmapworks.com/

Thanks for the amazing link. I'm going to be using that a lot this winter.
eace:

 

[tanacat]

Thanks for the amazing link. I'm going to be using that a lot this winter.
eace:

Your welcome! You can downsize Google Earth to match the size of the old maps and overlap them. Well, switch back and forth. It can be quite a challenge to find the exact areas with all the new/re-directed roads.

 

[milco]

Wisconsin aerial imagery from 1937-38 is available online at:

http://www.geography.wisc.edu/maplib/aerial.html

 

[CODY]

Graet finds.

 

[aloldstuff]

Wheats and a IH, very nice. Even nicer is that you got the go ahead to return.