Would this get you excited!?

[pyledriver]

I was poking around an old homesite today that I just found out was on a property where I was already detecting another old site! The house and barns, etc. are all overgrown and swallowed up by the woods now, so aside from the copious amounts of poison ivy, brambles and fallen trees, not to mention copperheads I was warned about..there's tons of trash to move out of the way as well! Tough for detecting!

I detected around this tree in the nearby field and kept getting a hit even after digging about a foot down! I ended up giving up because I didn't want to focus all my time in one spot. Not to mention that I know a certain person with a Master Hunter with the two-box attachment!



NOW THE PART THAT GOT ME REALLY EXCITED.. The only structure left standing at this site is an old shed of some sort. I went in and detected the floor and corners till my detector sounded off with a good signal in one corner!! I started digging and saw this little jar peeking out!! WOULD THIS GET YOU EXCITED!?!?!??



Sadly it turned out to be full of nothing but dirt!! My detector was hitting on a buried piece of tin that was likely attached to the outside of the shed at one point! Dang. That had my blood pressure up!

[Baggins]

This all looks like prime hunting!
Baggins

[pyledriver]

I agree! I think we haven't even scratched the surface yet on the other old house and NOW THIS!!

[Zephyr]

Keep looking.
That jar may have once held paper money (now long gone), and if that was the case, earlier caches will most likely contain coins.

[pyledriver]

Oh I WILL!! There is so much undergrowth surrounding all this stuff that you just can't see much. Mainly I keyed in on the oldest trees and anything structure related that was suitable for detecting. I think my next trip will be concentraing on moving all the tin and scrap into concentrated locations. That's gonna be a workout too....

[Finders-Seekers]

Hey, Pyledriver, I had the exact same thing happen to me last year! I had gone to an old homesite where the only thing left standing was one shed. Two barns, one of them huge, were on the ground and I certainly plan to hunt underneath them the first chance I get. But, like you, when I searched the old shed, next to the nearest corner post, I found a dirt-filled jar, too! Darn, darn, darn! The good part is that I found several gun-sight trees and a hoot-owl tree in the area and, when I began searching near them, I found a three-legged cast-iron cooking pot buried almost two feet deep. About fifteen feet away, I found another piece of cast-iron which I believe is a clue to something else buried in the area. So, don't give up on your search, just because you found a jar of dirt. Next time, it may be full of something you can spend!

[pyledriver]

I'm almost over the poison sumac I got from this site...LOL! I'll be going back soon!

[ThTx]

Not to mention that I know a certain person with a Master Hunter with the two-box attachment!

OK - I've had enough sitting around! Let's go next Wednesday afternoon (physical on Wednesday morning).

[pyledriver]

A physical!? You're gonna make me do all the digging aren't you? Hopefully they won't get too carried away on that..you're gonna look funny doing the duck walk and carrying a bunch of gear!

[ThTx]

It's a yearly requirement for my job. For some reason people want to make sure I'm not going to have a heart attack at 130'. Picky, picky, picky!

[pyledriver]

LOL.. Haven't been back! Between the rain (have to go through a muddy field, then two creeks) and my mom having health issues, I've been too busy to go back. Hope to within the next week or so!

[lonesomebob]

Gunsight tree??hoot owl tree I must be too old to understand.

[truckinbutch]

Gunsight tree??hoot owl tree I must be too old to understand.

Or too young .... ?

[lonesomebob]

Unless you are over 78 ,I probably am not too young. Please enlighten me . I havent been carded in years. Bob

[lastleg]

Dirt filled canning jars won't sound off. Neither will 'hoot
owl trees' unless the sap is rising. 'Gunsight trees' should
always be investigated.
Young detectorists may not be aware of 'post hole banks'.
I've walked miles of fenceline and still haven't found one.

lastleg

[lonesomebob]

I have found two posthole banks,but still dont know what gunsight trees or hoot owl trees are. And I aint getting any younger. please humor me and describe them. Bob

[lastleg]

Darned if I know Bob. The KGC enthusiasts use that kind
of terminology. We'll have to ask one of them next time
they post something.

Best wishes,
lastleg

[MD Dog]

I know nothing of cache hunting. But the phrase gunsight tree to me would be indicative of the shape of the tree resembling a gunsight, which in the old days they were most all a fork of some kind with a center stem at the front.

[scruggs]

You never know, maybe the next time! Good luck!

[Seamuss]

You never know, maybe the next time! Good luck!

"Where's the beef"

Ops,where's the treasure.