locating Civil War huts

[chopper]

If you have an idea about where hut sites are located and no depressions exist, whats the best way to locate them?

[diggerfororo]

If arial photos exist of the site, this will work pretty good. Most of the time the hut sites will show as a different color than the surrounding area.

Les

[ivan salis]

tree / plant growth --- if a area had a building on it at one time --- and oak trees were around the area they will be larger that the oak trees that later grew where the building was --- Ivan

[Shortstack]

Try using a probe like the outhouse hunters use. The soil that fills in a hut site should be softer than the "parent" dirt. Keep probing until you've located the sides of the depression, then start detecting and screening. Good luck.

[CWnut]

here's a link you may find helpful


http://members.tripod.com/~jaken/800.html

[BuckleBoy]

I agree about the probing. All you have to find is one.

[colonial relic hunter]

If you know they had hut site were you are hunting. Then look for barrel bands and small nails and sometimes red brick. I hope this helps!

Bill(pa)