TNGUNS
Bronze Member
- Jun 23, 2012
- 2,368
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites 5900, Fisher 1266x, Tesoro Eldorado, Tesoro Silver Sabre, Whites Eagle Spectrum, Teknetics G2, Teknetics T2, Vibra-Probe 580
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Had to send my much loved G2 to the doctor.
I went out hunting for some old home sites near the Tn river and was detecting on the way to their location when it croaked. The road bed I was following to the sites was sunken in nearly 10 feet at the crest of some hills and had trees growing in it that had obviously been there for decades. In the flats some areas had been turned and are now pasture but still obvious road bed. A buddy told me about the old home sites he had found when he was a kid rabbit hunting. I did a snapshot on Google Earth of the approximate area and printed it. He marked the spots for me. He said when he was a boy it was just foundations and wells and a cellar hole or two. He remembers it well as his brother fell in one of the wells and nearly drowned. This is part of the same little town I have been hunting that was founded in 1812. Haven't been able to find out how old the homes are, but I questioned the land owner and he was aware of them. He told me they were from the early part of the settlement according to the old timers. Lots of ground to cover and no beep-beep box to do it with. Valium doesn't help.....much. Just kidding, but am going to be worse than a kid waiting for Santa to get my detector back.
I went out hunting for some old home sites near the Tn river and was detecting on the way to their location when it croaked. The road bed I was following to the sites was sunken in nearly 10 feet at the crest of some hills and had trees growing in it that had obviously been there for decades. In the flats some areas had been turned and are now pasture but still obvious road bed. A buddy told me about the old home sites he had found when he was a kid rabbit hunting. I did a snapshot on Google Earth of the approximate area and printed it. He marked the spots for me. He said when he was a boy it was just foundations and wells and a cellar hole or two. He remembers it well as his brother fell in one of the wells and nearly drowned. This is part of the same little town I have been hunting that was founded in 1812. Haven't been able to find out how old the homes are, but I questioned the land owner and he was aware of them. He told me they were from the early part of the settlement according to the old timers. Lots of ground to cover and no beep-beep box to do it with. Valium doesn't help.....much. Just kidding, but am going to be worse than a kid waiting for Santa to get my detector back.
And you could always just search really slowly with your Vibra-probe and dig every signal...
I guess you could use the time in planning and visualizing your hunt there 
