New School House Site! Found Frozen Ground & Great Scenery

[Montana Jim]

I already had permission to hunt the new school house site so I grabbed my camera and extra batteries and headed out this morning! Two hours later I was walking towards the building where I found only rock-solid ground and great scenery! There was no way to dig, so I snapped some pictures of the area and kept detecting to see if a return trip was warrented after the thaw.

Was it worth the gas money?

The school is over my shoulder... it was six (6) degrees out!


The school itself (built 1910)...


My only keeper find on top of the ground... glass stopper?


An old car nearby...


A parting shot of the school...


Old truck on the trip home....


Thanks for looking...

[allenb]

Great pictures!! My father has a car like that...1923 Model T Sedan. Not a convertible though like that one.
Allen

[DiggerBug]

Wow! H@*# yeah it was worth the gas! and H@*# yeah I'd go back!

[RON (PA)]

Great pictures. I would definitely go back to that school.

[whitesid]

thats a beautiful spot

[coinman66]

Beautiful pictures! Even if you dont find anything. Man what scenery! HH Coinman66

[River Rat]

Beautiful scenery pics! I would be back for the 1st thaw, there's treasure to be found. That glass stopper tells the clue...good luck and keep us posted about those finds.

RR

[Moonshadow]

Okay.....can I have just a moment?........ Thank you.

Moon

[Charlene]

See, definately Old School education.
Were you able to date when the school was established Montana? Isn't that a hand crank car?
Your photos were treasure enough. Breath taking.

[Gypsy Heart]

Very cool pics....the picture of that forlorn truck is heartbreaking tho....Looks like a fantastic place to hunt. My sister lives in Bozeman and keeps finding me places to come detect....Looks pretty lonesome out in those hills .....

[LJ]

That sure is some beautiful country out there.....Good luck out there. That place has got to yield some good finds I would think.

[halfdime]

Bummer that you didn't find a nice coin, but that is a great post!

[DANGLANGLEY]

Beautiful country. I have relatives that live near ronan and kalispel. You will have a great spot come spring.

[Montana Jim]

Were you able to date when the school was established Montana?

Yup... the town that used to be there was platted in 1910, and started building in 1911. The entire town was owned by one dude who ran everything - the merchantile, post office, grain silos, farm implement store... etc. He paid everyone who worked in those businesses and sold or rented every house in "his" town. Although the town was successful and flourished, swelling to a several hundred residents it folded in 1935, the last resident leaving in the late 1970s. There was always from three to 15 kids in the school. Only a few buildings stand today.

Very cool pics....the picture of that forlorn truck is heartbreaking tho....Looks like a fantastic place to hunt. My sister lives in Bozeman and keeps finding me places to come detect....Looks pretty lonesome out in those hills .....

History is pretty new here... not many pioneers, and they didnt have two nickles to lose! It takes a little research and a lot of driving to find a good spot. Even now Montana has only less than 950,000 people! Thats only 6.3ish people per square mile! Let me know how your hunts go if you get to Bozeman.

That sure is some beautiful country out there.....Good luck out there. That place has got to yield some good finds I would think.

My exploritory search today yielded some promising signals! Problem is I'm not to excited to get back there... I have too many other places that will produce more than the random find. If I go back I'll surely write about it though!

[ModernMiner]

Jim,
Those pictures are fantastic! What a great looking place. I love the old vehicles too. Is that guy in the first picture Bruce Willis?
-MM-

[Trash Digger]

Wow! H@*# yeah it was worth the gas! and H@*# yeah I'd go back!

Yeah, what DiggerBug said.

Mike

[Huntin' 59er]

Enjoyed the pics and the old vehicles. Thanks for sharing.

Huntin' 59er

[civilman1]

Nice stuff Jim.....That's there I wanta die!!!! Beautiful pic's.....

[99Brown]

Beautiful pictures. Love the old truck sitting all by itself out on the hill.

[ringfinder]

Great post, I really like the Model T. My neighbor would really like that frame. He rebuilds Model T's. Thanks for posting those pictures of that Beautiful Site. What a great feeling walking in the past and no one around to bother you.

HH, Ringfinder