I spent the winter researching old sites in my town where houses once stood, and yesterday I finally got out to one of them here in Rochester NY. The site itself is an old farmhouse situated in a rezoned business area; house is gone, probably burned, and recently since it actually shows up on google earth in a 2005 shot. There is still an apple orchard to the rear of the property (a dozen trees, homestead size) and a pretty promising refuse pile off to the side where I'd be likely to find lots of old metal bits, maybe coins.
Overall, mostly a good place to practice with my detector while I get used to it. Nothing real spectacular at first, mostly the expected junk from a knockdown site, nails, old siding etc. But at the base of a huge tree buried about five inches deep I scored what seems to be a handcast REALLY old sledgehammer head. Pics later, but this thing is about 2 pounds, flat on one side like a standard sledge, but the other side tapers to a conical point like an awl. Never seen this kind before, any farmers or experienced hunters know what it is for?
It's definitely a sledge type handtool, from the slot for handle. I've just never seen the shape like this. Very distinct cone.
Quickfacts: I'm new to the hobby this year, using a new bounty hunter cheapie and an old groundhog garrett while I practice. I want to upgrade but I'm not spending big bank until I learn a few more things. crawl before you walk, walk before you fly, that sort of thing. My town has a ton of likely spots for old schools, old homesteads, indian sites and even a couple of battlefields from revolutionary/ war of 1812 eras. I may never live long enough to check all of them out!
Overall, mostly a good place to practice with my detector while I get used to it. Nothing real spectacular at first, mostly the expected junk from a knockdown site, nails, old siding etc. But at the base of a huge tree buried about five inches deep I scored what seems to be a handcast REALLY old sledgehammer head. Pics later, but this thing is about 2 pounds, flat on one side like a standard sledge, but the other side tapers to a conical point like an awl. Never seen this kind before, any farmers or experienced hunters know what it is for?
It's definitely a sledge type handtool, from the slot for handle. I've just never seen the shape like this. Very distinct cone.
Quickfacts: I'm new to the hobby this year, using a new bounty hunter cheapie and an old groundhog garrett while I practice. I want to upgrade but I'm not spending big bank until I learn a few more things. crawl before you walk, walk before you fly, that sort of thing. My town has a ton of likely spots for old schools, old homesteads, indian sites and even a couple of battlefields from revolutionary/ war of 1812 eras. I may never live long enough to check all of them out!
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