Not for the faint of heart

Bryan1776

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Jan 1, 2019
125
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Ohio
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All Treasure Hunting
Was working out of town this week and there weather finally broke. I took a wrong turn to my hotel and the road dead ended into this beautiful home that's going to be demolished. Built in 1886. lets just say it wasn't a good place to be in the evening. So I got up early and packed my trusty P228 and took a chance. My brother said I was crazy, but after two tours in Kuwait and 25 years service, not going to be afraid in my country, and it was worth it. found all this in two 1 hour mornings before work. a word of cation though, if you venture into these old sites its probably smarter doing it with the buddie system.
1902 Barber
1911 Barber
1902 V Nickle
1897 IHP
1900 IHP
1903IHP
couple Wheaties
I think the broach was gold plated
not sure what the little silver peace was from, no marks
 

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Inspector

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Sep 8, 2014
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5,606
Finger Lakes Region, Upstate NY
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Nox 600, w/6", Simplex+WHP, Tesoro Tejon, Tesoro Toltec, Pro-Find 35
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Nice hunt, What a shame to demolish that place, looks amazing, congratulations on all your saves
 

Oct 5, 2014
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35,424
Massachusetts
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Relic Hunting
Nice hunt! :occasion14:

What a beautiful place...
 

Chizzy

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Feb 11, 2015
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3,144
North Central PA
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Great instincts......and very nice recoveries in 2 hours. Love seeing old Victorian homes.......make for good permissions.
 

invent4hir

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Aug 1, 2017
1,654
2,498
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Whites V3i & DFX
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First off, from one vet to another, thanks for serving our country. Your gamble paid off handsomely, just look at those finds! The workmanship on the old house is evident despite being overgrown...
 

63bkpkr

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Aug 9, 2007
4,069
4,617
Southern California
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XLT, GMT, 6000D Coinmaster
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Wow, what a NEAT Looking place and yes there should be some good targets there, well done! Looks like there are some quality ingredients that went into the building of the Mansion. Who knows what could be between the walls?? What fun!............63bkpkr
 

tnt-hunter

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Apr 20, 2018
1,781
9,057
Mountain Maryland
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Fisher CZ-21, Minelab Equinix 800, ,Garret AT Pro,
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First off, Thank you for your service. We owe you a lot.

Second congratulations on some nice finds. Well worth the effort. I think the silver thing is the handle to part of a silver ladies grooming set. I found one like it several years ago, but mine is marked sterling.

Here’s a picture for comparison. Maybe a google search will find the set your handle came from.

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Good luck and keep swingin.
 

Brendan75

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Aug 21, 2017
1,118
2,591
Pretoria
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Equinox 800/ Garrett AT pro/ Minelab X- terra 305/ Garrett Ace 250
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Hi wow nice hunt with some nice finds Congrats:occasion14: That is one beautiful old house. Pity they are going to demolish it. Would love to see how it looks on the inside
 

OtakuDude

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Apr 16, 2007
218
440
Monee, IL
The coins are nice and all but man, what a house! I'd love to know more about it and wish all that foliage could be removed so we could see it as it was truly meant to be.

if the interior is half as grand as the exterior, I'd just about kill for some pics of the inside woodwork and such.
 

Whyme

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Aug 22, 2007
3,731
5,451
Western New York
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CTX-3030, Equinox 800
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Wow nice IHP's and V nick! Love those Barbers! Congrats! :icon_thumleft: Thanks for your service.
 

huntsman53

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Jun 11, 2013
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6,769
East Tennessee
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Nice finds and congrats! It is definitely a shame to demolish such a Regal home which was apparently built and owned by someone of wealth and likely noteworthy in the history books. I can't believe that the local Historical Society has not intervened to keep the home from being destroyed.
 

GaRebel1861

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Jun 16, 2011
5,752
6,749
South Carolina
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3
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What a beautiful old house! If you can obtain permission to enter it, I'd check the attic! There's no telling what may be left up there.
 

RVRoamer73

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Apr 19, 2016
4,279
8,054
Georgia
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CTX 3030 Nox 800
Stealth 720i ,RTG 6"
Lesche GS 36
Predator Raptor
TRX pp
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All Treasure Hunting
Wtg...nice looking old house site with some cool saves. and yeah we do keep our heads on a swivel in certain areas. just be 1st to pull.:occasion14:
Congrats!!
 

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Bryan1776

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Jan 1, 2019
125
592
Ohio
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WHITES MX SPORT
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All Treasure Hunting
Their afraid to let anyone at this time, homeless and drug dealers have broken in and an are in and out of it all the time, trust me if I could get in there I would!
 

GaRebel1861

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Jun 16, 2011
5,752
6,749
South Carolina
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Their afraid to let anyone at this time, homeless and drug dealers have broken in and an are in and out of it all the time, trust me if I could get in there I would!

Throw a flash bang through an open window and wait for the roaches to run out! :laughing7:
 

staninbji

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Nov 26, 2016
92
402
All over!
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1
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Minelab CTX 3030, Garrett AT Pro
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Thank you for your service and for posting your finds. That looks like a great spot. HH!
 

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