Mirage
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1820, 1883 & 1900's house finds
Catching up a bit here....
There is a house that I pass on the way to work that has been abandoned for at least a year.
If you let your home go the city will get after you. I saw the “pink slip” posted on the front door and that is how I got the owner's adress. I offered to cut the grass in order to be able to detect. A no brainer the guy told me yes!
I had high hopes for the place but after two hours of mowing and another hour of detecting all I had was a few wheat pennies. Nate and I came back at a later date and hit it good. Too much fill. Third time back I did find a little pocket spill from the early 70's:
I think it is my first Silver Canadian King George Quarter.
Rest of the stuff from the house(I might go back one more time):
Another cool find was this Quarter made into a necklace. I found it at a local high school.
So a couple weeks ago Don calls me at work: “I've worked frikin 30 days in a row!” he complains. “But tomorrow I'm taking the day off and going detecting.” “Good” I say, “I'm in!” An hour later he calls to tell me he got permission to hunt this 1820's home that has been in the Ichabod (fictitious name) family for 8 generations.
We both had high expectations but it turned out to be a big disappointment. We found out from the owner as our field observations had told us that it all had been bulldozed and filled in. An hour into the hunt Don declares “This sucks!”. No denials from me but I wanted to give it more time. Don reluctantly agreed while scheming plan B. Don didn't really have plan B as this place would have taken all day had it panned out.
The Bogus finds:
So plan B took some time to hatch but we ended up at a home built in 1883. Don knew the guy and he was real friendly and enjoyed watching us hunt and see our finds. Again there was only one small area out front that was “original”.
The whole back yard was “redone”.
We made a few good finds so the day wasn't a waste. Also, we do plan on going back to the 1820's home and hunting the fields in the fall. The silver rosie was from a different hunt out in Sandusky.
HH all and Enjoy the Warmth.
Bob
Catching up a bit here....
There is a house that I pass on the way to work that has been abandoned for at least a year.
If you let your home go the city will get after you. I saw the “pink slip” posted on the front door and that is how I got the owner's adress. I offered to cut the grass in order to be able to detect. A no brainer the guy told me yes!
I had high hopes for the place but after two hours of mowing and another hour of detecting all I had was a few wheat pennies. Nate and I came back at a later date and hit it good. Too much fill. Third time back I did find a little pocket spill from the early 70's:
I think it is my first Silver Canadian King George Quarter.
Rest of the stuff from the house(I might go back one more time):
Another cool find was this Quarter made into a necklace. I found it at a local high school.
So a couple weeks ago Don calls me at work: “I've worked frikin 30 days in a row!” he complains. “But tomorrow I'm taking the day off and going detecting.” “Good” I say, “I'm in!” An hour later he calls to tell me he got permission to hunt this 1820's home that has been in the Ichabod (fictitious name) family for 8 generations.
We both had high expectations but it turned out to be a big disappointment. We found out from the owner as our field observations had told us that it all had been bulldozed and filled in. An hour into the hunt Don declares “This sucks!”. No denials from me but I wanted to give it more time. Don reluctantly agreed while scheming plan B. Don didn't really have plan B as this place would have taken all day had it panned out.
The Bogus finds:
So plan B took some time to hatch but we ended up at a home built in 1883. Don knew the guy and he was real friendly and enjoyed watching us hunt and see our finds. Again there was only one small area out front that was “original”.
The whole back yard was “redone”.
We made a few good finds so the day wasn't a waste. Also, we do plan on going back to the 1820's home and hunting the fields in the fall. The silver rosie was from a different hunt out in Sandusky.
HH all and Enjoy the Warmth.
Bob
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That pocket knife looks like a keeper too. I would not call that a bad find.
RR
