Schrecky
Sr. Member
1960's ski slope
Yesterday I went to detect at a location that had been a small ski slope from 1959 to 1965. I was in junior high then but I can remember the slope. The house and barn at this location dated 1900.
The orginal owner who had the idea of building the ski slope was killed by a falling tree while clearing the land for the slope, his son now owns the 54 acers. Most of the slope area has been reclaimed by trees. The owner told me the site had been hunted several times in the past. You can just barely make out the difference in the height of the trees where the slope was.
This is a picture of the "beginners" hill. The poles behind my van still have the pullies on them that held the tow cable. I did take a pass up and down this hill with no luck, the grass was pretty high and made it tuff to swing.
Like any old home that is still occupied there was a ton of iron in the ground around the house. However the most productive area turned out the be the very small back yard.
I managed two silver coins including my 9th Merc for this year, 5 wheat pennies, clad and a lot of junk.
Yesterday I went to detect at a location that had been a small ski slope from 1959 to 1965. I was in junior high then but I can remember the slope. The house and barn at this location dated 1900.
The orginal owner who had the idea of building the ski slope was killed by a falling tree while clearing the land for the slope, his son now owns the 54 acers. Most of the slope area has been reclaimed by trees. The owner told me the site had been hunted several times in the past. You can just barely make out the difference in the height of the trees where the slope was.
This is a picture of the "beginners" hill. The poles behind my van still have the pullies on them that held the tow cable. I did take a pass up and down this hill with no luck, the grass was pretty high and made it tuff to swing.
Like any old home that is still occupied there was a ton of iron in the ground around the house. However the most productive area turned out the be the very small back yard.
I managed two silver coins including my 9th Merc for this year, 5 wheat pennies, clad and a lot of junk.
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