Sylth
Jr. Member
- Apr 11, 2008
- 35
- 0
- Detector(s) used
- White's M6 w/ Sunray Probe & a Bounty Hunter Lone Star
An Old Inn Site & Well
After months of research, I finally nailed down the location of an Inn that burned down in 1926, and was known to have existed before 1800; rather, the oldest record was around that time and no record I could find has the date when it was built. Any-who, when I scouted the site, I found the entire area is covered in ankle-deep ground-cover, with brick and foundation stones scattered around. Also, I found to my surprise that the Inn's well is completely intact; it's about 2' wide and about 25' deep, with the top level with the ground. Does anyone know to go about searching the site? I've only been detecting for half a year, and to be honest I don't really know where to begin on a project this big; the area the inn covered is huge. Also, does anyone have any idea how to go about searching a well? Would it be a good place to look/worth the trouble? Given the width and depth of the hole, it'd be a pain but I can only imagine what people might've dropped down it and given up for lost.
Thx in advance ^^
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After months of research, I finally nailed down the location of an Inn that burned down in 1926, and was known to have existed before 1800; rather, the oldest record was around that time and no record I could find has the date when it was built. Any-who, when I scouted the site, I found the entire area is covered in ankle-deep ground-cover, with brick and foundation stones scattered around. Also, I found to my surprise that the Inn's well is completely intact; it's about 2' wide and about 25' deep, with the top level with the ground. Does anyone know to go about searching the site? I've only been detecting for half a year, and to be honest I don't really know where to begin on a project this big; the area the inn covered is huge. Also, does anyone have any idea how to go about searching a well? Would it be a good place to look/worth the trouble? Given the width and depth of the hole, it'd be a pain but I can only imagine what people might've dropped down it and given up for lost.
Thx in advance ^^
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Safety first, and lots of treasure later. 
After two hours, I'd amassed a large amount of broken bits, cleared a decent area to detect, found my first square nails using my detector, and picked up 8 ticks at last count. No coins yet, or readily identifiable relics, but I have hope 
Here's a shot of today's finds:
