kneedpnholes
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I am so happy! I got in touch with the part of my family that owns my familes old home place that dates from 1865! They gave me carte blanche in writing to detect anywhere I want on the property with me keeping anything I find unless it is a sentimental item like an inscribed pocket watch or anything similar! I had to do alot of research and from personal accounts this old mansion is built around the original cabin which is now the central kitchen! This is an old southern mansion that has fallen into disrepair and will cost too much to restore. It even has a old whipping post behind the "big" house that was never used for the slaves! It turns out from my research that when all the slaves were freed, that none left! If they were single then the women lived in one barracks and the males in another. If they were married they were given a cow and chickens so the family could have milk and eggs............A house was built for them and they had a small piece of land to use for a house garden for growing veggies and stuff. My ancestors rocked! I had no idea they were such good people! I have been told from living family members that my Aunt Tass did not trust banks so she had her hubby make all his transactions in coin. And then she and he would bury it in the yard around the house! There are numerous accounts of the slaves seeing a lantern light late at night out in the grounds around the "big" house! I plan on gridding the entire grounds and going over it very carefully so as not to miss anything! There are numerous old oaks and magnolias around the house where someone could have buried something .........such as ........20 paces between corner of house and old oak tree! There is no telling what I could find here! All I have is a Wally world bought Bounty Hunter so I can`t discriminate. I need help here........What should I pin point on? Word has it that almost everything buried was in old mason jars and wooden chests. In 2 weeks I go back over there to start my planning phase. I was even given the keys to the house in case I need to get inside! Never know what I would find in there! It has the wrap around front porch with double entrance doors leading into sitting parlors on both sides! There is a huge candelabra just inside the front door and it actually leads you directlly into the "old cabin" which is now the kitchen of the mansion. I plan on searching the exterior and the interior of the house. I am sorry that I have no pics to post as of now but I had no camera with me when I visited the place last weekend. I will post some pics when I go over there in a couple of weeks. Wish me luck! I have a detectorists dream of a place to hunt and all I have is a cheap wally world detector. I will do my and its best and use my head with whatever I find. ...................Clark!
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i started with a bh and some advice..scan the same ground
