I helped my brother move from NC to Northern Indiana last weekend. I had hoped to detect an old late 1800's school site out in the country once I got there. Here is a picture of the original school, and the weeded / wooded lot where it once sat. Unfortunately, it was posted no trespassing, is owned by a peat moss company, and the office was closed. I didn't want to detect without permission, so I just walked a little section by the road. I did see a lot of old red brick pieces and a mason jar lid, so maybe next time I can get permission to MD it. A "thanks" to Kyle for confirming my research of the exact location using old maps & Google.
As a backup I had a 120 year old farm house location just down the road to hit quickly before we unloaded my brothers moving van. It was just recently burnt to the ground by the fire dept. using it as a training exercise.
The wind was wicked as all get out on Friday. Note my towel blowing sideways in the picture. The chunky good looking guy is me.
The bicycle bell was my very first find. I found a 1934 wheat, and other crappe'. The soil was very easy to dig, dark black soil. I noticed the wheats look a lot better out of the ground in Indiana -vs- NC. 
Not much of a hunt as I then had my brother screaming for us to get going. The rest of my two days up there were nothing but rain, SNOW, and heavy winds. It totally sucked!!!
Once back to NC and this beautiful weather, I hit the plantation house yesterday at lunch. Still gridding the pasture area I found a cleaner bullet, a chewed bullet, and a button.
The owners finally mowed the lawn so I was able to MD in it again. I want to thank Bob & Bob for leaving me another silver dime to find.
Not a Barber or Merc, but with the silver drought I've been having I'll take it.
Sorry for the long-winded post.
In closing, I just want to say I will be on TN a bit less than normal for awhile. I have a honey-do list to complete before it gets too hot here in NC, and my annual kids fishing derby to get ready for.
Thanks everyone,
MM
As a backup I had a 120 year old farm house location just down the road to hit quickly before we unloaded my brothers moving van. It was just recently burnt to the ground by the fire dept. using it as a training exercise.
The wind was wicked as all get out on Friday. Note my towel blowing sideways in the picture. The chunky good looking guy is me.
The bicycle bell was my very first find. I found a 1934 wheat, and other crappe'. The soil was very easy to dig, dark black soil. I noticed the wheats look a lot better out of the ground in Indiana -vs- NC. Not much of a hunt as I then had my brother screaming for us to get going. The rest of my two days up there were nothing but rain, SNOW, and heavy winds. It totally sucked!!!
Once back to NC and this beautiful weather, I hit the plantation house yesterday at lunch. Still gridding the pasture area I found a cleaner bullet, a chewed bullet, and a button.
The owners finally mowed the lawn so I was able to MD in it again. I want to thank Bob & Bob for leaving me another silver dime to find.
Not a Barber or Merc, but with the silver drought I've been having I'll take it. Sorry for the long-winded post.
In closing, I just want to say I will be on TN a bit less than normal for awhile. I have a honey-do list to complete before it gets too hot here in NC, and my annual kids fishing derby to get ready for.
Thanks everyone,
MM
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Nice cleaner bullet and also the chewed bullet is special. Oh yea, good for you for not hunting on property that you don't have permission for. I'm really discovering here lately that a "few bad apples ruins the whole bunch" I'm refering to all of the places I've tried to get permission to hunt on ,that have been DENIED because of previous people that don't respect the land owners.........
that sucks! Oh well...you found some goodies at the backup spot 
