revelingrelics
Greenie
- Apr 7, 2015
- 12
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
First post, but longtime digger. Maybe I should post in the intro forum, but wanted to share my finds from yesterday. I first wanted to say to those people detecting who read posts here everyday like I do and asking themselves how they too can find some awesome stuff like you see posted on TN everyday. I have one answer for you, research...and you shall find it. I too for several years would see these amazing finds people dig. As mostly a coin shooter in the beginning I started to yearn for something different. I loved history and wanted to dig items that I could connect to an event, a time period, and let the items tell a story. Research pays off. Recently i moved out of the city and built a house in a rural subdivision. Everyday, on the way home, I would drive by one of those Historical signs that you see dedicated to a historical event. The sign is on the county road and a 5 minute walk from my front porch. Little did I know what was in the ground I had been walking on for the first few years. The sign told the story of the rise and fall of a Canal town that existed from the early 1830's to 1870 and ceased to exist afterwards due to the railroad coming through. My research led to Plat maps of the Canal town. Laid transparently over current imagery in Google earth led to the discovery of over 50 cabins/homes spreading out over 60 acres. Lot numbers on the Plat led to deeds that attached the owners name. Many whom are buried in the pioneer cemetery across the street from me. Land is currently being developed and im racing against time to save as many relics as I can. Currently working a 5 acre field plot(still planted) that is for sale and lies between two new homes just down my street. Working it hard before seeding and after harvest since it could be sold at anytime. This lot was home to a blacksmith shop, stable, and his cabin. Many relics, buttons, tools, and a few coins have been pulled out so far. Luckily I stumbled across a document that had mentioned the town had changed its name for a period of 4 years shortly after its development. It then reverted back to its first name. Knowing the former name I was able to track down an additional Plat map at the Library of Congress. This was the oldest Plat map I found, but was the most exciting document found because it identified the location of the warehouse right on the canals bank. Permission has already been granted and will move on there when the current field I'm working gets seeded. I hope to post more finds in the future from my endeavor and hope to also contribute to this fine forum by helping others too. So with the end of this long winded post(sorry), I am posting finds from yesterday's hunt which are some buttons and an 1835 LC. I must mention cause I know it can be a controversial, the pics show one button and the LC having been subject to electrolysis. It is not recommended to do this with historically or valuable items. Thanks for looking and HH!
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