some finds from a long forgotten farm

[Banjoben]

Hello all, I'm a newbee here. I just got a new Fisher F2 for Christmas, and I took advantage of the nice weather today and hiked out on my cousins land (with him) to a pair of cellar holes, a house and a barn, a good half mile in the middle of nowhere. The "road they are on has been nothing but a jeep path since the beginning of Jeeps, and the cellars were already disappearing into the ground in the 50s when my grandfather first bought the property. Needless to say, they have not been hunted with a detector before, at least not that I know of. There wasn't a ton to find, but I did get some good scores. The best find of the day was the lantern part. When I cleaned it up it still had bits of wick in it! There is a nice pewter spoon with some pattern on the reverse, a couple of flattened out lead bullets, a deer slug, a small buckle, and plenty of big flat pieces of iron I did not bring home. The Big tack buckle and the hoe I found at the barn.
I'm sure there are more things in the area, and I also know of another cellar further up in the woods we are going to look for next spring.

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

A Handbook of Civil War Bullets and Cartridges - Grab it through Amazon!

[gldnbrew]

Why wait! weather doesn't look that bad to New Years. After all it's a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG WINTER here in NYS, get out while you can.

 

[Banjoben]

You got a good point there!!! I'm sure any warm day I can use I will be out hunting. Two things I learned yesterday as a newbee. First, in the woods everything is root-bound. I should have brought the sharper serrated trowel I have, as my Gator digger was struggling to cut through roots. secondly, the only good pair of boots I have are my work boots. my Steel-toed work boots. What a pain! First item on my list of hunting supplies is a good pair of waterproof hiking boots. without steel-toes!

 

[Keppy]

You got a good point there!!! I'm sure any warm day I can use I will be out hunting. Two things I learned yesterday as a newbee. First, in the woods everything is root-bound. I should have brought the sharper serrated trowel I have, as my Gator digger was struggling to cut through roots. secondly, the only good pair of boots I have are my work boots. my Steel-toed work boots. What a pain! First item on my list of hunting supplies is a good pair of waterproof hiking boots. without steel-toes!

For the roots take small set of pruner sheers or get a AM Leonard tool they will cut through just about any root.. some garden centers sell them they are heavy and strong and will cut through roots like hot butter www.amleonard.com