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1800's(?) House Site Hunt--Long--Pictures
Last Friday, knehi(my son) and I went to the location of what I have been told, is the former site of an 1800's house and outbuildings.(ya, I know this is Sunday, but it took me a while to get everything cleaned up a little!!)
My daughter's boy friend's Dad owns the property, and the boy friend, who is 38 years old, says that he was always told that the house was built in the 1800's, but was torn down before he was born, so it has been gone for a while.
The property is now a pasture for cows. The mysterious thing about it is that the house was torn down, but they left part of the sidewalk system in the ground as you will see in the picture.
If you are looking to see all the old coins that we found, then you are going to be dissapointed, because all we dug( this time) were relics, but some of them are kind of interesting, and I was hoping that some of you fine folks could help me date some of this stuff, and/or identify it. We covered a very small area of this site, so many, many more trips will be needed to really go over it. Hopefully, we will stumble onto some coins while we hunt.
Here is a picture of what the front part of the site looks like now. Notice the sidewalks still in place. The well is off to the left of the picture, and down over a hill. Man, I sure wouldn't have wanted to go for a bucket of water during a blizzard. Its a long way down there to the well.
Here is knehi getting ready to fire up the Ace 250.
Here are some of the relics that I dug along that sidewalk, and a little furthur back.
This is a brass finneal(sp)(man, I wish I could spell better). I don't know what it went on, but the ideas are endless. It could have been on a bed, clock, furniture, an old steam engine, and so on.
Ya, I know that this one is a hinge, but I thought someone might be able to date the house by the design of the hinge.
An old paper shotgun shell. I did a little research on this one, and found out it was sold by Montgomery Ward, but I haven't been able to date it yet.
Old harness rings. Knehi also found one of these. I don't know what the thingy is on the right.
Children were here too. Knehi found the little kettle, and I found the plate.
I know what this one is. Lets see if anyone else can figure it out. By the way, its flat on both ends.
A small brass/copper oval thingy, and the thingy on the right has a twist on both ends.(broken chain loop?)
My theory on these is that they are harmonica reeds. Am I right??
I was trying to figure out what this cap went on, when knehi said that it was a whiskey bottle cap, and that he had one at home that he had found, so I took pictures of the old bottle and its cap too, and they are a perfect match. Don't know how old it is. I have to do more research.
Well, we lasted about 2 and 1/2 hours out in the field before it started to get a little warm, but I will be going back lots of times before this place is gone over all the way.
It was really fun hunting with knehi, and I hope that he is able to find a coin or two out there. It sure would be nice if I found some too!!!
Sorry this is so long, but its hot outside, so I'm in here at the computor.
Happy Hunting.
sounder
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Last Friday, knehi(my son) and I went to the location of what I have been told, is the former site of an 1800's house and outbuildings.(ya, I know this is Sunday, but it took me a while to get everything cleaned up a little!!)
My daughter's boy friend's Dad owns the property, and the boy friend, who is 38 years old, says that he was always told that the house was built in the 1800's, but was torn down before he was born, so it has been gone for a while.
The property is now a pasture for cows. The mysterious thing about it is that the house was torn down, but they left part of the sidewalk system in the ground as you will see in the picture.
If you are looking to see all the old coins that we found, then you are going to be dissapointed, because all we dug( this time) were relics, but some of them are kind of interesting, and I was hoping that some of you fine folks could help me date some of this stuff, and/or identify it. We covered a very small area of this site, so many, many more trips will be needed to really go over it. Hopefully, we will stumble onto some coins while we hunt.
Here is a picture of what the front part of the site looks like now. Notice the sidewalks still in place. The well is off to the left of the picture, and down over a hill. Man, I sure wouldn't have wanted to go for a bucket of water during a blizzard. Its a long way down there to the well.
Here is knehi getting ready to fire up the Ace 250.
Here are some of the relics that I dug along that sidewalk, and a little furthur back.
This is a brass finneal(sp)(man, I wish I could spell better). I don't know what it went on, but the ideas are endless. It could have been on a bed, clock, furniture, an old steam engine, and so on.
Ya, I know that this one is a hinge, but I thought someone might be able to date the house by the design of the hinge.
An old paper shotgun shell. I did a little research on this one, and found out it was sold by Montgomery Ward, but I haven't been able to date it yet.
Old harness rings. Knehi also found one of these. I don't know what the thingy is on the right.
Children were here too. Knehi found the little kettle, and I found the plate.
I know what this one is. Lets see if anyone else can figure it out. By the way, its flat on both ends.
A small brass/copper oval thingy, and the thingy on the right has a twist on both ends.(broken chain loop?)
My theory on these is that they are harmonica reeds. Am I right??
I was trying to figure out what this cap went on, when knehi said that it was a whiskey bottle cap, and that he had one at home that he had found, so I took pictures of the old bottle and its cap too, and they are a perfect match. Don't know how old it is. I have to do more research.
Well, we lasted about 2 and 1/2 hours out in the field before it started to get a little warm, but I will be going back lots of times before this place is gone over all the way.
It was really fun hunting with knehi, and I hope that he is able to find a coin or two out there. It sure would be nice if I found some too!!!
Sorry this is so long, but its hot outside, so I'm in here at the computor.
Happy Hunting.
sounder
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Learn from others mistakes. There isn't time to make them all yourself.
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