1800s Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

[Ohio Jerry]

1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

This first picture is of the "playground" of a one room schoolhouse that stood from the mid-1800's to possibly the 40's. I dug an 1849 large cent here and one of my latest coins was a 1944 Merc. There are no signs there was ever a school here. The white violets carpet the area and the butterflys and birds are the only signs of life these days. The sounds of laughter of the school kids have long faded away and only when i dig up one of the coins that they lost do i imagine i can still hear them. Over the past two months I've dug a fascinating collection of relics and coins,including what i assume is the doorknob to the front door of the school, but today,after six hours of carefully gridding the area, I'm convinced these are the last two Indians hiding here Hope you enjoy the pics. Buckleboy,here's the overall finds picture you've been looking for.On to another schoolhouse site!!
Jerry

 

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[Goes4ever]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

AMAZING finds!!!!

 

[silverfreak]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Holy crap Jerry ....you dug a TON of sweeties out of there. Lots of injuns popped out of that place for you as did all the silver. That's good huntin' my friend.

 

[unclejesse67]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

That's an awesome bunch of finds. How did you locate the site?

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

That's an awesome bunch of finds. How did you locate the site?
[Check your library for old surveyors maps,houses are simply marked with a dot but the schools have a dot with the word "school" beside it]

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Holy crap Jerry ....you dug a TON of sweeties out of there. Lots of injuns popped out of that place for you as did all the silver. That's good huntin' my friend.

Thanks,i never grow tired of diggin Indians

 

[Bartman]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Wow, amazing post. Tells quite a story.

 

[BuckleBoy]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Jesus H, you've been busy!  Nice work on locating such a productive site!  This is really a great haul from a schoolhouse.  I'm glad you posted the photos--they put everything in perspective.  Loads of nice oldies there.  And I agree that the doorknob was probably off the school.  

I also have to say that this post was lovely in the way it was written, and the photos were First-Rate.

You found THREE old cents, including two Indian Head pennies.

Old coins remain at the old schoolhouse!!!

I'll agree with you, in a way, plehbah... but I have to explain.

After six hours of gridding the area, I'll agree that there isn't much left... You could widen the search area out more and maybe nab a few more keepers, but that's a lot of work for very little reward already--and it will be harder with even less reward the next time. 

BUT there's one thing I'm missing in that photo.  I don't see a single nickel.  And with so many IH's coming up, I have to ask if you know what an old deep nickel would read on your detector.  There should've at least been a few V nickels or early Buffaloes there. 

Either way, you're right that it's about time to move on to another site.  Keep the research flowing and the great finds will never be too far behind.


Regards,


Buckleboy

 

[urnotalone1970]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

wow...pics were awesome. i agree kinda puts everything in perspective. beautiful area to just hang out (ok ok dig up). must have been relaxing as well as exciting. neat finds...and yeah where are the nickles? whatcha gonna do with the knob? tlc

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Man, thats quite the collection and some amazing finds. I love you thoughts on hearing the laughter of the kids playing.

 

[Hill Billy]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Nice job Jerry,you have done well on that site.Don't think it's hunted out yet,I have thought that about a few of my sites and they still pop out and old coin every once in awile. HB

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Jerry,
The finds you have from that site are fantastic. Your write up and display are just as nice too.
What an awesome post. Congrats to you.
-MM-

 

[Joe G]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Man, that's quite a haul from the place! GREAT display!

HH!

 

[Mona Lisa]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

What a beautiful spot to hunt, Jerry. It looks so peaceful.

You've found a nice amount of coins and relics. Great display!

I've hunted a few schoolhouses around here, Jerry, and I've always had good luck.

 

[(())RandY(())]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Nice Finds ... thats it im moving back North

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

BUT there's one thing I'm missing in that photo. I don't see a single nickel. And with so many IH's coming up, I have to ask if you know what an old deep nickel would read on your detector. There should've at least been a few V nickels or early Buffaloes there.

It IS very curious that no nickels have come out of this site. I've recently dug a my first "V" nickel at around 5-6 inches and Buffalo nickels from other sites and I'm certain i haven't passed on any of these low VDI signals. In fact this overview picture doesn't show about 20 shotgun shell caps that came from the area.I dig just about anything on the positive side of the graph except single digits which always seem to be pop tabs and catsup packages. I guess the pennies and dimes were plentiful and easier to drop and lose?

 

[texan connection]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

Very nice group of finds

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

wow...pics were awesome. i agree kinda puts everything in perspective. beautiful area to just hang out (ok ok dig up). must have been relaxing as well as exciting. neat finds...and yeah where are the nickles? whatcha gonna do with the knob? tlc

Thanks,it is a very relaxing site,there are a lot of different birds around and some with some very unique songs. I've switched from the heavy, bulky Whites headphones to a lighter weight set from Garrett.I still hear the tones just fine but also get the enjoyment of the sounds of the woods.That has been a big part of my enjoyment of this site. The doorknob is my magic ticket to step back in to the past,I just turn it and suddenly i can hear the crotal bells ringing on the harness's of the draft horses that are pulling the sleigh up to the door of the schoolhouse in the dead of winter with a foot of snow on the ground... sorry,I'm a nostalgic kinda guy

 

[Merf]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

That's a great bunch of finds---Congrats and WTG
Spots like that are few and far between.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: 1800's Schoolhouse Site Gives Up Her Last Two Indians

You got all of that from just one site!? Thats totally awesome! Looks like you have been busy! Love all the coins! Keep it up!