1899 Victorian House Finds (pics)

[livetoplay804]

My father and I had the chance to hit a home here close to our home this past weekend. The home is under a major remodeling and now was the chance to obtain permission and we did. After talking to the owner, we found out the home was built in 1899 by a local politician/attorney. The original owner was a state representative. The house was built in 1899 and lumber from the family farm was used to handcraft the tongue and groove hardwood floors and ceilings. White cedar (possibly bought somewhere else) was the original siding but was covered in the 1950's with vinyl siding which preserved the original siding very well. Inside, there are several bedrooms, ornate trim, built in china cabinet, beautiful stair case and the original fireplace. The home was lived in until 2000, then it was transformed into a small cafe. Now the owners are attempting to restore it back to its original state (as close as possible) and use it for commercial purposes.

Part of the yard has been covered up with a pond, asphalt parking lot and a gravel lot on the back side of the home. There was some room to detect on the north and south sides though. The ground was very dry and we think the dryness might have affected the amount of depth our DFX's would go.

Upon entering the yard, dad went south and I took the northeast side. Immediately I had pulled out a wheat penny and I thought to myself this should be a good yard. Glancing back at my dad, he was constantly on his knees. Even though we truly do not care who finds the best or oldest find, there is a hidden competition that usually ends up with one of us razzing the other so seeing him dig lots of targets kept me swinging.

After all was said and done, it was an odd day really. On the south side, Dad found 26 coins and some odd ball stuff to my 12. But the south side of the house only produced one wheat penny (his other was found on my side later in the morning). And out of my 12, only two were newer. I even managed to pull out a '26 Merc and a '63 Silver Dime. The one 1919 Wheat Penny had been used for something other than money at one time with two precise holes in it.

To top it off, most of dads newer penny finds were all chewed up and looked as if they had been in acid or something.

Finding lots of wheat pennies and two silver dimes would normally indicate the possibility of even older and bigger coins but none were found this day. Maybe they are deeper. Most of the coins we found were less than 5" deep.

All in all, another great day detecting with my dad. Enjoy the pics......oh and I won the best finds of the day and the oldest coin!

 

[davesx]

nice finds,love the house,i think the'man' in the window is a reflection of trees in the background. good hunting, davesx

 

[ashdigger]

Hey guys this is dad in the photographs,the day of the pictures I knew that the window on the north side of the house had an alarm sticker on it because I noticed it looked someone was in the house when I was in the north side of the yard about 75 feet away and I checked it out. When Chris told me about everyone seeing someone in the window I went back a re-read all of the post and looked at the pictures again. If you notice the last photograph I was washing off some of the coins in the water in the black tub on the porch this was taken very close to the front window (four feet approximately). I really love the history of old houses and I had looked into the windows (snooping) prior to washing the coins and nothing was in that room. The photograph with the dark figure to the left of the photograph with both of us is a mystery to me also. I really did not think anyone or anything was in the house, but we are going back and I'm going inside, I believe there could be something to this stuff, I've taken other photographs with un-answered things also......

 

[livetoplay804]

I showed the landowners the pics that we took that day. They all were almost freaked. Especially the one with my dad and I standing in the front. These people have had encounters with something inside. Not sure what, but something spooked them enough not to work alone anymore.

I think I know why something was watching us from inside.......he had a cache of gold coins buried out in the yard and was making sure we didnt find them. Yep, thats what it was. mmmmmmm.......wonder if they will be watching us again?

 

[LadyDigger]

Hi Livetoplay and Ashdigger...I did an earlier response, but my dang blasted computer kept loosing it's internet connection. FINALLY...it's fixed!!! Geezzz!!

I still feel there is SOMEONE in the window that I first noticed by the stairs. Someone mentioned it could be a reflection of a tree...I could agree, but where is the top portion of the tree in the top of the window? Also, the FIGURE I feel is in that window, could be the same one in the front door.

The FIGURE in the door, I have gone over that photo and can not come up with a good explanation, other than, I don't feel it's a reflection in the door, as that FIGURE is well within the home.

Our founder of this Ghost Forum see's something else in another window....but when I looked at it...all I saw was reflections...so we will go over that one again. It's the same pic of the MAN IN THE WINDOW BY THE STAIRS. I believe someone else on this post made mention of that little window as well.

Don't mean to freak out the owners, but if they have had experiences, they are aware of something happening in the home. Can't say who it might be...could be a former owner of the home, could be someone prior to the house being built. Was there ever any civil war activity on the property that you are aware of? The owners should, I know I would, research all the owners of the LAND, not just the house, the LAND and then, after they get names, their librabry should have old newspapers on microfilm. It is very time consuming, I research our local paper all the time!!! But it's interesting what you find from the past, as in TH'ing!!!

I will get back to you when I hear back from the forum on the photos.

But go on back and detect some more (if the owners permit it)....if SOMEONE is watching...they, as you said, may be afraid you will find their LOOT...or maybe they want you to find their LOOT, maybe they forgot where they buried it!!!

HH............Annmarie

PS: Don't think I don't look over other pics of places, homes, etc that others post on here...I'm looking!!! Hehehehehe

PS (again): Is there a cellar or basement in this home? Maybe their is something within the walls....treasures have been found in floorboards, in walls, in crawl spaces.....maybe with the work going on in the inside....this FIGURE is afraid that something within the home may be found that they don't want you or anyone else to find. Just some ideas to throw at ya'll.

 

[livetoplay804]

You are not going to believe this. The owners have been scouring over more pics of this home that we are not even done detecting yet and keep finding more and more images of "something." (thanks to Ann)

So, they have contacted someone with the National Historical Society and they are bringing in a "ghost hunting" team and I get to be there.

I will fill you all in more later!

Chris

PS I am supposed to be getting some copies of more pics and when I do I will post them.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Cool.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

The image that Nana pointed out looks like the real thing.

Ron/Ann - How about posting the pic of your ghost.

 

[LadyDigger]

Well, as for the MAN IN THE WINDOW BY THE STAIRS....I got alot of different answers from the ghost group. (They are a hard bunch to agree LOL )....majority of them say that it's a reflection from something outside.

As for the door image....they said it may be something the workers left in the house that gives it that image. I hope Livetoplay and Ashdigger, that when you do get to go back...hope you gather a few pics of these two areas and possibly see if you can see anything within the door area to see if anything could have formed that shadowy image....I still say it's something.

Jbot....I will include my image in the EVERYTHING ELSE area...as I don't want to take away from Livetoplay's topic, even though it was about what they found and it turned ghost/treasure hunting . I will call the topic: Ann's George.

Livetoplay....sorry to have taken away from your hunting adventures, but I just could not pass it up when I saw that image (which I still feel there is something there)....do look forward to more finds you and your Dad are able to go on and hope you will be able to hunt this area again and find some awesome items!!!

HH..........Annmarie

 

[rvbvetter]

I luv ya maaan. But C'mon ! Does any one but me, think that we are striving just a little too hard here, to create a ghost or spirit? HGH

 

[livetoplay804]

its just all for fun! If its there, cool, if not no big deal!

 

[tsgman]

Better call Ghost Busters! Nice detecting work guys! Tsgman

 

[mech]

gotta love a good ghost story

zoomed in on the attic in pic 100_2121.jpg..
I know its probably reflection from something on the outside but looks like
a bunch of ghostly faces peering out.

Boo!