Absolutely Unbelievable Day

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Hey everyone!

It's been a while, but work has been crazy which has left little time for treasure hunting.

But, I have had the best day of my life yesterday, hands down!

Up the road from me, they're demolishing a beautiful old, but really run down Farm House built in 1890. I figured I would go over to see if they'd let me poke around to find a few items to keep from the location. Well, they pretty much let me have the run of the place and I spent 7 hours hauling off all kinds of beautiful treasures (which mostly came in the form of beautiful rough sawn framing, and the most gorgeous trim you've ever seen.

But even better than that there is an old shed standing on the property made of beams, that they let me root through and take whatever I wanted since they were going to knock it down. I got to save the top boards of the gables from the roof, which are 1.5 inches thick, twenty inches wide and twenty feet long. They weigh a God awful ton, but they're MINE!

And look what I found!


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All in all I don't know much about this stuff, other than it's BEAUTIFUL, and I am going to do my best to salvage some more today. I have a huge stack of wood, which I'll be going back for more. There are like 60 arrow heads, which came out of a lamp that I found in the flattened house. I'm sure someone took a ton of time to collect them all, and they were gonna end up in a landfill (anyone have info on the arrowheads?) Also, the spinning wheel was a super cool save from the shed. Don't know what I'm going to do with it, but just couldn't let it get crushed to splinter wood.

It might not be metal detecting, but it sure is treasure to me!

If any of ya'll have any information on anything you see, let me know! It's early and I am so sore I can barely move - but I'm going BACK IN! This is what DREAMS ARE MADE OF! :hello2:
 

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Great job saving those great finds from winding up in the dump.
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Great post Stacy I'm happy you found some amazing stuff stay safe some of those old structures can be unstable Thanks for sharing those finds hope to see more soon!!!!!!
 

Great saves and congrats! Absolutely LOVE that spinning wheel! Just a cool find.

John
 

Love when people salvage old houses like this. The craftsmanship that goes into these houses is fading away in our country so to be able to reuse these pieces is exemplary. Nice work!

That's why I just couldn't let it go to the landfill! Still out here salvaging MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!
 

Shame that people trash these old places. Good for you in taking the time to preserve some treasure.


Oh man, you should see the beams under the house that hold it up. Peg construction, 1820 easy. The house is way older than I thought!
 

Great job! Be careful walking around with all those rusty nails and stuff just waiting to attack!

Yeah, luckily all the nails are square nails, and super dull. Otherwise, I would have been in trouble a few times... LOL.
 

This made me laugh WAY TOO HARD.

Awesome finds!

I'm pretty sure there is a Product Recall on spinning wheels. Reports about a risk of pricking your finger on the spindle and falling into a deep sleep...
 

Salvaging and re-purposing is one of the best ways to discover treasures, and you hit a mother load!! Great saves........love the spinning wheel!!
 

I couldn't even believe that it was just sitting in that shed. Probably for 100 years, totally intact. Now what I'm going to do with it??? No clue....:dontknow:


Great saves and congrats! Absolutely LOVE that spinning wheel! Just a cool find.

John
 

go back with a bigger truck and some more hands!
 

go back with a bigger truck and some more hands!

I did! I went back two days in a row! LOL. I'll post more pictures soon of other saves. It was unreal.
 

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