An Old Inn Site & Well

[Sylth]

An Old Inn Site & Well

After months of research, I finally nailed down the location of an Inn that burned down in 1926, and was known to have existed before 1800; rather, the oldest record was around that time and no record I could find has the date when it was built. Any-who, when I scouted the site, I found the entire area is covered in ankle-deep ground-cover, with brick and foundation stones scattered around. Also, I found to my surprise that the Inn's well is completely intact; it's about 2' wide and about 25' deep, with the top level with the ground. Does anyone know to go about searching the site? I've only been detecting for half a year, and to be honest I don't really know where to begin on a project this big; the area the inn covered is huge. Also, does anyone have any idea how to go about searching a well? Would it be a good place to look/worth the trouble? Given the width and depth of the hole, it'd be a pain but I can only imagine what people might've dropped down it and given up for lost.

Thx in advance ^^

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[bootybay]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Welcome to tnet...WOW what a killer site you have there... will watch to see what other goodies ya find..

best of luck

 

[littleneckhalfshell]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

""Also, I found to my surprise that the Inn's well is completely intact; it's about 2' wide and about 25', with the top level with the ground.""

I am not sure how far off the beaten path your site is, but I would for safety sake get some kind of cover for that well, or something, anything to keep those unawares from falling down it. Since you say it's top is "level with the ground" it could be even something you could fall into in a moment of inattention. Safety first, and lots of treasure later.

 

[Sylth]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Yeah, that would be a good idea; its only about 30' from the road, and there are houses fairly close by. Probably be taking some wood next time I head over to cover it up with.

 

[Sylth]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Went back today with the intent of clearing as much as I could. While it took forever, there were plenty of promising things; seemed almost every time I would pull up ground cover, bits of bottles and pottery would fall or be uncovered After two hours, I'd amassed a large amount of broken bits, cleared a decent area to detect, found my first square nails using my detector, and picked up 8 ticks at last count. No coins yet, or readily identifiable relics, but I have hope Here's a shot of today's finds:

 

[thompy]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

keep it up, looks good

 

[Sylth]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Went back a second time, and found a ton more stuff; nothing valuable, but I still have hope

Unfortunently, I'm still picking ticks off me after 6 days back, and I saw my second snake that day (keep in mind, the entire area is covered in stones, wood, and ankle-deep ground cover) So I decided to hold off on clearing any more of the site till next fall/winter. Bummer, but the presence of snakes is bad, the ticks are worse, and both will just get more troublesome as summer progresses.

'Course, by next fall/winter, hopefully the ground cover will be gone, it'll be cooler so i'll be able to work longer on the site, and, best of all, Ill be able to move forward with my plan on mucking out that well to see what people might have dropped down it

Anyway, here's the pic of the last load found at the site; if things keep going like this when i go back, ill soon have enough square nails to build a house with em

 

[Baggins]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Great site, can't wait to see what you find next....looks like it is gonna give up a ton of relics!
HH
Baggins

 

[txpathfinder]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Yes, very cool, thanks for the pictures. Can't wait to hear about your further progress.

 

[Burdie]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

Keep up your determination you will eventually find some good stuff. Be safe.

Burdie

 

[SC_Fisher]

Re: An Old Inn Site & Well

No kidding about that well...the way that grass nearly covers it over - very dangerous. Would be great if you knew someone to weld up a rebar grating that could be staked over it.

Other than that, must be interesting exploring it.


Regards,

SC_Fisher