Charmin
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We finished up at the old schoolhouse site this week--didn't find much more except some buckles. So, we decided to drive further down into the big bottom(below the school and to the southeast), next to the creek and see if we could find anymore foundations. This whole area has been burned off and it is wonderful! You can see lots of places that looked like they were "terraced", a kinda series of levels rising one above the other, maybe for farming this bottom? I drew a map to show what it looks like(please don't make fun at my map drawing skills 
). We found another house foundation, cellar hole, well and barn foundation!!!! These are about 1/2 mile from the school. You can stand at this house foundation and look up the hill and see where the school sat. The kids that lived here didn't have far to walk!!
We started detecting near the house foundation. We found 2 spoons, talcum powder tops, lids, a lantern part(C.T. Ham MFG. Co., Rochester N.Y., U.S.A., No. 2 17 & 20, Cold Blast)(anyone know a date on this?), a little brass tag? that has the number 116 on it, a pocket watch back, pocket knife, harmonica reeds, a round concho thingy? that is a dished out shaped, a piece of aluminum with a stamped floral design, a brass plate thing(maybe for a door lock?)(we thought at first it was a heel plate, but noticed the key hole on it), a part of a hotel token made of aluminum(this was found by my daughter and in the same hole as the door part, she also found a piece of a porcelain doll leg and buckle in this hole) and three other concho/horse bridle pieces. Next we moved out by the cellar, but nothing was found here except aluminum jar lids. So, out by the barn we went and began finding old plow pieces, a double bitted axe head, a pick axe head, and horse/mule shoes. There is a run-off draw or feeder creek that runs parallel with the barn and its banks are littered with pieces of old farming equipment. We stopped metal detecting and started walking along the banks of this little creek and I found an old wagon wheel!! It was half-way buried and we had to get the shovels to dig it up. Now I have another yard ornament!
This is going to be another good place to detect! We haven't found any money, though
and I don't know if we just haven't found the right spot or what! But this next week we'll be going back--the weather is supposed to be great and the temperature is going to be in the 70's/80's!! Here's the stuff we found and if anyone has info on what the "116" tag, round brass concho thingy, lantern part (date? of mfg.), or lock plate, please let me know! Anyway, here's my "treasures of darkness" and thanks for looking!!! sandcreek4
). We found another house foundation, cellar hole, well and barn foundation!!!! These are about 1/2 mile from the school. You can stand at this house foundation and look up the hill and see where the school sat. The kids that lived here didn't have far to walk!!We started detecting near the house foundation. We found 2 spoons, talcum powder tops, lids, a lantern part(C.T. Ham MFG. Co., Rochester N.Y., U.S.A., No. 2 17 & 20, Cold Blast)(anyone know a date on this?), a little brass tag? that has the number 116 on it, a pocket watch back, pocket knife, harmonica reeds, a round concho thingy? that is a dished out shaped, a piece of aluminum with a stamped floral design, a brass plate thing(maybe for a door lock?)(we thought at first it was a heel plate, but noticed the key hole on it), a part of a hotel token made of aluminum(this was found by my daughter and in the same hole as the door part, she also found a piece of a porcelain doll leg and buckle in this hole) and three other concho/horse bridle pieces. Next we moved out by the cellar, but nothing was found here except aluminum jar lids. So, out by the barn we went and began finding old plow pieces, a double bitted axe head, a pick axe head, and horse/mule shoes. There is a run-off draw or feeder creek that runs parallel with the barn and its banks are littered with pieces of old farming equipment. We stopped metal detecting and started walking along the banks of this little creek and I found an old wagon wheel!! It was half-way buried and we had to get the shovels to dig it up. Now I have another yard ornament!
This is going to be another good place to detect! We haven't found any money, though
and I don't know if we just haven't found the right spot or what! But this next week we'll be going back--the weather is supposed to be great and the temperature is going to be in the 70's/80's!! Here's the stuff we found and if anyone has info on what the "116" tag, round brass concho thingy, lantern part (date? of mfg.), or lock plate, please let me know! Anyway, here's my "treasures of darkness" and thanks for looking!!! sandcreek4Amazon Forum Fav 👍
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