Cellar Hole Hunting

[gmanlight]

Last winter i mapped out some old cellar holes and hunted them with not much luck.
Most of these could be seen from the road . I guess thy have been hit before.
We did find a nice foundation a few weeks ago with lots of buttons and some 1700s buckles .
Question what kind of luck have you had inside the cellar hole it self Thanks Mike

 

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[Sandman]

With any location you just never know what will turn up. One hole I kept passing up because I thought surely someone musta huntered it and one day I checked it out. If someone was there before, they must not of had their detector turned on as I found a few nice silver coins and old wheats. You won't know till you try.

 

[wodens]

Usually waaay to full of Iron. Null city in them ere holes

HH
Al

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

Difficult to detect due to the amount of targets in there. Some pits were also back filled making everything deep. The proper way to work a cellar pit would be to dig it and sift. Have a detector nearby and try the loose soil once in while in case you missed anything sifting.
Good luck!
Dave.

 

[Iron Patch]

I've dug a few and you get basically the same types of items you found around the hole, just not as many. A filled hole is just surrounding dirt that had been pushed in. I have found a couple Rev War buttons and early coppers, a nice glass bottle stopper. Fun to do and someday I'll probably do that as much as detect.