First Day At Farmhouse Site

[angifogg]

Today I received written permission and a little bit of history on this prior farmhouse. The people who currently own the land said that they think it was a pig farm and may be 100 years old, but it burnt down about 30 years ago and the only thing left is the interesting foundations on the property. See pictures attached..

The only thing that I found today was a hugh dump site where I located (2) old bottles, but they are seamed on the side and I heard that seamed bottles have no value, is that true?

I went around the foundation but located only trash from the remnants of the fire. The foundation for the main house is in tact and it actually has a stairway leading down to it (the foundation itself is approx 10 feet deep), however I was hunting by myself and I was a little scared to go in there alone. There is a very interesting border of rock around the front of the porperty, see pic.

On the back side of the foundation was a smaller foundation (about 4 ft X 6ft), maybe this was an outhouse?

Any advice on my next hunt would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

That is a really nice stone wall!!! Check along both sides of that! Keep hunting that site it will start producing, you just have to get a feel for the place, there appears to be a lot of ground to cover! Good Luck and don't give up on it! QUICKSILVER(appletree)

 

[creeper71]

Today I received written permission and a little bit of history on this prior farmhouse. The people who currently own the land said that they think it was a pig farm and may be 100 years old, but it burnt down about 30 years ago and the only thing left is the interesting foundations on the property. See pictures attached..

The only thing that I found today was a hugh dump site where I located (2) old bottles, but they are seamed on the side and I heard that seamed bottles have no value, is that true?

I went around the foundation but located only trash from the remnants of the fire. The foundation for the main house is in tact and it actually has a stairway leading down to it (the foundation itself is approx 10 feet deep), however I was hunting by myself and I was a little scared to go in there alone. There is a very interesting border of rock around the front of the porperty, see pic.

On the back side of the foundation was a smaller foundation (about 4 ft X 6ft), maybe this was an outhouse?

Any advice on my next hunt would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

the 4x6ft foundation was probly the summer kitchen at one time...

 

[northeast hunter]

Looks like a great place to spend a few weekends..HH
Don't be afraid to run your detector up and down the stone walls back in the day it was a better place then the bank to put your money in i don't think anyone ever robbed a stone wall..

 

[whitesPA]

nice place to hunt . pound it hard

 

[CAgem]

Don't throw those bottles away! The old way of making bottles was to blow the glass in a mold for the main part of the bottle, then apply a previously made top/lip. If the seam goes all the way through the lip, it's probably relatively modern.

 

[mlhudson]

" REMEMBER " DIG ALL TARGETS,
don't discrimanate nothing.
KEEP A LOG OF WHAT YOU FIND ( TAKE PICS ) WE LOVE PICS HERE.
ALWAYS FILL IN YOUR HOLES,, PICK UP YOUR TRASH AND OTHERS.

ON THAT NOTE:
CONGRATS ON THE SITE. LOOKS PROMISING
KEEP A DIGG'IN

M L HUDSON