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Found Another Homestead Sunday. What It's Been Hunted Already. I don't Think So!
Hey guys,
Went out Sunday for another homestead adventure with my son and brother. Had 2 of them in mind but the first one was not found. When I got back home that night I realized I may have been slightly off.
Gonna go back. I think I know where it may have sat. Hunting for cabin sites isn't easy. Very little if anything to go by to tell where they sat. Faint dirt rds wells and maybe a few older tree's. Or a flower bed is all you get.
Well we proceeded to plan B. Another homestead showed on the map about a mile or 2 down the rd. Showed a private rd going into the place. I am very familar with this area. I have found 4 or 5 other homesteads in this area over the yrs.
Well we found the rd to get into the place and started to trudge about a mile in. Finally we get to the area where I feel it was. Pull out the map and Gps. I said to myself brother and son. No way it sat down here.
Had to be back up on the bluff. So we turned around and headed back. This area was coal mined and there are about 30 ditches around the site where they mined the coal. Well on the way back I hit a strong signal on the path. Dug down to find the top of a fence post old one.
As I filled in the hole I look up and see daphodills. And a faint dirt rd going off the path into the brush. I said hey wait a minute I think it sat right in here somewhere. Well I was right. Within minutes we were pulling buttons suspender clips and miners tags.
I knew we were spot on at that point. Also found a well and then I knew for sure we where ontop of the site. Well after about a hr of digging a lady rolls through the woods with a pack of dogs right.
She stops to chat and proceeds to tell me the words you never wanna here. Oh yeah by the way I saw some guys hunting back here a few yrs ago. I said what right here are you sure. She said yes. I said well they didn't do to good of a job then.
I still think it was never hunted. I then pulled a map out of my pocket and showed her the sight we were on. She was very interested in the hobby. She then said I found a indian head penny on the surface one day back here.
I said yeah alot of times you'll find coins and relics on the surface. I showed her the guys name on the map. Jas. Neely 1876 80a 20 coal. She then said I am so envious of you. That is something I have always wanted to do.
Nice lady she went on her way and we went back to our passion. Sucking relics outta the ground. Well the sight didn't hold any coppers as of yet. Seems to be a little to new for LC but you never know.
Gonna go back now and do some deep searching now that I got alot of the surface trash and items out of the way. We hit it hard for about 4 or 5 hrs. Came away with some decent finds. A worn out 1903 barber quarter was found at the end of the day.
Also got a scovill flat button and a few wheats out of the place. Brother got a merc a nice old button and a salt shaker lid made of silver. I hit the good old park the other day for a quick silver fix.
Got a 1940 merc 2 war nics some wheats and a really cool large roman button. I think that's what it is. It is really large and has a shank on the back. Can you guys date or ID it for me.
Other than that gonna go back for a followup hunt here tomorrow at the site. Clean the reat out and let it sit for awhile. Then off to the next site. Got alot of great sites lined up this yr. But foundation hunting will be coming to a end over the next few months.
Woods are starting to spring up now and it will be very hard to locate these sites once everything has grown in. Gonna try and get a few more nice sites in before the summer hits hard.
Thanks for looking,
HH Jer
Hey guys,
Went out Sunday for another homestead adventure with my son and brother. Had 2 of them in mind but the first one was not found. When I got back home that night I realized I may have been slightly off.
Gonna go back. I think I know where it may have sat. Hunting for cabin sites isn't easy. Very little if anything to go by to tell where they sat. Faint dirt rds wells and maybe a few older tree's. Or a flower bed is all you get.
Well we proceeded to plan B. Another homestead showed on the map about a mile or 2 down the rd. Showed a private rd going into the place. I am very familar with this area. I have found 4 or 5 other homesteads in this area over the yrs.
Well we found the rd to get into the place and started to trudge about a mile in. Finally we get to the area where I feel it was. Pull out the map and Gps. I said to myself brother and son. No way it sat down here.
Had to be back up on the bluff. So we turned around and headed back. This area was coal mined and there are about 30 ditches around the site where they mined the coal. Well on the way back I hit a strong signal on the path. Dug down to find the top of a fence post old one.
As I filled in the hole I look up and see daphodills. And a faint dirt rd going off the path into the brush. I said hey wait a minute I think it sat right in here somewhere. Well I was right. Within minutes we were pulling buttons suspender clips and miners tags.
I knew we were spot on at that point. Also found a well and then I knew for sure we where ontop of the site. Well after about a hr of digging a lady rolls through the woods with a pack of dogs right.
She stops to chat and proceeds to tell me the words you never wanna here. Oh yeah by the way I saw some guys hunting back here a few yrs ago. I said what right here are you sure. She said yes. I said well they didn't do to good of a job then.
I still think it was never hunted. I then pulled a map out of my pocket and showed her the sight we were on. She was very interested in the hobby. She then said I found a indian head penny on the surface one day back here.
I said yeah alot of times you'll find coins and relics on the surface. I showed her the guys name on the map. Jas. Neely 1876 80a 20 coal. She then said I am so envious of you. That is something I have always wanted to do.
Nice lady she went on her way and we went back to our passion. Sucking relics outta the ground. Well the sight didn't hold any coppers as of yet. Seems to be a little to new for LC but you never know.
Gonna go back now and do some deep searching now that I got alot of the surface trash and items out of the way. We hit it hard for about 4 or 5 hrs. Came away with some decent finds. A worn out 1903 barber quarter was found at the end of the day.
Also got a scovill flat button and a few wheats out of the place. Brother got a merc a nice old button and a salt shaker lid made of silver. I hit the good old park the other day for a quick silver fix.
Got a 1940 merc 2 war nics some wheats and a really cool large roman button. I think that's what it is. It is really large and has a shank on the back. Can you guys date or ID it for me.
Other than that gonna go back for a followup hunt here tomorrow at the site. Clean the reat out and let it sit for awhile. Then off to the next site. Got alot of great sites lined up this yr. But foundation hunting will be coming to a end over the next few months.
Woods are starting to spring up now and it will be very hard to locate these sites once everything has grown in. Gonna try and get a few more nice sites in before the summer hits hard.
Thanks for looking,
HH Jer
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