Diggincoinz
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- Location
- Wayne County, NY
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- Minelab X-Terra 70 / Tesoro TigerShark / Fisher F70
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Fresh diggin'
I got out just before the rain hit Wednesday evening and was heading over to my daughter's friends house to md the c1910 home. As I drove my way there with map in hand I once again glanced at a spot where there once was a home but is half covered with apple orchard with tall clover and partially mowed as part of the adjacent home's side yard.
It was only a matter of time before I'd stop and nock on the door to ask but as I drove by the owner was outside messing with his tractor and waved a friendly hi as I passed. Of course I returned the wave. So there it was, the opportunity to quickly turn around to and go say hello.
Fantastic! I stepped out of my truck with the copy of the 1874 map in hand and showed him the location and such. He said that his grandfather bought his place in 1921 (and is shown on the 1874 map) and this guy (Steve) has lived there for over 50yrs himself. He said there's never been anything there in those 50+ yrs! However his brother and father had metal detected his old house and said he had found a really old 1800's dime while digging in the back yard himself. Though he doesn't know what became of dime.
So we chuckled as I said to him "Your brother and Dad probably never knew there was a old house next to you". No, probably not. So off I went to beat the rain.
My first target was obeously a piece of trash. Then my 2nd target though "iffy" offered me a bit of high tone at about 4 inches so I dug with difficulty with the hard dirt and finally uncovered a holed 1828 Large Cent. Woohoo! It wasn't long for the rain to start in so hopefully in a few days I'll get back there to dig some more. Then I'll get a couple of pics of his home and the new "spot".
A added note: look at the map I have here... 99% of those red circled homes no longer exist!!!
Though some are heavily overgrown and inaccessible. I have a lot to do! 
I got out just before the rain hit Wednesday evening and was heading over to my daughter's friends house to md the c1910 home. As I drove my way there with map in hand I once again glanced at a spot where there once was a home but is half covered with apple orchard with tall clover and partially mowed as part of the adjacent home's side yard.
It was only a matter of time before I'd stop and nock on the door to ask but as I drove by the owner was outside messing with his tractor and waved a friendly hi as I passed. Of course I returned the wave. So there it was, the opportunity to quickly turn around to and go say hello.
Fantastic! I stepped out of my truck with the copy of the 1874 map in hand and showed him the location and such. He said that his grandfather bought his place in 1921 (and is shown on the 1874 map) and this guy (Steve) has lived there for over 50yrs himself. He said there's never been anything there in those 50+ yrs! However his brother and father had metal detected his old house and said he had found a really old 1800's dime while digging in the back yard himself. Though he doesn't know what became of dime.
So we chuckled as I said to him "Your brother and Dad probably never knew there was a old house next to you". No, probably not. So off I went to beat the rain.
My first target was obeously a piece of trash. Then my 2nd target though "iffy" offered me a bit of high tone at about 4 inches so I dug with difficulty with the hard dirt and finally uncovered a holed 1828 Large Cent. Woohoo! It wasn't long for the rain to start in so hopefully in a few days I'll get back there to dig some more. Then I'll get a couple of pics of his home and the new "spot".
A added note: look at the map I have here... 99% of those red circled homes no longer exist!!!
Though some are heavily overgrown and inaccessible. I have a lot to do! Attachments
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Really nice!
