I tried checking a new set (new to me) of old foundations and there was quite a bit of evidence of former detecting...probably old and also new as the dirt was still disturbed. The area is loaded with a lot of old metal. I, like other detectorists, laid many of the finds in strategic locations near the site. There were many broken bottles, metal pan pieces, springs, old cans, etc....I wasn't finding much of interest but eventually found a piece of a small metal plane, a belt buckle..looks newer ( Hickok Belt | History ), a pipe knob, lipstick container...and such. It was fun but not all that productive. On the way back to the car I found an interesting small metal wreath..not sure of age. I was excited to find a coin and just had to spit and rub to see it was a copper but hard to read the date....looks like 183? to me. It was disconcerting to see fresh scat on the way out. I put deer scat on the left for size comparison, but not sure what the dark sort of lumpy scat is. I was in New England woods, not far from houses but definitely a wooded area on a hill during the afternoon.
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