houses in the woods

[bountyhuntergirl86]

Me and my buddy found a old property with a couple homes on it...including my first CW bullet with bite marks... Any info?















































Anyone got info on the clear bottle it looks like a drink bottle...



Thanks for looking... :-D

 

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[brassvols]

I'd say that the building in pic #2 is a "dogtrot cabin" and was the first building erected by the owners of the property. Used to be common to find these in our area (Middle Tennessee) that date pre 1850's.
The cabin was the home of the 1st generation, then the new home was built and cabin was used as a out building.
Just a thought,
Scott

 

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[bountyhuntergirl86]

Thank you that makes alot of sense... :-)

 

[mical66]

brassvols, you are 100% on that being a dog trot , but i doubt they lived in it , you can tell if you look close at the picture the door opening is wrong , it is not a cased opening , the door was hung on the outside face of the logs , which was common for barns , a couple other things that make me say it was always a barn is the lack of windows and no daubing/chinking not even boards over the cracks .. after looking over the pictures again i think picture #5 looks like the log residence . but its hard to tell from that shot.
and again you are right about the cabin was usually the original homestead , in most cases they would build on as the family grew and eventually cover the log house in clap board siding to add protection from the elements and hide the logs, after all a log house back then was a poor mans house , if you had any money you bought saw milled lumber .
sorry i get carried away , as i said earlier i restored antique log cabins and love talking about them,,lol
if that structure in picture # 5 is a house i would bet it was the homestead.

 

[swingbeepdig]

Niceeee! Someone bit the bullet on that on

 

[detroitdigger]

Looks like a good sight to hunt, That is a soda bottle, what's left of it. HH

 

[Scotdixon]

Great pics, love the bldgs dont get to see those here in the low country

 

[DocBeav]

The rings and stuff found in pig pens are from the people that were fed to them.

Yikes! Remember what Brick Top said in the movie "Snatch":
Brick Top: And when you got your six pieces, you gotta get rid of them, because it's no good leaving it in the deep freeze for your mum to discover, now is it? Then I hear the best thing to do is feed them to pigs. You got to starve the pigs for a few days, then the sight of a chopped-up body will look like curry to a pisshead. You gotta shave the heads of your victims, and pull the teeth out for the sake of the piggies' digestion. You could do this afterwards, of course, but you don't want to go sievin' through pig s**t, now do you? They will go through bone like butter. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting, so be wary of any man who keeps a pig farm. They will go through a body that weighs 200 pounds in about eight minutes. That means that a single pig can consume two pounds of uncooked flesh every minute. Hence the expression, "as greedy as a pig".

Great movie! Keep checking those pig pens!

Seriously though, looks like a great place to hunt that will keep you busy for some time to come! Best of luck!

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

Oh wow

 

[tlowery04]

Wow that's an awesome looking site, have you found the dump yet? or is this where you found the 50's dump? Keep up the hunt and good luck!

see: Bite the Bullet

 

[aslplynch]

I've got to agree that its a pain bullet,Definitely thought provoking. if only it was a "Talking bullet", right? great stuff nice looking site!

 

[jp7171]

Nice finds.....best of luck!!

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

Right... If only

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

The 50s dump site is on another thread :-)

 

[Ifoundit69]

Nice score on the bullet ! Have you read the site yet ? Checked to see if there is plumbing in the houses if there isnt , have you located the well and the privy?