Hunting the Castles Grounds

[granthansen]

Hunting the Castle's Grounds

After 6 months of work, NJLARGECENT and I finally got the go-ahead to search the "Castle House" in my town. The oldest house in town, once owned by the guy who pretty much owned the town. He owned both the toll to get in and the toll to get out.



As a kid, I was told George Washington had spent the night there, but in reality, the house was build more like around 1830.

The years haven't been kind to the property, or the house. TONS of junk and the house is now a knock-down. It's a shame.

With all the anticipation, we were overall disappointed with our bounty. But here's what we got (and yes, I'll be back to scour through all the junk signals):

1924 Mercury Dime (my first Merc believe it or not)





A Dick Tracy Captain's badge:



A decorative knob





Some clad and junk. The washers were particular teases as I hoped they'd be coins:



NJLARGECENT took home a buffalo nickel, an Indian Head, and some other things ... hopefully he'll chime in here. Here he is on the back lawn:

 

[ticm]

Your first merc. That's great. You gotta like that. Congrats.

 

[nsdq]

well it was still a good hunt you rescued dick tracy and found silver

 

[granthansen]

Your first merc. That's great. You gotta like that. Congrats.

Yup. Not what I was expecting to find on the property, and although surprised I hadn't found one yet, I guess it makes sense since I target 1800s homes and older. Not that they don't get new traffic!

Also, ticm, did you notice I found a knob-like relic? Your recent knob find was my inspiration. It's amazingly light. Has almost no weight whatsoever.

 

[Erik in NJ]

Hi Grant,

Looks like you found some good stuff--I'll bet there's a lot of good stuff there that's too deep or maybe you need to work on cleaning out a lot of the trash (I know it's getting cold now in NJ). You "knob" looks like some sort of finial, especially if it's hollow and light.

 

[ticm]

Yup. Not what I was expecting to find on the property, and although surprised I hadn't found one yet, I guess it makes sense since I target 1800s homes and older. Not that they don't get new traffic!

Also, ticm, did you notice I found a knob-like relic? Your recent knob find was my inspiration. It's amazingly light. Has almost no weight whatsoever.

Your really not doing something right if now and again you dont pull out a knob.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

really like that castle site , something about that place the real ol stuff must be there , maybe on the next hunt . that's a fancy knob , you should be proud to pull out that er , means you may get lucky , there's been a few pull knobs found here lately not only in New Jersey but the entire Eastern seaboard HH CMD

 

[cntrydncr1]

at least you got a few old coins. 3 of us hunted a property yesterday dating back to the 1700's and didn't get ANY old coins!! Sometimes they can be a disappointment!