I Finally made it to the old farms area........Pics too

[Paul in WA]

Well, the snow has finally melted in the area with all of the old abandoned farms (well, most of it melted). The ground is still pretty frozen, but I did find some workable areas in the town park. I found a lot of clad, and most of it was hauled off to the corner store by my daughter to buy candy & pop with. I did well with the old coins too. The oldest was a 1890 Indian penny in good condition. It was also one of the first targets of the day, so needless to say I was all wound up right off the bat! I did very well on the silver with a Walking liberty half, mercury dimes, as well as some silver roosevelt's & Washington quarters, and a handful of Wheaties. I will get pics of the coins posted tonight after I clean them up a little (plus I'm short on time right now) I also found a few cool relics....a very fancy looking thingy that keeps the lamp shade on the lamp , and a mortise lock assembly with plates & door knob. This park has got to be virgin ground, there is no way someone with a detector could have missed those coins. These finds came from just a small section I worked (I like to use the grid style of hunting, overlapping my sweeps) A friend of mine is the city administrator of this town, and his cousin is the mayor (not a big job in such a tiny town) Both have given me the green light on anywhere I want to go. They also said that private residences shouldn't be a problem either because they will put a good word around town for me. Across form the park use to stand a second hotel that use to have a dated cornerstone with "1899" on it, but it was just torn down this past week. The owner of the property was there working, and told me that I should be able to detect there by Wednesday. I can't do it now because they are still checking for any electrical hazards. There is a sunken garden in the park that is where the livery stable use to be. My friend highly recommends this spot because he has found a lot of old coins there when he use to maintain the park. He found them while installing the sprinklers for the flower beds in the sunken garden . He used a water hose to wash the remaining dirt back down, and that is how he found the coins. We left the park after about an hour or so to do some exploring. We found a few more old farm sites, and an old dump. The dump was loaded with old bottles & stuff. I didn't have any gloves, and didn't want my 5 year old daughter digging in the glass, so we will come prepared next weekend. Hope you all enjoy the pictures......I will get coin pics posted tonight.

Paul

PS
Almost forgot! We found this funny looking thing in a field that is made out of brick.....any ideas on what it is?

 

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[Paul in WA]

more pics

 

[Paul in WA]

more pics

 

[Paul in WA]

still more pics.........

 

[Paul in WA]

last ones for now. Notice the other abandond farm in the background on the left side of the pic?

 

[Cheryl]

Some great pictures of Waterville. Did you check out the fairgrounds? I think the fairgrounds might be good too. But I guess with these sites you will be pretty busy finding some awesome things.

Thanks for sharing the pics. Now I am homesick for WA.

Cheryl

 

[muddyknees]

MAN OH MAN you talking about some great places to hunt and with permission. hit it hard.
muddyknees

 

[Nana40]

Beautiful sites Paul!!! Congrats on those finds too!

Good luck to you!

 

[spotz]

Hey Paul!

Looks like you & your daughter had a great day. The IH is a nice find too. It would sure get me going. Hope to have a LOT of time soon. We'll get together for a hunt soon.
Spotz

 

[Paul in WA]

let me know. I have a few places that I am trying to line up in Goldendale for us to hunt.

Paul

 

[Whitewings]

Paul,, I havent been in Waterville in 10 years, I can see i need to go east of the mountains. I got my permits for city and county parks here but so far not much just some clad and lots of aluminum foil. I am still having fun, good luck.

Bill, out in the rain forest in soggy P.A.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Looks like a great place to hunt! Is that brick beehive,some type of oven??

 

[buckeyehunter]

great picutes and finds paul! I am with gypsy, think that had to be used for some kind of cooking

 

[Gabbit]

looks like you have your entire hunting season already planned out -- bit jealous over here -- keep us posted !!

 

[Burdie]

Your going to be busy for awhile. Thanks for showing the pic's. Burdie

 

[Paul in WA]

Bill, let me know when your ready to step out from under that rain cloud called "Seattle" , and I will make some arrangements to hunt more of these farms......there are more of them then one person could ever cover.

Paul

 

[Southcacalaky]

Great Pics, HH Art...

 

[The Beep Goes On]

That's quite an area...kind of a detectorist's dream...and you know all the right people...can it get any better than that? Wish you the best of luck out there Paul. Keep us posted.

HH!
TBGO

 

[alwayslookin]

hey Paul...did you look down in the brick thing and see a missle tip...looks like it might have been a silo

Great looking location.

Dave

 

[stoney56]

Pics are way 8)! Good luck and best of luck hunting those old sites! There's enough there to keep ya' busy for a looooooooong time, .