Late 1800s farmhouse -neat token/award and some questions

[Fourman110]

Late 1800's farmhouse -neat token/award and some questions

Went into a vacated farmstead my relative owns. According to records it looks like nobody's lived on the place since the 1920's. The barn had collapsed years ago, but couldn't find the cellar hole I until yesterday.

With a billion Mosquitos taking samples and thorns on every bush (judging from the scratches), I dove in this morning. My first hit made my heart jump. Rang up I. The upper 70s on the at and when I pulled it up, I thought it was a large cent. Not wanting to garf it up I waited to clean it. Tires out it was a token or award from 1900's firemens tournament.

The token says
6th annual Meeting
Northern Minnesota Firemen's
Tournament Ass'n
Fosston
June 27, 28, 29 1900

Holy crap, an award from 1900! Probably more rare than a large cent.

Also found a 3 tined fork, the top of a kerosine lamp, and in a different area a disc that says "Climax pat.29.90. Made in USA". Turned out to bethe knob for another kerosine lantern.


Now the questions:

How far frome the hole should I be looking? It's really overgrown, buggy, and just nasty back there. Even the road has sizeable trees growing through it.


Would the front of the house typically be facing the main road or the road into the place during this time period?

Tomorrow's my brides birthday. How do I break the news to her that she's not seeing me until noon?

 

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[DFX DAVE in M.D.]

Some 3 prong forks are called Olive Forks, I detected one once. Nice finds...........

 

[WHADIFIND]

Tomorrow's my brides birthday. How do I break the news to her that she's not seeing me until noon?

From a cel phone, far away!!!

 

[GatorBoy]

Pick a section at a time and grid the whole area.
In the hole..out..around.. Ect..ect..

 

[Indianametal]

Most front doors will face south or east has been my experience with old homesteads around me. Really if you think about it they would be built to allow the most light in. In the northern hemisphere thats towards the south. Of course there are always exceptions though. Search everywhere though. I use my phones gps and track fence lines and every other possible line I can find to get an idea what it use to be like. Hell sometimes I just sit on a log and think where would I build this and that. Good luck and happy hunting.

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice finds

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Nice large, love dated and in-scripted stuff more tho! I don't bother with the grown up sites and hate mosquitoes use one of those heated things. Out here the more ambitious farmers want to farm every inch of the land. So theres lots of fields that used to be home sites here.

 

[beez0404]

I would suggest starting close to what you've determined to be the location of the house. Start gridding close to the house. When the targets dry up move further away from the house. Keep repeating this till you're not finding anything else. Look for the privy or trash dumping areas also as they can produce great finds.