deepskyal
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- Joined
- Aug 17, 2007
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- Location
- Natrona Heights, Pa.
- Detector(s) used
- White's Coinmaster 6000 Di Series 3, Minelab Eq 600
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
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This aerial photo, in today's "Valley News Dispatch" is in reguards to the wonderful air I breath everyday....
Chromium...yummy...
Anyhow.....I circled the area where there is a parklet. This patch of grass has been there for going on 150 years.
By the railroad tracks, near the street, was a train station and dead center of that diagnol path used to be a bandstand where Penn Salt's company band played on weekends and special occasions back in the early 1920's.....maybe earlier but that era for sure.
Also note the grouping of houses around that area. Most were built in and around the 1850's. Yet they still stand....chromium must not hurt houses.
The other picture is of the bandstand that used to be in the parklet. I'll add more pics as i go through this DVD someone made on the local history.
It's amazing how many really old houses stand in this town....circa 1800.
For a crappy, run down, dirty milltown...it's just incredibly rich in history. (Personally, they should just bulldoze it gently** and give me exclusive rights to detecting the entire area)
As a matter of fact, it was a man from Natrona that shot President Coolidge.
And that little playground I mentioned some time ago they were digging up and redoing.....turns out it was a baseball field back in the late 1800's...wow...what a missed opportunity.
Well...maybe I'll get one more shot at detecting this weekend...suppose to be close to 40 and not rainy. Sure do want to hit that park.
**Gently: Take all the rubble, including nails and maybe the top inch or so of soil....leaving the rest smooth and level for detecting.
Here's to a short winter.
Al
Chromium...yummy...
Anyhow.....I circled the area where there is a parklet. This patch of grass has been there for going on 150 years.
By the railroad tracks, near the street, was a train station and dead center of that diagnol path used to be a bandstand where Penn Salt's company band played on weekends and special occasions back in the early 1920's.....maybe earlier but that era for sure.
Also note the grouping of houses around that area. Most were built in and around the 1850's. Yet they still stand....chromium must not hurt houses.
The other picture is of the bandstand that used to be in the parklet. I'll add more pics as i go through this DVD someone made on the local history.
It's amazing how many really old houses stand in this town....circa 1800.
For a crappy, run down, dirty milltown...it's just incredibly rich in history. (Personally, they should just bulldoze it gently** and give me exclusive rights to detecting the entire area)
As a matter of fact, it was a man from Natrona that shot President Coolidge.
And that little playground I mentioned some time ago they were digging up and redoing.....turns out it was a baseball field back in the late 1800's...wow...what a missed opportunity.
Well...maybe I'll get one more shot at detecting this weekend...suppose to be close to 40 and not rainy. Sure do want to hit that park.
**Gently: Take all the rubble, including nails and maybe the top inch or so of soil....leaving the rest smooth and level for detecting.
Here's to a short winter.
Al
