crazyjarhead
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New 1800's House Has Potential. 1912, 925 Sterling Silver Spoon With A Date
Good evening fellow members. I had an ace in the whole for over a year and didn't even know it
My cousin moved into an old house built in the mid-1800's and I forgot to ask him if I could hunt it. Of course, he said. So I headed out there in the wide-open country on a beautiful day. However it has been super dry lately and his yard was like a field and needs to be cut badly. ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
I'm sure he'll have no problem with me cutting it as he is a busy carpenter and has a wife a 3 kids. I'll have to cut it down real good as it was hard to detect.The house resembles the old J.A. McDonald home in Woodstock that I did so well hunting but this one is wood, not brick. However i did find a few keepers in the short time I was there. I found an old spoon. Looks like pewter. I also found a few wheat's, 1917, 1946. I also found an old shell casing and an old Appalachian Trail thingy. I also acquired another site to hunt while I was visiting my relatives. She said, you should come over to our place and hunt............and I said, WHAT 
It's an old farm too. So now I have 2 new places and a few more leads as I have been lazy asking and my other old spots are running dry 
Have a good remaining weekend and get out there and hunt 
Ron Smith
As I was just looking at the spoon on my post I noticed a date of 1912 and the day and year which I can't make out. Look closely at the handle and you will see it. It is upside down in the picture. I just re-checked it and It is August 25, 1912
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Good evening fellow members. I had an ace in the whole for over a year and didn't even know it
My cousin moved into an old house built in the mid-1800's and I forgot to ask him if I could hunt it. Of course, he said. So I headed out there in the wide-open country on a beautiful day. However it has been super dry lately and his yard was like a field and needs to be cut badly. I'm sure he'll have no problem with me cutting it as he is a busy carpenter and has a wife a 3 kids. I'll have to cut it down real good as it was hard to detect.The house resembles the old J.A. McDonald home in Woodstock that I did so well hunting but this one is wood, not brick. However i did find a few keepers in the short time I was there. I found an old spoon. Looks like pewter. I also found a few wheat's, 1917, 1946. I also found an old shell casing and an old Appalachian Trail thingy. I also acquired another site to hunt while I was visiting my relatives. She said, you should come over to our place and hunt............and I said, WHAT It's an old farm too. So now I have 2 new places and a few more leads as I have been lazy asking and my other old spots are running dry Have a good remaining weekend and get out there and hunt Ron SmithAs I was just looking at the spoon on my post I noticed a date of 1912 and the day and year which I can't make out. Look closely at the handle and you will see it. It is upside down in the picture. I just re-checked it and It is August 25, 1912
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I guess the driveway is down the road a piece from looking at the picture as the main road seems to run behind the house 
I would try and find some old maps, over 50 years old and that may help you with the lay of the land back then and give you bette ideas where to look,
