This is where I found that window crank handle to the '68 Grand Torino. LOL. Had to be a swap meet site at one point.
The structure behind me in the photo of me in the field is the Augustine Inn. Augustine Beach, where I found some of the items that I posted (ring, door handle, shipwreck pins, etc.), was named after Augustine Herman (c 1621-1686), an explorer and cartographer who mapped the region for Lord Cecil Calvert. Adam Diehl built the brick Augustine Beach Hotel in about 1814. It served the public as part of a resort in the 1800s to early 1900s as a destination for ferry boats. There is a old wharf there I have searched, but I need a better detector to combat the brackish water and there are a lot nails. I would think since it was a ferry point, there would be some coins.
This location once housed a pavilion, dance hall, and a bath house. I can't find any drawings or plot maps to show where these other structures once stood. I believe it to be under the huge parking lot that now exist. I was hoping the field was one of those sites. I do find stuff, but mostly beer cans (Schlitz). I would love to search the ground of the Inn, but it is a fancy restaurant these days with great food. Oh, and it's rumored to be haunted and listed as one of the most haunted locations in Delaware.
