Old Church finds!!

[kmaxwell4]

So I have an small old church right down the road from my house I have been driving by for years. I stopped once and read a plaque on the build that said they had been there since 1863 and the church standing there now was built in 1936 but I never hunted it because I never asked permission. Well on the way home I saw a few cars there so I pulled in. I got out walked up to the door and it was locked so as I was walking around the side of the building when an older lady came out a side door. So I told her my name and began telling her that I would like to hunt there property. She said that would be fine and she gave me the history of the church. She was the oldest longest running member there and here family donated the land to build the church on back in 1863. She showed me where the old church was and said have fun. So I went home and got my 7 year old son and went back. We found a ton of trash at first. But finally we got in the money. We found a bunch of pennies, dimes, and quarters. Two times I dug numerous coins from one hole. Also found an old toy car and toy ring. The only old coin is a 1928 wheat penny. I thought for sure we would find older coins but for some reason we never did. I can go back any time I want to she told me so we will be hunting it hard for a while. I think I will hit the woods behind it next time.

 

[goldnugget]

Hope you are able to Locate some more finds and make a Display for the Church. Hope it has a few acres to Detect-Good Luck goldnugget-Charlotte,N.C.

 

[beez0404]

Something to remember about churches that old. The horses and carriages had to park somewhere and especially in the summer a bit away from the church so you didn't smell the horse droppings. So look around and try to determine where they would have parked their rigs and give that a shot.

 

[CASPER-2]

WHEN I WAS A KID - GOT PERMISSION TO HIT A TINY OLD CHURCH LIKE THAT IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE
REMEMBER IT HAD BEEN HIT HARD BY SOME GUYS BUT i DID GET SOME IH PENNIES DOWN DEEP -
THIS WAS IN THE LATE 70'S AND THE DETECTORS THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OUT WITH DISCRIMINATORS THREW OUT NICKLES
I HAD AN ALL METAL MACHINE - OLD COMPASS - THE STAIRS TO THIS CHURCH WERE JUST TO HUGE GRANITE SLABS - HIT AN AREA
NEAR THE CORNER OF THE LOWER STAIR THAT I GOT NICKLE AFTER NICKLE - V'S AND BUFFALOES - MUST HAVE BEEN WHERE THEY DID COLLECTIONS MAYBE AS PEOPLE LEFT - GOT LIKE 20 OF THEM - NOT A BIG DEAL NOW A DAYS - BUT WAS AS A KID FINDING ALL THOSE THAT OTHERS HAD MISSED

HITTING THE WOODS IS A GOOD IDEA - THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN OUTHOUSE BACK THERE - KIDS MIGHT HAVE HUNG OUT THERE - OR THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WOODS THERE OVER 100 YRS AGO - GOOD LUCK