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Not sure if this is in the right section or not, but this is the most fitting section I could find. If it isn't, I apologize.
It all started a few years ago. I was 15, and am 17 now. My friend's family owns a camp on the Clarion River (Pennsylvania) in the mountains. The first time I visited, it was a hot summer day and we went down to swim in the river. We were maybe a mile down from where the normal swimming spot was when I spotted something. A stone structure, just off the shoreline. I swam to shore, eager to see what it was. I was barely able to see it because of all the overgrowth. I had discovered some sort if large stone wall or structure that was multi tiered. At the time, I had just gotten into detecting and had not thought to bring my detector. We explored it for some time, then left, vowing to return with my detector. Although we returned to his camp several times (maybe seven?) we could never relocate it.
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Until now. Just this weekend, we returned (although still without the detector as it was very overgrown) and trekked through the mountainous terrain and down the river in search of the structure. I spotted it. Finally, in years literally of searching we had found it. It was still very overgrown, dominated by rhododendron plants like vines. Leaves from autumn were on the ground, perhaps shrouding clues that may have been on the ground. The stones were large. Very large. I'd say 3 ft. long, 1 ft. high and 1 ft. thick. There was a wall down near the shore, and then other walls above it, like levels built into the cliff side. Here are the pictures you have been waiting for:
The first pic is the wall on the shoreline, and the last one is of a wall on the upper tier. The middle is a crease in one of the walls (I forget which).
I also found very few bricks (1-3) with minimal searching that appeared very primitive and crudely made. Pennsylvania is very historical state, occupied by many different forces throughout history. The style and appearance of the structure leads me to believe it is colonial or pre-colonial. The camp owners have heard people tell them it is an old French fort, but I am not sure how accurate this is or how reliable the source is. I am not even sure if this is a fort, although it appears very much so to be. I plan to return in early spring to detect, so the foliage isn't too evasive. Any thoughts on what this actually is or how old? Thanks.
It all started a few years ago. I was 15, and am 17 now. My friend's family owns a camp on the Clarion River (Pennsylvania) in the mountains. The first time I visited, it was a hot summer day and we went down to swim in the river. We were maybe a mile down from where the normal swimming spot was when I spotted something. A stone structure, just off the shoreline. I swam to shore, eager to see what it was. I was barely able to see it because of all the overgrowth. I had discovered some sort if large stone wall or structure that was multi tiered. At the time, I had just gotten into detecting and had not thought to bring my detector. We explored it for some time, then left, vowing to return with my detector. Although we returned to his camp several times (maybe seven?) we could never relocate it.
. . .
Until now. Just this weekend, we returned (although still without the detector as it was very overgrown) and trekked through the mountainous terrain and down the river in search of the structure. I spotted it. Finally, in years literally of searching we had found it. It was still very overgrown, dominated by rhododendron plants like vines. Leaves from autumn were on the ground, perhaps shrouding clues that may have been on the ground. The stones were large. Very large. I'd say 3 ft. long, 1 ft. high and 1 ft. thick. There was a wall down near the shore, and then other walls above it, like levels built into the cliff side. Here are the pictures you have been waiting for:
The first pic is the wall on the shoreline, and the last one is of a wall on the upper tier. The middle is a crease in one of the walls (I forget which).
I also found very few bricks (1-3) with minimal searching that appeared very primitive and crudely made. Pennsylvania is very historical state, occupied by many different forces throughout history. The style and appearance of the structure leads me to believe it is colonial or pre-colonial. The camp owners have heard people tell them it is an old French fort, but I am not sure how accurate this is or how reliable the source is. I am not even sure if this is a fort, although it appears very much so to be. I plan to return in early spring to detect, so the foliage isn't too evasive. Any thoughts on what this actually is or how old? Thanks.
