Old orchards,any luck hunting in one?

[CoilyGirl]

We have permission to hunt in an orchard on land that my husband researched and wondered if anyone has had any luck finding goodies in an orchard. Hoping his research pays off, my pocket is itching for an old coin or two.

 

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[GA_Boy]

One can never tell. Just have to be patient and try. Ya never know but you may recover relics from a period of "Before the Orchard".
Good luck, Marvin

 

[Sandman]

GA_BOY is right about what might have happened on the land before it became an orchard.

 

[ARC]

Wasn't always an orchard I am sure.
And if it has always been an orchard... yes for me anyway.

I have hunted an orange orchard once...
mostly found stuff by the edges of the orchard... near where I deduced the "main building" was...
just inside the orchard line near the buildings produced a ton of change ... but also a ton of bottle caps as well.

 

[dirtscratcher]

We have a bunch of cherry orchards on Flathead Lake. Most have a camp site where mygrant workers stayed. We've done pretty good on some of them. A few foreign coins and more religious charms than your normal sites.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I'll be a kill-joy and say it's not worth it. Not UNLESS something were there, going on, before the orchard/cultivation. Because random fumble fingers losses from those workers (harvester, planter, passerbys, etc...) is not worth the effort. Sure there will be a random wheatie or something from an apple-picker in 1955 (if you knock yourself silly canvassing acre after acre). But the places to hunt are where commerce/travel-campers/recreation, etc.... occurred. Like a stage stop, park, camping-spot, etc.... Not just random orchard or row-crop land.

Perhaps in a place like Britain, where fields and orchards have had 1000 to 2000 yrs. of continuous cultivation, can you go out to just "any random field" and find metal. But the history of the USA is too new for that level of accumulation to have occurred. So your best bet here, is if you have isolated that some structure or gathering spot had been. Esp. if where $$ changed hands, like stage stop, saloon, etc.... had been.

 

[ARC]

I forgot to add a thought to that...
Florida... as far a "history" goes... is the oldest place as far as only "exploration"...
But as far as colonization really goes... not here...
not in orange groves here...
AND...
My thought is...in areas that have more "activities" in history will produce cool crapola.
EVEN if...
Now an orchard.
Or...
Was one.
Good luck.

 

[CoilyGirl]

I forgot to mention the orchard and an old house were there in the 1800's and there we soldiers nearby as well as a small schoolhouse so I guess it's feasible there could be something there. This orchard also sold their produce so who knows? Thanks for the responses and wish us luck!

 

[relic nut]

Some of my best finds have came from old orchards in my area, including my CS buckle and lots of bullets, buttons and coins. We try to find where they were near CW camps because the soilders spent a lot of time there. Even if there is no history close, lots of people spent time there. Won't know till you try. Let us know.

HH, Relic Nut

 

[stefen]

Most picking laborers were seasonal and followed the crops...primarily were extremely poor and lived hand to mouth.

That being said, the only places to search are the sorting sheds, loading docks and equipment barns.

Slim pickins at best.

 

[Garrett424]

I hunted an old orchard about two months ago for an entire day and all I found were a few old horseshoes and some trash; mostly nails.

But you never know; every site is different and anything can turn up anywhere at any time (or not).

 

[Tuberale]

Partner and I researched a cache that was just off an orchard. Had $10,000 in gold coins in it. The orchard is said to contain a 5-gallon crock with silver coins in it. So yeah, I think orchards might be a good place to hunt.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Partner and I researched a cache that was just off an orchard. Had $10,000 in gold coins in it. The orchard is said to contain a 5-gallon crock with silver coins in it. So yeah, I think orchards might be a good place to hunt.

But do you see how this is outside the pale of the question ? If the case you cite, you've researched a potential treasure, to a particular orchard. Hence it is not a random orchard.

 

[Garrett424]

Partner and I researched a cache that was just off an orchard. Had $10,000 in gold coins in it. The orchard is said to contain a 5-gallon crock with silver coins in it. So yeah, I think orchards might be a good place to hunt.

So did you actually recover any of that treasure??

 

[Tuberale]

We found where the treasure was hidden, inside a McCormick twine binder, which was conspicuously hidden on top of the ground (with lots of bullet holes in it). We started looking for the crock, but ran out of time. I still think some of that crock money might be there.

 

[lastleg]

Yeah most times 'they' don't take it all might leave some for the next guy. Or it might be a
country bank where folks take a little or leave a little as needed. Most crock caches are a
booger to find.