SHOULD I HUNT OLD 1800'S HOUSE IN COUNTRY?

[DigginDave94]

I was wondering if old houses in the country turn out much silver and good finds or if i should stick to old homes in town i got a permission from a family friend the house is at least over a 143 years old because i found the house on a 1874 map but the house is all by itself in the country with alot of land will it be mostly farm iron and junk or should i hit it to try and find some silver and coins?

 

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[Tpmetal]

I was wondering if old houses in the country turn out much silver and good finds or if i should stick to old homes in town i got a permission from a family friend the house is at least over a 143 years old because i found the house on a 1874 map but the house is all by itself in the country with alot of land will it be mostly farm iron and junk or should i hit it to try and find some silver and coins?

Depends oon who lived there and what it was. 90percent of what I hunt is cellar holes. Very few coins though, but huge potential for cool relics. Check out my recent threads for old 1800s county cellar hole items.

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[DigginDave94]

LMAO!

 

[Ammoman]

Well, the chances of finding coins at old farms are less likely then finding coins in town but their is always hope and you never know. Then again, people on farms tended to bury money for lack of access to banks. My advice...never pass on a permission!

 

[Joe hunter]

Definitely

 

[Loco-Digger]

You never know what's there until you swing your coil over it. I think you better detect it soon so you can sleep at night.

 

[digger460]

I hunt 2 1800's farm's alot. If your looking for coins, they'll be in the typical places. Driveway's and sidewalks leading to house. I've found a few clad in the gravel driveway's, and only one old coin, an 1835 LG that was bulldozed up against a tree when they knocked the house down. You have to like relic's if your on old farm's. But, did they bury money? And where on the vast 5 to 10 acre lawn's. Your probably not going to last long if all your looking for is silver.

 

[worldtalker]

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Polor bears do it on the tundra.

 

[scruggs]

Treasure is where you find it. If you don’t look you don’t find.

 

[Tired Rooster]

Never pass up the opportunity to hunt any site that old where people have lived or gathered.
Let us know how it turns out.

 

[trdking]

For sure this farmers kids had pockets full of change. Go get it all!

 

[flinthunter]

If you have to ask, then I suggest you leave the property alone.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

I'd be on that place like a chicken on a June bug!

 

[fistfulladirt]

I've hunted dozens of mid to late 1800's farmyards here in lower Michigan, and most are a waste of time. I've hit some yards where not even a single modern coin could be found.

Years ago, crops were planted right up to the house in many cases, or hogs slopped in the front yard, or dirt was moved around after additions, or fill brought in, and so on.
Many farmers didn't have the money to lose back then. In any case, I always watch for yards that look like they have the original grade, huge trees etc, and not a lot of junk lying around. Good luck if you decide to detect it.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I would be there today bright and early with detector in hand!

 

[pepperj]

I've hunted dozens of mid to late 1800's farmyards here in lower Michigan, and most are a waste of time. I've hit some yards where not even a single modern coin could be found.

Years ago, crops were planted right up to the house in many cases, or hogs slopped in the front yard, or dirt was moved around after additions, or fill brought in, and so on.
Many farmers didn't have the money to lose back then. In any case, I always watch for yards that look like they have the original grade, huge trees etc, and not a lot of junk lying around. Good luck if you decide to detect it.

Oh how I can relate to that one! Years ago when I started to do the switch back to the homestead hunting I hit an area that was settled by the Quakers. I've heard the saying "the purse strings were pulled/closed tight" In this case they sewed the suckers shut! After a dozen cellar hole hunts not one cent/token/coin of any type, lots of targets neat relics and things that made each one being the first to be hunted with a detector, but are the odds of no coinage. Poor dirt farmers didn't have the pleasure of loosing the money it seems.
Then on the other note I've hit sites that have produced a dozen or more tokens, early coinage, and no silver so it's still poor but digging blacksmith tokens is cool, and I can live with digging them any day. It's just a big box of chocolates the quality and quantity is the only difference.