DownEast_Detecting
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While scanning the lidar of previous permissions one day I happened to see this tiny depression(red circle) I knew it was a long shot but I hoped it could be an old house site. I made the trek yesterday.
This old road which can be seen on the topo is long gone. There were a total of 4 houses on it. (Blue, purple,orange and yellow circles) you can see them clearly on the old topo and their cellar holes on lidar. These are all from 1800's The (Red circle) is the hopefully older house site
So i make my way out there, and sure enough it is an old cellar hole. There are iron and other deep signals everywhere. The site is so thick with trees there is hardly any room to swing and in most places there isn't. So my first signal was a choppy lead one, I had to dig through many small stones that were either part of a very wide foundation or some sort of “patio” entrance. #1 is the smallest spoon I have ever dug. What is it made out of? It’s very fragile, some pieces flaked off when I tried to clean it. I think I pretty much found all the pieces. Was it a sugar, baby, or what spoon? How old?
Then some iron nails #2, I think they are hand forged rose heads. I thought #3 was going to be an old copper coin but turned out to be a piece of a hinge. I think it looks old and hand made. Doesn’t that edge look crude? And I think you can see saw or file marks as well. And is #4 a teapot handle or what?
How old do you think this site is? 1700's or 1800's? Thanks for looking
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Update #1
So i went back and just cleaned up some old dead trees, to get a little more room to swing. And looked what i pulled out. #5 is another rat tail pewter spoon except this one is a normal one compared to the tiny spoon. #6 is a flat button and #7 is a needle maybe? I swear i see a persons face with writing on the button. But i probably just got a gas of the Pareidolia's lol
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update #2
went back out today and did the backyard area. I dug my first colonial show buckle frame #8, hurray! and then in the same hole is #9. is that part of the tongue on the pin still? Im starting to think with those pewter rat tail spoons, hand wrought nails and this shoe buckle frame that im definitely into a 1700's site.
The stone wall is one of the oldest i have seen. Its barley still there and only is small areas. And a decent size oak coming up through it. It probably wasn't around when the stone wall was built. But i dont think these people were around in the 1800's to maintain it.
While scanning the lidar of previous permissions one day I happened to see this tiny depression(red circle) I knew it was a long shot but I hoped it could be an old house site. I made the trek yesterday.
This old road which can be seen on the topo is long gone. There were a total of 4 houses on it. (Blue, purple,orange and yellow circles) you can see them clearly on the old topo and their cellar holes on lidar. These are all from 1800's The (Red circle) is the hopefully older house site
So i make my way out there, and sure enough it is an old cellar hole. There are iron and other deep signals everywhere. The site is so thick with trees there is hardly any room to swing and in most places there isn't. So my first signal was a choppy lead one, I had to dig through many small stones that were either part of a very wide foundation or some sort of “patio” entrance. #1 is the smallest spoon I have ever dug. What is it made out of? It’s very fragile, some pieces flaked off when I tried to clean it. I think I pretty much found all the pieces. Was it a sugar, baby, or what spoon? How old?
Then some iron nails #2, I think they are hand forged rose heads. I thought #3 was going to be an old copper coin but turned out to be a piece of a hinge. I think it looks old and hand made. Doesn’t that edge look crude? And I think you can see saw or file marks as well. And is #4 a teapot handle or what?
How old do you think this site is? 1700's or 1800's? Thanks for looking
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Update #1
So i went back and just cleaned up some old dead trees, to get a little more room to swing. And looked what i pulled out. #5 is another rat tail pewter spoon except this one is a normal one compared to the tiny spoon. #6 is a flat button and #7 is a needle maybe? I swear i see a persons face with writing on the button. But i probably just got a gas of the Pareidolia's lol
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update #2
went back out today and did the backyard area. I dug my first colonial show buckle frame #8, hurray! and then in the same hole is #9. is that part of the tongue on the pin still? Im starting to think with those pewter rat tail spoons, hand wrought nails and this shoe buckle frame that im definitely into a 1700's site.
The stone wall is one of the oldest i have seen. Its barley still there and only is small areas. And a decent size oak coming up through it. It probably wasn't around when the stone wall was built. But i dont think these people were around in the 1800's to maintain it.
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