Gypsy Heart
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Went to hunt my favorite old town today and the owner pulled up to one of the old houses I have been eyeing up ,but could never track him down for permission! So I ran across the road and introduced myself and asked if I could hunt his old house. A big smile and a yes!!!! We got to talking and he mentioned that he lived in the neighboring town and his family had once owned the property for the entire town and had sold it to the railroad to begin the town there! And he was living on the original homestead farm of about 800 acres. Then he mentioned that he had been sawing some trees up in the woods and had lost a maul that had belonged to his grandfather(now passed away) and that it really bothered him because it was his grandpas. He said he would be running the wood splitter up there later and asked me if I would come look for it after I was finished detecting.
After he left ,I only was able to hunt about ten minutes but dug this great brass padlock. I tried to find something on it but the only thing I found was some guy had one on Ebay and called it a watch fob for a hotel key?
So ....long story short....I met him up there and after about 30 minutes of detecting I found the maul. I was really happy because I didnt want him to think I was a dork who couldnt find anything! LOL And he was very happy and wants me to see if I can now find his logging chain....LOL
So after a nice chat ,he started giving me permission to hunt several of his properties including the farm which includes four old homesteads!!!!! And the best part is he is friends with the adjoining neighbors where a civil war skirmish took place and is going ask permission for me to hunt those areas also!!!
After he left ,I only was able to hunt about ten minutes but dug this great brass padlock. I tried to find something on it but the only thing I found was some guy had one on Ebay and called it a watch fob for a hotel key?
So ....long story short....I met him up there and after about 30 minutes of detecting I found the maul. I was really happy because I didnt want him to think I was a dork who couldnt find anything! LOL And he was very happy and wants me to see if I can now find his logging chain....LOL
So after a nice chat ,he started giving me permission to hunt several of his properties including the farm which includes four old homesteads!!!!! And the best part is he is friends with the adjoining neighbors where a civil war skirmish took place and is going ask permission for me to hunt those areas also!!!
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