What do you think I could find

[mlayers]

OK I know of a place where there used to be a Indian Village. What do you think I could find there. I have talked to the land owner and it has been in his family for 100 yrs. He told me no detector has been in this field. There has been people that has walked it and found arrow heads. Do anyone think it be a good place to detect. I know his crop is still on the field right now. I have been trying to get in this field for the last couple of years. But his crops is still in the field when the snow starts to fly. So guys/gals do you think this is a good place to detect. I think this would be a great place for arrow heads and pottery but I don't know about metal items or coins. Input please......Mat

 

[pennyfarmer]

Don't know till you do it. Might as well give it a shot and look for some arrow heads while you are at it.

 

[HuntNdig]

maybe not coins, but you could have a good shot at some pretty nice jewelry and other relics! I would say it is definitely worth a shot!

 

[baywalker]

Whats the question

Jonnie

 

[gleaner1]

Whats the question

Jonnie

The question is "What do you think I could find", but without a question mark, but we assume that that is in fact the question. One thing is for certain, without question, the answer is treasure. Is it not.

 

[rginn]

By all means take the detector out. Not familiar with your part of the country, but if it's an historic site, then trade was going on with the Europeans, which will involve metal artifacts.

 

[buzzgator]

I have a site with pottery everywhere, have only found 1 arrowhead there but lots of musket balls n buttons! So yes by all means try it out really know telling what u may find.

 

[Prairie Prowler]

True you wont know until you detect it...I have a friend whose house was & property was on an old village & they cherry-picked over 800+ points.. several axe heads (stone ) ..along with copper bells( Crotal )some brass beads..& odd shaped copper pieces.. tools ? or trade items expect the unexpected....Good luck)

 

[umrgolf]

definitely bring the detector.. throughout history, cultures have always re-used earlier campsites

 

[Frankn]

Nothing to loose, like $200, Sorry about that just couldn't controll it. And the prospect of some nice finds both metal and otherwise. Frank

 

[Joe(TX)]

....depends on the age of the Indian Village....A few years ago I visited my Aunt in Tennessee....her next door neighbor told me that he owned a corn field which use to be the site of a large Indian Village .......lots of Indian artifacts such as arrowheads could be found especially if one searched visually right after a rain shower..............turns out that the Indian Village dated to around 2500 years ago.....so that was the reason that I turned up no metal at all except for a piece or two off the farmer's tractor..........JT

 

[buzzgator]

Not saying its the case where you were Joe but almost every site I have ever been on has been multi component. If it was a nice place to live 10,000 years ago it was prolly nice 5k ago and today as well. My best arrowhead site has everything from trans paleo to historic artifacts. There was a grist mill a tavern and 2 homesites all on this beautiful village site. You never know what you might find.