Catskill Mountains Relic Hunt....:twodetecting:

[ColonialEraHunter]

Went out metal detecting with some friends to look for some old cellar holes that we found on a map in the shawangunk mountains.
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Came upon this old wagon road and decided to follow it into the woods. Heres my friend Rich 4 wheeling on the old road.
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After about 1/2 mile in we came upon the first cellar hole.
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Not much was found at this cellar hole but some old iron relics and old shotgun casings. We spent an hour and a half at this site and then decided to explore further down the road.
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After a half hour of 4 wheeling down the road we came upon old ruins of a 17th century dutch home.
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Here's my friends brother Nick hunting around the ruins with his T2.
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Here's my friends left to right John,who is known as cellarholerat on this forum, Dale, and John's brother Nick. They are standing next to a huge tree in the back yard of the old ruins.

 

[bigfootokie]

Looks like a really interesting and old area to hunt. Very nice pictures, great old house ruins. Did you find anything at the ruins? I wish we had areas like that to hunt. My area has only been settled since the late 1880's.
Jim

 

[ColonialEraHunter]

Jim, due to picture limitations of the forum look at part 2 of the story which has finds from the cellar holes.