Does this look good?

[dont know nutin]

[attachment 117897 myplace.jpg] I am new to this hobby but I am all fired up about trying my new Safari out! I thought why not start at home. Along with my farm house I have some acreage. I rent it out to a local farmer the rent he pays me pays the taxes on the property. There is no tilling allowed on my land so they dont cut in deep and ruin the soil. Heres a photo of my place the home and barn is on the right and the land shaped like a letter "L" its a lighter shade color then the land around it is mine. it has a tree line all around the land. Can anyone see a good place to look?

 

[tabdog]

Hay Nutin,

Just a guess.

You got your work cut out fer ya.

Your area is some of tha best farm land in tha state according to tha
Handbook of Wisconsin by S. Silas, 1855, pg. 106.

Having good farming lands, it was probably rapidly settled at an early
date.

My guess is that you could have some nice fields ta hunt.

You got a good machine. Use it a lot. Tha more ya dig, tha more ya
know.

Hope it works out good fer ya.

Tabdog

 

[Tseeker]

n/t

 

[Mi$$ouri Jim]

I suggest getting plat maps of the farm/field (varying from oldest you can find to about 50 years ago... I'd say one plat map per 20 years). Then compare them to look for houses (and any other structures like schools) that may have been on the property over the years. I got plat maps from my county seat (in the historical library dept.).

Then start at those areas metal detecting & work out to surrounding areas.

I dont know what part of the country you live in, but where I live... it wasnt as populated like it was on the east coast. So just picking a field around where I live will very likely not have anything good to find. That's why i wont hunt fields unless I KNOW there was something there in the past.