I had the day off to get some things done around the house & then fight city hall 
I managed to squeeze in a good hour to explore a mill site that goes back to the early 1800's.......
First we travel down a hill & down this path....."The path less traveled"
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Soon the path takes a turn & this is what is seen. Poking up out of the underbrush & along the stream are the remains of the original mill complex. [attachment 28798 Dmill2.jpg]
Here it is as I get closer....The mill was very active for hundreds of years & many of the gears etc, remain just as they were abandoned. LIke going back in time almost....
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The mill had several addtions over the years. The earliest foundations still visable were made out of stone. The land owner told us that the smaller stone foundation I thought was a barn was supposedly the company store :O
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I have hunted this place with my dad since I moved here from S.C. & always remembered how trashy it is. It's constant overload signals everywhere having been used for so long. I thought it would be a good place to test out the Sun Ray 5.5" coil...
There were holes visable from other detectorists & I got lots of overloads. I turned the Edge disc up to +17 to just dig coins & high tones. My first good find on the bank behind the "store" was a coin. I was hoping it was a nice indian head, but it turned out to be a 1919 wheatie which was when the mills days were winding down....[attachment 28803 Dmill5.jpg]
The finds are nothing special this time, but I thought everyone would like to see photo's of the site more than what was found. The site really is cool & this post is sorta my ode to JL riding off into the sunset
I only messed around for an hour & found a bottle opener, a couple what's it's, and the 1919 wheat....
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hope you liked the pictures.
HH, Bill
I managed to squeeze in a good hour to explore a mill site that goes back to the early 1800's.......First we travel down a hill & down this path....."The path less traveled"
[attachment 28797 Dmill1.jpg]
Soon the path takes a turn & this is what is seen. Poking up out of the underbrush & along the stream are the remains of the original mill complex. [attachment 28798 Dmill2.jpg]
Here it is as I get closer....The mill was very active for hundreds of years & many of the gears etc, remain just as they were abandoned. LIke going back in time almost....
[attachment 28802 Dmill4.jpg]
The mill had several addtions over the years. The earliest foundations still visable were made out of stone. The land owner told us that the smaller stone foundation I thought was a barn was supposedly the company store :O
[attachment 28800 Dmill3.jpg]
I have hunted this place with my dad since I moved here from S.C. & always remembered how trashy it is. It's constant overload signals everywhere having been used for so long. I thought it would be a good place to test out the Sun Ray 5.5" coil...
There were holes visable from other detectorists & I got lots of overloads. I turned the Edge disc up to +17 to just dig coins & high tones. My first good find on the bank behind the "store" was a coin. I was hoping it was a nice indian head, but it turned out to be a 1919 wheatie which was when the mills days were winding down....[attachment 28803 Dmill5.jpg]
The finds are nothing special this time, but I thought everyone would like to see photo's of the site more than what was found. The site really is cool & this post is sorta my ode to JL riding off into the sunset
I only messed around for an hour & found a bottle opener, a couple what's it's, and the 1919 wheat....
[attachment 28804 Dmill8.jpg]
hope you liked the pictures.
HH, Bill
I don't know when I'll get to swing the coil again!
