Fantastic end to 2024

[relic ray]

I knew of a hotel, bar, dance platform, and clam bakes that once existed deep in the woods of this county park. It took me loads of research to find out more information about all of this. The hotel and the other structures were built in 1875 and was in business until 1940. Clam bakes every Sunday during nice weather. Usually 100 to 300 people would show up. One special Sunday, 2000 people showed up. I couldn't detect this area until I got a working GPS unit. It was over a quarter mile trail through the woods to get to this place. Now I'm up there in age so I detected this area for about 16 days but less than an hour and a half each day. When I was younger, I could go 4 or 5 hours at a time. A younger person could have found all these treasures in just a few days.
The real point is that it really really pays to do lots of historic research.

 

[Rick(ND)]

Thats a very nice collection of finds you found, think I would go back more time as I am sure there is much more.
I know when I was younger I could go many hours detecting each day, but now that I am older (77) It hard to detect more that a hour or so and sure do miss it.

Rick

 

[Ted S]

Pretty nice batch of finds! I am also a big believer in research! Well done!!

 

[relic ray]

Thats a very nice collection of finds you found, think I would go back more time as I am sure there is much more.
I know when I was younger I could go many hours detecting each day, but now that I am older (77) It hard to detect more that a hour or so and sure do miss it.

Rick

Hi Rick, yeah, I'm in that age bracket too.
Oh yeah, I'll be going back to that site as soon as the weather permits.

 

[relic ray]

Pretty nice batch of finds! I am also a big believer in research! Well done!!

Thanks Ted. I've been detecting for 20 years and this particular site is the best I've ever seen.

 

[fwcrawford]

Man…. You really killed it at that site!!
Very nice finds!!
That site was definitely forgotten by time.
Thanks for posting!!

 

[MuddyMo]

Good research and the resulting great finds. Congrats, well done!

 

[Confetrit]

Well Done Mr. Ray. You proved beyond a shadow of doubt that doing research pays off. Really a nice collection of Saves there.

 

[Geologyhound]

Gives us all hope there are more good sites left out there. Great finds, and hope to see more!