Across the street from me is a small stream during the 1800's there were probably 4+mill sites up and down the 3/10's of a mile road I live on. I got permission to hunt a large section of property a long time ago. I last visited this site early spring, I got a huge case of poison ivy, and I never went back. I finally mustered up the courage to go at it again last Saturday, and I'm glad I did. The property I was on, last had a mill structure on it in the 1960's, when it was burned down by the town. I do not believe the mill had been in use since the 1940's. I know the mill had been built in the 1840's. It started off making covered wagons, and then was converted into making Trolley cars. There's still a huge section of track in the woods. The owner told me the location of an old storage "shed" which they used to trade out of, and pointed to a location where there was a huge barn up on a hill. This is all on the other side of the stream. On the near side, there still stands a barn and some apple trees. This I considered the more "modern" side and I hadn't detected it yet. I did a little bit of both this day, I'll narrate the rest via the pictures.
[attachment 104169 090608Huntpics1a.jpg]The fork, glass salt shaker, buckle, clay pipe bowl fragment, glob O' metal, and big a$$ copper thing came from the far "older" side. Very trashy, lots of nails. The remainder came from the near side by the stream and under the apple trees.
[attachment 104174 090608Huntpics8a.jpg]Here's a close up of the big copper thing, it's about the size of my hand. The odd part is, the top of it, which I think would be round/domed is filled with holes, almost like a strainer. Does anyone know what his is? I'll post a few more picks.
[attachment 104175 090608Huntpics9a.jpg]Close up of the holes
[attachment 104176 090608Huntpics10a.jpg]Here's the other side
[attachment 104177 090608Huntpics6a.jpg]Here's my best find here so far, my first half dollar. Unfortunately, as you can see I scraped it a bit. Stupid canslaw. I had uncovered 3-4 pieces right on top of this. I honestly thought I was digging the remainder of it up and wasn't being careful. I should have listened to my SE more carefully, with 20/20 hindsite I know that the last signal was too sweet to be canslaw.
[attachment 104178 090608Huntpics7a.jpg]Here's the back side of it, still a lot of detail. That divit on the wing wasn't my doing. I'm so upset about the front, I know you're not supposed to clean them, but perhaps some cleaning will tone down the appearance of the scratches.
I have some close up shots of the buckle I want people to take a look at, I'm going to have to respond to this post to "get around" the 6 pic limit.
Thanks for looking, and please chime in if you have any ideas on some of the finds.
Jai
[attachment 104169 090608Huntpics1a.jpg]The fork, glass salt shaker, buckle, clay pipe bowl fragment, glob O' metal, and big a$$ copper thing came from the far "older" side. Very trashy, lots of nails. The remainder came from the near side by the stream and under the apple trees.
[attachment 104174 090608Huntpics8a.jpg]Here's a close up of the big copper thing, it's about the size of my hand. The odd part is, the top of it, which I think would be round/domed is filled with holes, almost like a strainer. Does anyone know what his is? I'll post a few more picks.
[attachment 104175 090608Huntpics9a.jpg]Close up of the holes
[attachment 104176 090608Huntpics10a.jpg]Here's the other side
[attachment 104177 090608Huntpics6a.jpg]Here's my best find here so far, my first half dollar. Unfortunately, as you can see I scraped it a bit. Stupid canslaw. I had uncovered 3-4 pieces right on top of this. I honestly thought I was digging the remainder of it up and wasn't being careful. I should have listened to my SE more carefully, with 20/20 hindsite I know that the last signal was too sweet to be canslaw.
[attachment 104178 090608Huntpics7a.jpg]Here's the back side of it, still a lot of detail. That divit on the wing wasn't my doing. I'm so upset about the front, I know you're not supposed to clean them, but perhaps some cleaning will tone down the appearance of the scratches.
I have some close up shots of the buckle I want people to take a look at, I'm going to have to respond to this post to "get around" the 6 pic limit.
Thanks for looking, and please chime in if you have any ideas on some of the finds.
Jai