Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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[size=large]A guy told me of an old foundation and chimney that was down in the woods about a half mile. He said it had been logged about ten years ago, and there were no more landmarks to go by. He said it sat on a hill. I entered the woods at the photo below... walked about half a mile, and came to a clear cut, which was approx. a mile square. The clear cut had grown up with briar's, scrub trees, and littered with the remnants of the logged tree tops... oh, did I mention briers? I started going from hilltop to hilltop, through these thickets of grabbing briar's and tripping over downfalls. After about an hour and a half, I had covered every hilltop in the clearcut, but found no chimney or foundation stones. Looking back, I saw three very old large oak trees at the edge of the far woods where I had entered the clear cut. Thinking to myself, is it possible that the logging hadn't incorporated the home site?[/size]
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[size=large]So as not to have to walk through the brier infested tangles, I circled around through the woods, much easier walking. Even found an old road. [/size]
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[size=large]I did have to go through the clearcut again to get to the first large oak tree, which sat at the boundary of the clearcut and the woods. Walking in the woods about 50 feet, I spotted the standing stone chimney, with an upper room fireplace as well. The chimney on the opposite end of the house had fallen over, but judging from the foundation stones and the distance between the 2 chimneys, the house was approx. 40 x 20', 2 stories. It was about this time that I realized I had left my shovel in the truck; not only that, but I had lost my Lesche digger, the second one, at Burkeville the other day while detecting. All I had was my round-nosed backup digger. I detected about five minutes, enough to convince me that the place had never been hunted. Mason jar lids, parts of ornate copper panels, iron fire poker, etc. etc. By this time, I was already pretty beat after tromping through the clearcut; dying of thirst, and not willing to tackle the roots without my shovel. So I came home smiling, knowing I had a nice place to hunt in the next day or two. I'm sure that the only thing I'll be needing is more than the six photo option on this forum to show all of the really cool finds I hope I'll be digging soon.
You may respond to this post. High fives all around.
Later, Vernon [/size]
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[size=large]So as not to have to walk through the brier infested tangles, I circled around through the woods, much easier walking. Even found an old road. [/size]
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[size=large]I did have to go through the clearcut again to get to the first large oak tree, which sat at the boundary of the clearcut and the woods. Walking in the woods about 50 feet, I spotted the standing stone chimney, with an upper room fireplace as well. The chimney on the opposite end of the house had fallen over, but judging from the foundation stones and the distance between the 2 chimneys, the house was approx. 40 x 20', 2 stories. It was about this time that I realized I had left my shovel in the truck; not only that, but I had lost my Lesche digger, the second one, at Burkeville the other day while detecting. All I had was my round-nosed backup digger. I detected about five minutes, enough to convince me that the place had never been hunted. Mason jar lids, parts of ornate copper panels, iron fire poker, etc. etc. By this time, I was already pretty beat after tromping through the clearcut; dying of thirst, and not willing to tackle the roots without my shovel. So I came home smiling, knowing I had a nice place to hunt in the next day or two. I'm sure that the only thing I'll be needing is more than the six photo option on this forum to show all of the really cool finds I hope I'll be digging soon.
You may respond to this post. High fives all around.
Later, Vernon [/size]
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