Our meager take.....

[Anonymous]

for Sat. @ couple cellar holes <img src="/metal/html/cry.gif" border=0 width=40 height=15 alt=":cry"> Me, Rob, & John worked them hard, but these just seemed to be people who had nothing, or maybe someone else beat us to them? <img src="/metal/html/shrug.gif" border=0 width=37 height=15 alt=":shrug"> No coins & just a harness part, couple toe taps, & the find of the day was my flat button <IMG SRC="/metal/html/unsure.gif" BORDER=0 width=18 height=18 ALT="u~"> Oh well, we had fun...better luck next time <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">

 

[Anonymous]

The last celar hole we found on a small rise right next to a swamp. John's checking out the inside. All's the guy had was 2 toe taps that he lost running from the place I guess <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> .....even using all metal it was quiet...

 

[Anonymous]

Bill:
Thanks for the photo. You know, if I were out walking in the woods, I'm not sure I'd have recognized that as a cellar hole. Looks like a couple of rocks in the woods to me. (I'm learning something from your photos.)
I've only hunted two similar places. One was absolutely filled with rusted tin and sheet metal... I think it was used as a garbage dump after the house was gone. Didn't find a thing there. The other was probably a mobile home back in the 40s or 50's... all that's left there is a pile of tin cans, and a small rock flower bed with some non-native plants peeking out under the brush. Didn't find a thing there either.
Do you do any library or map research to find these places, or do you just go out and look?
Thanks for posting.
BG

 

[Anonymous]

It was kinda a dreary day & it looks like the flash went off & it's just hard to see the foundation. If ya look hard you'll see a few large, square stones which is a give away. Also the depression is square & there was also an open well right near the hole too. But your right, sometimes we just see a hole or depression in the woods. Often times the rocks have been stripped out to build other homes or walls. So the only way to be sure is turn a detector on & see if there's any iron in the ground. Your also right that cellar holes were used as a convienient place to dump after they were abandoned. This turns people off, but the yards should still be detected. Some may remember last year the picture I posted of the cellar hole loaded with tires, stoves, etc that produced a Civil War pistol powder flask out behind it <img src="/metal/html/shocked.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=":shock">
We usually just drive around back roads or hike to find these. In this case I got an old map of this town & we were able to walk right to it.....

 

[Anonymous]

that looks like a sword hangar! HH, Mike

 

[Anonymous]

They ID'd the thing on the Whatzit forum as a "Gag Swivel" which is (like you said) a harness part.

 

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[Anonymous]

And I think the museum people even ID'd one initially as such, I've found about 5 of 'em in the UK. Makes sense I guess. Sword hanger sounds so much more romantic. HH

 

[Anonymous]

Some that turn up in the UK probably are. But these one that turn up around here are from farms. So it's hard to imagine a farmer walking around with a big sword on his side <img src="/metal/html/smile.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="">