I did another presentation at a summer school program yesterday. I took a few photo's but afterwards the teacher said that some of the parents didn't want pictures of their kids online, so I will respect those wishes......
While in this area of the state, I had remembered a lead I had received a few years ago from a bottle digger about some foundations in the woods. Three+ years ago the directions were very vauge & I never found the site. But I ran into this same guy at a bottle show recently & he said again I should go there with a metal detector (he just digs for glass). I got much better details this time, & while presenting in the area decided to scout it out. We have a detecting guest coming in from out of town this weekend, & I had been trying to find a new early site for all of us.
I went up there & the directions were perfect......I immediately saw stonewalls soon after exiting the car.
[attachment 62926 YGwalls.jpg]
Then this cool Eastern Box turtle crossed into my path. I believe these are on the endangered list & they are not often seen. This is only the second one I have come across. He was quite shy & didn't wanna come out of his shell. He seemed to live right near the better of 2 cellar holes that appear Colonial........
[attachment 62927 YgBoxer.jpg]
Here's the second "hole" & the better preserved of the 2. The other was smaller & just a toppled mess of rocks....BUt both have potential for early relics & hopefully coins too.
[attachment 62928 YGHole1.jpg]
I continued up the cart road & located 2 outbuildings (usually root cellars, barns, or ice houses).....this is a cool one that was built right into the side of this large boulder. IN the background you can see the stonewalls that surround this entire Colonial complex. Perhaps to keep animals in or to just mark their boundrys.
[attachment 62929 YGroot1.jpg]
On the way out, along one of the stone walls was this very small out building....possibly another small root cellar or something...
[attachment 62930 yagout2.jpg]
The woods is pretty open & looks good for detecting. Not sure if it's ever been detected, but we should have a good time Sat, & hopefully we can get our guest, Keith from Texas his first Colonial coin. I hope he's not camera shy because if the weather's good I will be filming "Saving History, New England" here. I think the History Channel should come right here & film
Hopefully you'll see a nice post with what we turn up next week!
HH,
Bill
While in this area of the state, I had remembered a lead I had received a few years ago from a bottle digger about some foundations in the woods. Three+ years ago the directions were very vauge & I never found the site. But I ran into this same guy at a bottle show recently & he said again I should go there with a metal detector (he just digs for glass). I got much better details this time, & while presenting in the area decided to scout it out. We have a detecting guest coming in from out of town this weekend, & I had been trying to find a new early site for all of us.
I went up there & the directions were perfect......I immediately saw stonewalls soon after exiting the car.
[attachment 62926 YGwalls.jpg]
Then this cool Eastern Box turtle crossed into my path. I believe these are on the endangered list & they are not often seen. This is only the second one I have come across. He was quite shy & didn't wanna come out of his shell. He seemed to live right near the better of 2 cellar holes that appear Colonial........
[attachment 62927 YgBoxer.jpg]
Here's the second "hole" & the better preserved of the 2. The other was smaller & just a toppled mess of rocks....BUt both have potential for early relics & hopefully coins too.
[attachment 62928 YGHole1.jpg]
I continued up the cart road & located 2 outbuildings (usually root cellars, barns, or ice houses).....this is a cool one that was built right into the side of this large boulder. IN the background you can see the stonewalls that surround this entire Colonial complex. Perhaps to keep animals in or to just mark their boundrys.
[attachment 62929 YGroot1.jpg]
On the way out, along one of the stone walls was this very small out building....possibly another small root cellar or something...
[attachment 62930 yagout2.jpg]
The woods is pretty open & looks good for detecting. Not sure if it's ever been detected, but we should have a good time Sat, & hopefully we can get our guest, Keith from Texas his first Colonial coin. I hope he's not camera shy because if the weather's good I will be filming "Saving History, New England" here. I think the History Channel should come right here & film
Hopefully you'll see a nice post with what we turn up next week!
HH,
Bill
