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Typical old Homestead finds..

Jackpine Savage

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Did some research of old plat books from the turn of the century and found these 4 homesteads located less than a half mile from each other. The corn has not been cut yet so I could not hit them all but managed these meager finds from the 2 that were huntable.<center>[attachment 8585 06plat.jpg][attachment 8586 o6fields.jpg]<br>Couple of rivets with some leather still atached, neat little bell possibly off a small farm animal, round ball (pistol?) some whatzits and what looks like the handle off of a straight razor Marked: Lancaster Works
 
& research work. Yep those are typical of old homesites. Gutta be some coins in there somewhere.....good luck.......
 
I'm with Bill.....gotta be some old money around there too! I like that bell. I found one one time and it cleaned up nicely. My oldest daughter confiscated it for a dinner bell. Every night before supper, it sounds like the Salvation Army is in my kitchen! I got another one a couple weeks ago, but the clapper is missing. I'm thinking about switching them up on her!:rolleyes:
 
but the dried dirt sort of looks like a gray clay. Were these just scattered or in concentrated groups? Once ya get that stuff cleaned out the mason jars of those old scandanavian bachelor farmers can't be far behind! ;)

HH
BarnacleBill
 
clay type ground than the norm around here. I used the Advantage as a cruiser to find the iron then grabbed the Excel to clean er up. Mostly scattered sutff, I think these 2 homesteads didnt last long. only dug one mason jar lid in 3 hours. The other site that is still in corn was a bigger farm and had a large family so I'm hopeful.

You should see the names on the Plat book just north of there. Vander this and Vander that. There was a large influx of Dutch settlers in the 1870's in the area. I grew up listening to Dutch jokes. :biggrin: I know it isn't PC to talk like that but man you should have been around my Grandma on my mothers side. She still called bicycles a "wheel' and had those old times names for every ethnic group. I don't mean to say she was prejudiced cuz she wasn't. It was just the way people talked and she hung on to those old pharses. But boy oh boy she made the best bread and cookies you ever ate in that huge woodstove and you never tasted milk as good as what came out of grandpa's cows. A lot of local kids got milk during the depression irregardless of the families position thanks to Grandpa.

Tom
 
Well I dun been to Holland, MI. Never heard any Dutch jokes while I was there. :lol:

BarnacleBill
 
"hotter than Dutch Love" :hot:

Aah the memories. :spin:
 
Jackpine Savage Wrote:
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> "hotter than Dutch Love" :hot:
> Aah the memories. :spin:

Boy, it's hard to imagine the Amish around here doing anything, er, passionately, but they sure do have large families.
Just an observation,
Tagamet
 
Which actually means "Heinz 57". :lol:

Tom Zook (Zug)
 
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