Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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[size=large]Got permission to detect on 260 new acres. The guy told me there was an old home-site couple fields over in the woods. He said I would see the standing chimney. So I detected my way there, swinging across 2 hay fields. [/size][attachment 80453 deaddeer.jpg]
[size=large]Well, things were pretty dead detecting across those fields. I found nothing. The fields were practically sterile, except for an occasional shotgun brass or 30.06 shell casing.[/size]
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[size=large]Ahhhhh... there's the chimney. After about 40 min. of tromping around through the thickets, I finally found it.[/size]
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[size=large]This was a chimney to a pretty well-built house, and looks to pre-date the Civil War. I am standing on the pile of bricks that was the other chimney at the other end of the house. [/size]
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[size=large]This is the other chimney; it is a pile of bricks approx. 5 foot high, 8 foot wide, and 20 foot long. Now if you need any old bricks, this is where to come to get them. They're all covered in moss, at least the ones on the surface.[/size]
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[size=large]Unfortunately, the area around the old house had been dozed at one time, and no matter where you put your coil down, it just screams. There is so much metal in the ground. I did find the old well that has been pushed in.
This old brass lamp was my only good find ( eyeballed) it is about 11 inches across. I left it there[/size]
[size=large]Well, things were pretty dead detecting across those fields. I found nothing. The fields were practically sterile, except for an occasional shotgun brass or 30.06 shell casing.[/size]
[attachment 80454 2.jpg]
[size=large]Ahhhhh... there's the chimney. After about 40 min. of tromping around through the thickets, I finally found it.[/size]
[attachment 80455 3.jpg]
[size=large]This was a chimney to a pretty well-built house, and looks to pre-date the Civil War. I am standing on the pile of bricks that was the other chimney at the other end of the house. [/size]
[attachment 80456 4.jpg]
[size=large]This is the other chimney; it is a pile of bricks approx. 5 foot high, 8 foot wide, and 20 foot long. Now if you need any old bricks, this is where to come to get them. They're all covered in moss, at least the ones on the surface.[/size]
[attachment 80457 5.jpg]
[size=large]Unfortunately, the area around the old house had been dozed at one time, and no matter where you put your coil down, it just screams. There is so much metal in the ground. I did find the old well that has been pushed in.
This old brass lamp was my only good find ( eyeballed) it is about 11 inches across. I left it there[/size]