DownEast_Detecting
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- Feb 26, 2020
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- Detector(s) used
- Garrett AT Pro, Minelab CTX 3030
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Didn't have much time today after work. So i decided to just drive to a few cellar holes i have marked in Gaia as potential sites. Just to see how i would access them or who i would have to ask for permission. I drove down a road that's 10 minutes away from where i live, that i have apparently never been on. When i got to where the old road was to the site. I was very pleased to find out, that a new nature walking path had been put in. Its maintained by the same group i got permission from to hunt other walks. (They said i could hunt any of the walks they maintain, as long as i show them all my finds. And they can keep anything they deem "historical") I just never new this new one was here. So i grabbed my detector and headed in. I assume that they dug out these cellar holes recently because they dont show up like they should on my Maine lidar from 2019. (see below) ones in this good of condition and this large should show up on lidar like no body's business. (I marked this as a potential site because one house shows up on an old topo map. And isnt there on newer ones.)
Red Circle foundation. it has 3 of those little "roofed" in sections. What are these called? and what are they for? little root cellars?
Yellow circle foundation that i could not find on any maps
So i noticed someone else had been digging inside them and some iron was up on the foundation wall. But there is still so much iron and other junk inside them, i wasn't about to start clearing them out. So i just detected in the field next to the first one for an hour. (red circle) All i came up with was a 1917 Mercury Dime and Flat Button. The button still had all its gilt on the back. So i was happy with some silver and a button.
Red Circle foundation. it has 3 of those little "roofed" in sections. What are these called? and what are they for? little root cellars?
Yellow circle foundation that i could not find on any maps
So i noticed someone else had been digging inside them and some iron was up on the foundation wall. But there is still so much iron and other junk inside them, i wasn't about to start clearing them out. So i just detected in the field next to the first one for an hour. (red circle) All i came up with was a 1917 Mercury Dime and Flat Button. The button still had all its gilt on the back. So i was happy with some silver and a button.
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