farm site

3 of these structures inside a really nice, large cellar hole. What are they? Root cellars? Storage areas? Why have the stone roof, when the floor from the building would have acted like a ceiling in the basement? Has anybody see these before or know what their use was?

I spent a few more hours at the old field today and made a few decent finds. The heavy copper cow tag was a nice surprise. The 1852 Large Cent came out in decent shape for this site. I am not sure what the lead button shaped things are. The arrowhead was a nice surprise on the way back to the...

I went back to the Large Cent site for a couple hours this afternoon with the two oldest kids. It was a pretty slow hunt overall with a lot of trash although I did like the cast iron stove foot. The very last signal of the day was the half dime. I thought it was a toy aluminum coin at first. My...

I found new site at the park the other day where a home site was located from an 1859 map. I had tried to locate the site couple times before but with no luck. I finally found it. I found an 1860 IH with a square nail hole through it along with an old pin and small gold plated ring a couple...

I went back to the farm site in the woods where I found the token last week. I found another token about 30 feet away from where I found the other one. This One is a Bull Durham tobacco token. I also found a very old looking brass button which I don't know anything of the age. The UMC Co...

First 1800s coin. First Indian Head cent. Oldest coin. I am finally starting to make some good finds at the old farm site. I went out last week and found the 1915 D wheatie and tags. The top tag is an elastic (sewing) tag and the bottom tag is from, I think, a money belt from the 1910s-40s...