1755 Farm House

[Patience-such-a-Virtue]

I went metal detecting this past weekend at a farm house that was built by a British soldier that went awall during the French & Indian War, he fled further west and built this house which is about one mile from my place. The man was also sued by George Washington for milling rights in the area ( From what I understand you needed a permit to grind grain and he didn't, out my way there are many old gritts mill foundations along the creeks it must have been an important way of life then ) The home owners have documents to prove that all this is true.

On the property theres a decent size farm house, a decrepid spring house, a very large barn, and an outhouse. I have detected there side yard on two seperate occasions now and found nothing, this was my third time there and I searched the front of the house by the main door. The machine was on only for a minute and I got a strong signal but it was to shallow for me to bother digging but since I haven't found anything at this place yet I dug it.

Here is my first coin that I found at this site it's an 1827 Large Cent, the coin looks better than what the pictures show. It was 1/2" deep I was surprized, this makes my 3rd Large Cent this year.

 

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[Old California]

WTG Patience,

Crusty or not she's a beauty Especially from a site a solider built a house on and was sued by George Washington.

I have an old book "around 1805" telling the story of George Washington, Considering the age of the book it's in very good condition.

Congrats with your large cart wheel
Paul (Ca)

 

[Cannonman17]

Very cool, hold the faith.. I bet there's more.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice find and site! Can you dig out the old outhouse or is it still in use, LOL? HH, Mike

 

[mxtswinger]

Most Excellent! Were you under the eave of the house/porch? The water runoff will erode the soil there, revealing some shallower goodies. Big CONGRATS!

Good Swingin
Kevin

 

[lucky1777]

Nice find, good luck on your next hunt.

 

[funkman]

good job on that large cent. I just found 2 of them myself a week apart form each other. One was buried and the other was laying right on top of the ground. I was searching an area where a house and road used to be but is now trails for dirtbikes and ATV's. They must have dislodged the one. Mine are from 1842 and 1853. Great that you found 3 of them so far this year. Kepp at it and more great things should appear.

HH

Funkman

 

[JerV3]

Nice large cent.

If the area dates back that far most large coins will be deep.

Good luck and dig the faint signals.

HH Jer

 

[Rusted_Iron]

Nice find! Sounds like you've got a great hunting spot there.
HH
-Rusted