Charmin
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- Sep 3, 2007
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Another old homestead site found in Oklahoma-wedding bands & more!!
My daughters and I recently found another old homestead site a couple of miles from the one we've been detecting and decided to go check it out yesterday. My oldest daughter took some pictures of the old foundation. The people who built this place certainly knew what how to plan a house site! It sits on a high bank overlooking a creek and a big bottom(a field). The house was a two room as far as I can tell and there are still a couple of old trees next to it. We haven't found where the barn or outbuildings were--still looking. We started metal detecting where we "think" the back door would have been. The kid smoked me on finds!! She started off with a wedding band
! It was a ladies ring and says "CHECO"(?) inside--anyone know what that means?? and looks to be gold. She also found an 1898 Barber quarter and a 1913 buffalo nickel. About five feet from where she found the ring, I found a mans wedding band--its just gold plated and very thin. It also has some marks that I've never seen before and any information on these would also be appreciated! These finds are almost sad to me--I have to wonder why the man and woman lost their rings 
. We also found a pocket knife, an A.J. Tower button(rain slicker)(I have found 2 of these at the other homestead site-this must have been a popular jacket/slicker), 4 brass reed things(?), 15 shotgun shells, a Merry Widows tin, a back off a pocket watch(?), some intricate iron pieces that say Peabody-Stiggleman Co., (maybe an old sewing machine?), and a cast iron foot(stove?). West and southwest of the foundation is a rocky outcropping and while metal detecting this, we started finding pieces of flint and maybe a couple of broken arrowheads. I found a trilobite, too!! At least I think that's what it is?! We'll be going back this week--the weather is supposed to be beautiful and in the 60's--the Oklahoma weather is really crazy right now, but I'm not complaining!! Here are the pictures and also a picture of a flock of wild turkey's we happened upon while driving to the site. Hope you enjoy!!! sandcreek4
My daughters and I recently found another old homestead site a couple of miles from the one we've been detecting and decided to go check it out yesterday. My oldest daughter took some pictures of the old foundation. The people who built this place certainly knew what how to plan a house site! It sits on a high bank overlooking a creek and a big bottom(a field). The house was a two room as far as I can tell and there are still a couple of old trees next to it. We haven't found where the barn or outbuildings were--still looking. We started metal detecting where we "think" the back door would have been. The kid smoked me on finds!! She started off with a wedding band
! It was a ladies ring and says "CHECO"(?) inside--anyone know what that means?? and looks to be gold. She also found an 1898 Barber quarter and a 1913 buffalo nickel. About five feet from where she found the ring, I found a mans wedding band--its just gold plated and very thin. It also has some marks that I've never seen before and any information on these would also be appreciated! These finds are almost sad to me--I have to wonder why the man and woman lost their rings . We also found a pocket knife, an A.J. Tower button(rain slicker)(I have found 2 of these at the other homestead site-this must have been a popular jacket/slicker), 4 brass reed things(?), 15 shotgun shells, a Merry Widows tin, a back off a pocket watch(?), some intricate iron pieces that say Peabody-Stiggleman Co., (maybe an old sewing machine?), and a cast iron foot(stove?). West and southwest of the foundation is a rocky outcropping and while metal detecting this, we started finding pieces of flint and maybe a couple of broken arrowheads. I found a trilobite, too!! At least I think that's what it is?! We'll be going back this week--the weather is supposed to be beautiful and in the 60's--the Oklahoma weather is really crazy right now, but I'm not complaining!! Here are the pictures and also a picture of a flock of wild turkey's we happened upon while driving to the site. Hope you enjoy!!! sandcreek4
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Also very nice job on the silver and buffalo nickle! 
She's just not into this detecting!! Maybe someday the lights will come on with her, too!
