Fire pit

[bama #1]

I found this pit about 25 years ago when I was a kid. I just now got around to MD it. The pit is about 15 by 15 feet and 5ft deep with foundation rocks all around it. I have searched the site about 5 times and found nothing but nails all around it. I went back today and started digging out the pit to see if I could get a little deeper. I dug down about a foot and found a fire place base with ashes still around the sides. Does anyone know what this site may have been? I am going back this weekend and excavate some more.

 

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[BobinSouthVA]

After reading Night Stalkers post in Best of... I'd be digging up and under those bricks in a heartbeat.

 

[Cynangyl]

lol good point!

 

[DCMatt]

That's what we call a "redneck microwave". It's a pig roasting pit. YYUUUMMMMMM!


DCMatt

 

[wildrider]

That's what we call a "redneck microwave". It's a pig roasting pit. YYUUUMMMMMM!


DCMatt

Dang, I just changed my shirt, and now you have started to drool again...Mmmm Bar-b-que

 

[hasbeen]

It may be a charcoal or brick kiln.

Many years ago ,transportation was very expensive so bricks were made locally and charcoal was produced for metalworking where coal was not available.

hasbeen

 

[Sandman]

It may be a charcoal or brick kiln.

This is what I think it was too. The bricks were expensive during the time and that is why the old walls are missing. I would check around the area for anything else that may have gotten left behind.

 

[Burdie]

Great site keep digging.
Burdie

 

[gtfd47]

sounds like a classic cellar hole to me

 

[Kentucky Kache]

Get-r-dug.

 

[Nana40]

Get-r-dug.

Yep!
Somebody was there at some point...bound to be some keepers around. I also see lots and lots of poison oak there. :P

Good luck! Nana

 

[chong2]

at least u know its 25 years old

 

[steve71]

looks like you need a backhoe.keep digging

 

[Kentucky Kache]

WTG. If it is a moonshiner's site, there could be a cache anywhere in the area.

 

[DCMatt]

Hmmm... Let's add it up...

Fire pit
Knife
Bucket (and probably the remains of mop somewhere nearby...)
ketchup & whiskey bottles

Whiskey Barbeque Sauce

1 small onion, diced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup whiskey
2 cups ketchup
1/4 cup vinegar
2 Tbsp. tomato paste
1/4 cup Worchestershire sauce
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 Tbsp. liquid smoke
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. salt

Still looks like a pig roasting pit to me... but that's just me...

DCMatt

 

[chong2]

good job digging, did you get the button identified?

 

[Nana40]

Wow! That's a great button, bama! Maybe put up a pic of the back and someone could id it for ya..might help on getting a date of the site?

Nana

 

[chong2]

i agree!