wallycoz
Jr. Member
Always up for a challenge, through a connection of my father, I was asked to do a presentation on a local ghost town. I gave this presentation to a local genealogical society. The members were pleased and I was asked to return - Hooraah 
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Sitting through the first part of their meeting, I was given new insight on names and searches which would come in handy for anyone doing a search for a particular person or place. I recommend attending if at all possible!
The second half of my presentation was sort of a "show-n-tell", where I showed many of my prizes collected over the years of detecting. Having many historical items are of a greater value to me than a handfull of diamond rings. I think this came across in my presentation as well.
Anyway, after I had finished, a lady came up to me and told me the next time I was in her area, to please stop bye. She gave me an open door to detect her property. The house was built in 1848 and was destroyed by fire in 1920. She said the brickwork underneath was all original but, the woodwork above was rebuilt after the fire. She said there was an access to underneath the house and I immediately knelt down on one knee and kissed her hand. Once she stopped laughing and got some normal color back in her face, she said whatever I found we would split! Can't ask for more than that. I wonder, does that include all the rusted nails too?
Anyway, local genealogical societies and historical societies are a true treasure trove of possibilities... DO NOT let them escape you!
Will let all know what is found.
Wallycoz
!Sitting through the first part of their meeting, I was given new insight on names and searches which would come in handy for anyone doing a search for a particular person or place. I recommend attending if at all possible!
The second half of my presentation was sort of a "show-n-tell", where I showed many of my prizes collected over the years of detecting. Having many historical items are of a greater value to me than a handfull of diamond rings. I think this came across in my presentation as well.
Anyway, after I had finished, a lady came up to me and told me the next time I was in her area, to please stop bye. She gave me an open door to detect her property. The house was built in 1848 and was destroyed by fire in 1920. She said the brickwork underneath was all original but, the woodwork above was rebuilt after the fire. She said there was an access to underneath the house and I immediately knelt down on one knee and kissed her hand. Once she stopped laughing and got some normal color back in her face, she said whatever I found we would split! Can't ask for more than that. I wonder, does that include all the rusted nails too
?Anyway, local genealogical societies and historical societies are a true treasure trove of possibilities... DO NOT let them escape you!
Will let all know what is found.
Wallycoz
