MDing in the woods

[vibes]

MD'ing in the woods

For those of you who detect in the woods --how and why do you pick a particular area to hunt? Is it a particular tree grouping that looks appealing to you as ya drive by? OR is it more like map research? Google Earth?

I've always thought it would be one of those outings where ya search and search and *maybe* come home w/ a couple of nails and a Schlitz beer can (empty).

Thanks for your input, insight and insults.

 

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[RPG]

Re: MD'ing in the woods

Here's something else that is a dead giveaway for an old home site.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,244591.0.html

Randy

 

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[Shortstack]

Re: MD'ing in the woods

Hey, vibes.

Here's another spot only we older ( ) mders might know of. While you're driving around on those old country roads finding the old house places; you'll also want to try to figure out where their mailbox might have been. It was pretty common for the folks to leave a few coins inside the mailbox to pay the postage on letters they were mailing. The postman would put a stamp on the letter and turn in the money to the PO at the end of his workday. They would leave any change due inside the mailbox. Now, vibes, think of all the possible coinage lost on the ground, in the grass / gravel over all of those years.
Good luck and enjoy.

 

[vibes]

Re: MD'ing in the woods

RPG and Shortstack...


Thanks!

 

[Shortstack]

Re: MD'ing in the woods

vibes,

I'll expand a little on the mailbox subject.(should have in the previous post) Anyway, the mailboxes, generally speaking would be on one side of the road or the other in front of the house, but, if there were only a few houses on a side road, within a couple of miles to one end; the boxes may have been "nested" up on the main road. Example: My grandparents lived on a short, narrow side road back in the 30s and 40s, along with about 5 other families in as many houses. They all put their mailboxes, side-by-side, up on the main road to save the mail rider (that's what they were called) a little time. The line of boxes were straight off of their road, on the outside of the crossbar of the "T" intersection made by their road with the main road. Of course, many times and places would show the "neighborhood" put their boxes on one side or the other of their road, just "up" from the main road. Walking 2 miles (oneway) to the mailbox was not considered extreme in those days so don't judge those folks by today's lazy people.
I hope I described that correctly and haven't confused you. That Lincoln VDB cent might be hiding at one of those spots.

About RPG's flower find. I've found that lilies, glads, buttercups, and paperwhites were planted in the front yards and seldom in the side or back yard areas. If the driveways were long, they could be put along both sides. The reasons folks used those particular flower bulbs are they were cheap, plentiful, and last forever. In the South, those flower bulbs will last forever and multiply each season. RPG, be sure to look for the home's trash dump, too. You may find a lot more goodies there than the yard. GOOD LUCK.