stacked rocks!????????

[trevmma]

found this today in ohio by a huge indian mound, dont know what it is but seems man made. there is a spring thats start inside it.
last ones a video if u click it.

 

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[Rasputin]

That's really cool. It looks like a springhead that someone encased in stones to make a spring house.

 

[trevmma]

would be good to metal detect im sure right

 

[johnnyblaze]

Looks like an old well on a colonial site..
Are there penned in stone fences?




Blaze..

 

[trevmma]

not that i have seen but a lot of stacked rocks
i have those at my work though(fence post) what do they mean

 

[trevmma]

could this be like a bench, its a movie just click it

 

[Tuberale]

Out here in the West, a single stack of rocks can be a cairn, which is also instrumental in locating a mineral claim.

Usually a single stack, though. You rock stack appears to be sheltering the spring, which might be a way of keeping it clean for consumption.

 

[johnnyblaze]

By stone fences i mean the rock walls that surround an area..Squared in..The period term is stone fences..Usually designed to keep animals in or out.
Now small around 2 or 3 foot columns in the area would usually be corn cribs..
Sometimes people will mistake piles of stone for cairns when they were just piles the settlers made in clearing the land for cultivation.
Looks like you are on a colonial site though
Hit it hard and persistent with a detector that for sure
What state?


Blaze...

 

[trevmma]

ohio

 

[Swartzie]

That's really cool. It looks like a springhead that someone encased in stones to make a spring house.

I agree. Looks like a springhouse. Any signs of an old homesite around?
There's bound to be some goodies in the ground out there.

-Swartzie

 

[Sheldon J]

One more vote for a spring house, seen a heap of them over the years in Tenn and KY.

 

[deepskyal]

Probably got yourself a springhouse and that wall may have been part of a fruit cellar.

Springhouses were not just for water but also to keep things cool, like meats or milk.
Fruit cellars kept squash, taters and the like safe through the winter.
Must have been an old shanty or house nearby. Look for a relatively flat area. Doesn't necessarily have to be huge to have been an old hermits place. And you kno... a lot of them old hermits hid more than food and didn't trust a lot of folk....didn't trust banks...

Nice spot!

Al

 

[trevmma]

awesome im pumped, any secrets with digging in the frozen ground,lol.

 

[Kiros32]

awesome im pumped, any secrets with digging in the frozen ground,lol.

Yeah... a pick axe! Once before I dug a homesite with frozen ground. I used a pick axes to knock out the chunks of dirt that contained the signal, and tossed them into a 5 gallon bucket. When I got home, I poured the bucket into a large container or warm water. It kinda adds to the mystery as the soil thaws and the signal is revealed.

 

[johnnyblaze]

One more vote for a spring house, seen a heap of them over the years in Tenn and KY.

Is a spring house another name for a well
I have never heard that name here in RI.




Blaze..

 

[Swartzie]

awesome im pumped, any secrets with digging in the frozen ground,lol.

Actually, you could take the detector out and just listen to what's in the ground without trying to dig anything up. You could search for the iron patch where the home once stood. That way you'll have a head start once warmer weather arrives.

-Swarztie

 

[johnnyblaze]

awesome im pumped, any secrets with digging in the frozen ground,lol.

In the woods around here you can dig year round..If there are a few layers of leaves the ground never really freezes..I was hunting the woods before we got 3 feet of snow.
You just gotta give the shovel a little extra kick..


Blaze...