FOUND...Old grist mill & Cellar hole!

[Gregory]

Hi,
Drove the kids to school this morning and had to take another route on back roads due to our bridge being out.

And I found an old grist mill in a wooded lot. I guess the owner of the mill was Mr.Weaver due to the road name (Weaver Mill Road)

Ok went down the road a little more and found a huge cellar hole! Its location in along Georges creek.
These sites were easy to spot because we have a little snow on the ground.

[j.d. in missouri]

awsome bud!!!! i love sites like that :)

[swizzle]

I've heard the words grist mill before and I know the location of one a short drive from here. My question though concerns what a grist mill actually made? I know we have a clothspin factory close by and its obvious what they made its in the name, but what is grist? Jason

[JohnWPA]

AWESOME Greg.....there's going to be some goodies there!!!!!

John

[robzombie852]

yeah whats grist? nice find by the way. did you get permission to hunt there?

[JohnWPA]

Jason and Rob.....a Grist mill was usally built by settlers near a stream and they used water to power the mill for grinding wheat, grain, corn etc... making flour, grind feed for animals and more!

John

[robzombie852]

oh. so they didnt make grist.lol

[RingDancer]

Looks like some good hunting!

Pat

[swizzle]

Where does gristle come from then lol. That's cool I'm glad you finally shed some light on that for me. The grist mill in my area is underwater at the mouth of a creek. Let me know what kind of relics that you find. I'd like to see what I could be looking for as well. Thanx for another great post. Jason