Got a new place to hunt!!

[Toadie]

A lady I met recently was at my house talking to my wife and I and spotted our metal detectors. She stated she lost a ring out by her horse corral and has never been able to find it. She lost it three years ago. Well, the lady is kinda elderly and I felt sorry for her and offered to look for it for her and she agreed. I drove out to her farm and within 20 minutes I had her ring and she was so grateful she proceded to try to pay me for locating it. I denied payment and she stated she wanted to repay me somehow. I told her that her reaction was enough and that if she knew of any place I could hunt, that I would be much obliged.

Then she proceeded to drop a bombshell on me. She owns 230 acres between Greenville and Commerce and the location was once the site of a town. All the building are gone now and it is open pasture. There are also three bottle dumps dating from mid 1850's-1930's. She said her family has owned the land since the late 1840's and that I was more than welcomed to hunt any of it and as often as possible, but to be careful when I cross the highway because there is a shooting range on her land on the other side. The town fizzed out in the early 1900's and everything reverted back to the original owner of the town site.

Well, that really floored me. I have been looking for a place to shoot my blackpowder guns and my more modern centerfires as well. I was invited to go shooting as much as I wanted!

The river runs right next to shooting range and it is the same branch that I find all my arrowheads on, only I have found the arrowheads about a mile or so downstream from this spot. So far I have loacted a few elixer bottles that were made in wooden molds (you can see the woodgrain in the glass) and a few ink bottles.

[PAPPY]

The only thing I can say is WOW . See what being nice to people can get you....PAPPY

Holy Crap thats wonderful. It seems like you might have hit the jackpot. It really does pay to be nice to people.
That was a good thing you did for her.
The best of luck when you detect that area.

[rip]

Wow sounds like a great spot !!! That is realy great that you found her ring,It definatly pays to be nice to people as i also have found many spots just by taking the time to stop and talk to people and offer a helping hand.

[TexMex]

Im about 45 minutes away Toadie. Let me know if you want any company

[Toadie]

few days and I hate to hunt alone. Since the wife is tied up I may take TexMex up on his offer of company. Crystal is kinda upset because she can't hunt with me. We sorta are tied down one at a time managing the property. One of us needs to be here at all times and most of the time it is her. I remembered the bottle dumps when I was a kid "exploring" the riverbeds hunting for arrowheads. My aunt lived about four miles up the road from this spot. Some of the bottles have washed all the way down to where I usually find the arrowheads. I couldn't ever figure out where they came from (the bottles) so I backtracked upstream years ago and found spots where stuff had been dumped but didn't know who owned the land.

My oldest daughter (Nikki, 15) was having some problems (she is bipolar) a while back and the lady who I am referring to is her new counselor. She know me and knew my aunt but I do not remember her.

[Gregory]

Hi James,
That sounds like metal detecting heaven
Can't wait to see your finds

[TwoDogsBob]

Good things come to those who have earned it.. Bob

[rotty23]

so if you want some company I would be honored
Happy Hunting
Phil & Bonnie

[rotty23]

I see by your profile you live in TX...I thought you were talking about Greenville SC and Commerce GA...oh well