110 acre Homestead

[rotty23]

Im pretty excited today...yesterday i traded in one of my Muskateers and got a Quattro comming on Wendsday.
This morning my girlfriends sister called and said there is a very old homesite and farm of 110 acres for sale a couple miles from her. Her brother in law owned this property about 2 years ago. He said there has been many familys and children raised there over the last 100 years or so.
She is going to get me the info and im going to try to get permission to hunt this property today or tomorrow hopefully.
The main part of this property has been bulldozed recently so I need to hurry. I have a new quattro and a 4 day weekend next week...If all goes well I know where i will be Not sure how to handle a 110 acre area but ill do my best.

[RingDancer]

Boy that should keep you busy for a while! Hope you get permission and find lots of oldies!

Pat

[Nighthunter]

Originally Posted by boobieinPa

Boy oh boy that sounds really great. I wish you a lot of luck and hope uou have good legs. That will be a lot of walking.

Just hunt around the house...don't waste your time with any other areas.

Sure..there's probably something out there but why hunt such a low probabability of finding something area when there are much better areas to hunt?

[rotty23]

Originally Posted by Pat

Boy that should keep you busy for a while! Hope you get permission and find lots of oldies!

Pat

I got the permission to hunt this farm.... I havent seen it yet but ill get some pics Saturday when i go Im bouncing off the walls now waiting for the Quattro to get here....Hope it handles the red dirt I deal with here...Wish some of you guys lived close enough to come and help me out....Guess Ill have to deal with it by myself for now
This will be my 1st really promising site Ive had...The origional owners had it for over 100 years and MANY children were raised there. A log cabin was just moved off the property and it has been bulldozed recently...
I guess im rambling now so ill quit...lol

[NB Digger]

I sorta disagree with Nighthunter. sorry Nighthunter. I would definetly start at the house site...most obvious. but I would also recomend some research on the property. Look for old graveyards, road beds, out buildings, etc. Get a good topo map or go to local court house/ historical society for old maps. There is a lot of public info on anyones property!! I would not hunt in the grave yard but all around it. I have hunted within 15 yards of old graveyards and pulled out period buttons and coins. Remember this...back in the day people would go picnic around a graveyard, or just visit and lose things while there. Dump sites were often out away from the house and so were privies (toilets). Privies can yield many, many artifacts as well; bottles, buttons and coins (USE gloves if ya' find it though). I don't know where you are but if it's east coast then CW items could be anywhere due to the travel of cavalry. Just some food for thought. Never rule out any spot...especially with that much land. Happy hunting to ya'. Hope to see some of your finds.
Travis

[raw-war-digger]

Hey Rotty, Sounds like Heaven to me as I dream of such places!
Good Luck & HH, Roger
BTW, I've had my Quattro for about 7 weeks. I've rehunted my front yard with it and I've found 29 coins (1946 Dime, 1946 Nickel, 8 wheats & the rest clad), a silver locket and a braclett style "R" plus many unwanted items as well (trying to learn this machine) that was previously missed with my other machines. ALWAYS Noise Cancel after finding a clean spot to do such. If using the 10.5" Double D, swing it slow but remember that you will be picking up targets in the 10.5" long x 2" wide area instead of the old concentric funnel shaped area. I used the 5" coil and picked out a few coins I missed with the Double D.
Keep Us Posted! I Can't Wait To See Your Finds! RAW

[rotty23]

Thanks alot guys for the support and advise...there is a out house and a bath house that might be still standing...Decendents of the origional owners aer going to take me there and map out the buildings that have been torn down for me
Thanks again
btw I am in upstate SC

[NB Digger]

If you are in SC then I hope to see some CW relics. It sounds like a great place to break in a new detector and I wish ya' all the luck!
Travis

[Gregory]

Good luck Rotty,
Take your time and hit it good
Sounds like coin heaven to me

[Nighthunter]

Originally Posted by rotty23

I got the permission to hunt this farm.... I havent seen it yet but ill get some pics Saturday when i go Im bouncing off the walls now waiting for the Quattro to get here....Hope it handles the red dirt I deal with here...Wish some of you guys lived close enough to come and help me out....Guess Ill have to deal with it by myself for now
This will be my 1st really promising site Ive had...The origional owners had it for over 100 years and MANY children were raised there. A log cabin was just moved off the property and it has been bulldozed recently...
I guess im rambling now so ill quit...lol

A log cabin.......now that is interesting!

Good Luck...hopefully you'll find some large cents.