Elad
11-25-2012, 05:05 PM
New to these forums! I have had some amazing luck lately at a nearby cellar hole, and I figured I should share my stories here. :perfect10:
(***The pictures are high resolution so you may need to zoom out the web page to see them properly (Ctrl + mouse wheel)
Quick story about how I found this virgin cellar hole:
This summer, I was driving along an old road and passed by a farm with huge fields. The place looked old. I saw some farmers out in one of the fields. I worked up some courage and turned my car around. I drove back, parked, and approached 2 guys. One turned out to be the farmer's son, and he was more than happy to let me work the fields. He also mentioned he had a detector back in the day and said he knew where an old foundation was. My eyes grew big and without me even asking he offered to show me where it was. He took me there, showed it to me; it was old enough to get me excited, however it was completely infested with huge briar patches. (fyi, this is not the same cellar hole) He pretty much gave me full access to this place, and as it turns out it included vast acres of deep forests. I thanked him again and again and he drove off to continue his work. I was sure glad I turned around!
These fields turned out to be a mini-honey hole. My friend and I worked them several times during the summer and fall and we found 2 Conn coppers, 2 Woods Hibernia halfpennies, several old buttons, a 2 cent piece, a morgan dollar, a barber dime, 2 mercs, several wheaties, some rosies, a KGii halfpenny, and an early unidentifiable large cent. The one field which gave up the colonials is also filled with modern trash. I have been meaning to get back there with my sniper coil.
To continue, one day I stopped by the farmers house and by this time I had met him and had several friendly chats, which included me showing him what I found. He got a real kick out of it. When I told him the date ranges of the colonial coins he was in utter disbelief. This same day his daughter was home. She had just returned from a 15 year ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG IN CRETE. She was fascinated and absolutely impressed with what I showed her from my digs. We talked for a while and I ended up inside the farmer's house surrounded by his wife, 2 of his sons, his daughter, and all their children; which was like 15 people. I entertained them for a bit and on my way out the daughter waved me down and called me over. She wanted to give me a tip on where to search. She said something like You know, there is an old King's Highway going through a large patch of woods over that way. She pointed in a general direction. She seemed to not know exactly where it was, but she knew it was that way somewhere. Even at that moment I had a very good idea of where she was talking about, because I studied aerial photos of the entire area. I did some searching in the deep woods behind the cellar hole (which is where I suspected it was). After several hot hikes through miles and miles of rocky, hilly, brushy mess I gave up and just stuck to the fields. I told myself I would try again in the fall.
A few days later I saw the elder farmer in one of his fields while I was driving by. I stopped to have a chat. He said There's an old place, deep in the woods... He began describing how to get to it, and even drew a little map on a napkin (lol). I drove 1/2 mile up the road, parked my vehicle, and found the marker he mentioned. I started walking into the woods. Eventually I hit a worn and wide dirt trail, and noticed some stone walls here and there. Could this be the king's highway? The elevation rose about 50 feet, and then leveled off. I glanced over to my side... then did a double take and squinted at what I was looking at. I remember thinking is that what I think it is?? It was! That was the first time I had found the button infested, Coronet rich cellar hole. The rest was captured on video.
What I Have Learned from this: I would have never had come to be able to detect the farmer's fields or his cellar holes, had I not stopped by for a friendly chat and to ask permission. Out of all the negative experiences I have had from asking for permission, this one by far was the most pleasant and rewarding out of all of them.
One of the large cents is an 1834 (N2 type) with a doubling error and misaligned die on the obverse. It's worth some decent money, although I won't be selling it. :drool:
Please enjoy! ::usaflag::
First: a Video Series featuring metal detecting at the cellar hole. Please enjoy, I spent many many hours recording and editing everything. :groovy:
http://youtu.be/xF8vpVPgPX0?hd=1
http://youtu.be/B2jeNFBLwQc?hd=1
http://youtu.be/FukropwPaMQ?hd=1
http://youtu.be/xiyi5HGF_Ww?hd=1
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(***The pictures are high resolution so you may need to zoom out the web page to see them properly (Ctrl + mouse wheel)
Quick story about how I found this virgin cellar hole:
This summer, I was driving along an old road and passed by a farm with huge fields. The place looked old. I saw some farmers out in one of the fields. I worked up some courage and turned my car around. I drove back, parked, and approached 2 guys. One turned out to be the farmer's son, and he was more than happy to let me work the fields. He also mentioned he had a detector back in the day and said he knew where an old foundation was. My eyes grew big and without me even asking he offered to show me where it was. He took me there, showed it to me; it was old enough to get me excited, however it was completely infested with huge briar patches. (fyi, this is not the same cellar hole) He pretty much gave me full access to this place, and as it turns out it included vast acres of deep forests. I thanked him again and again and he drove off to continue his work. I was sure glad I turned around!
These fields turned out to be a mini-honey hole. My friend and I worked them several times during the summer and fall and we found 2 Conn coppers, 2 Woods Hibernia halfpennies, several old buttons, a 2 cent piece, a morgan dollar, a barber dime, 2 mercs, several wheaties, some rosies, a KGii halfpenny, and an early unidentifiable large cent. The one field which gave up the colonials is also filled with modern trash. I have been meaning to get back there with my sniper coil.
To continue, one day I stopped by the farmers house and by this time I had met him and had several friendly chats, which included me showing him what I found. He got a real kick out of it. When I told him the date ranges of the colonial coins he was in utter disbelief. This same day his daughter was home. She had just returned from a 15 year ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG IN CRETE. She was fascinated and absolutely impressed with what I showed her from my digs. We talked for a while and I ended up inside the farmer's house surrounded by his wife, 2 of his sons, his daughter, and all their children; which was like 15 people. I entertained them for a bit and on my way out the daughter waved me down and called me over. She wanted to give me a tip on where to search. She said something like You know, there is an old King's Highway going through a large patch of woods over that way. She pointed in a general direction. She seemed to not know exactly where it was, but she knew it was that way somewhere. Even at that moment I had a very good idea of where she was talking about, because I studied aerial photos of the entire area. I did some searching in the deep woods behind the cellar hole (which is where I suspected it was). After several hot hikes through miles and miles of rocky, hilly, brushy mess I gave up and just stuck to the fields. I told myself I would try again in the fall.
A few days later I saw the elder farmer in one of his fields while I was driving by. I stopped to have a chat. He said There's an old place, deep in the woods... He began describing how to get to it, and even drew a little map on a napkin (lol). I drove 1/2 mile up the road, parked my vehicle, and found the marker he mentioned. I started walking into the woods. Eventually I hit a worn and wide dirt trail, and noticed some stone walls here and there. Could this be the king's highway? The elevation rose about 50 feet, and then leveled off. I glanced over to my side... then did a double take and squinted at what I was looking at. I remember thinking is that what I think it is?? It was! That was the first time I had found the button infested, Coronet rich cellar hole. The rest was captured on video.
What I Have Learned from this: I would have never had come to be able to detect the farmer's fields or his cellar holes, had I not stopped by for a friendly chat and to ask permission. Out of all the negative experiences I have had from asking for permission, this one by far was the most pleasant and rewarding out of all of them.
One of the large cents is an 1834 (N2 type) with a doubling error and misaligned die on the obverse. It's worth some decent money, although I won't be selling it. :drool:
Please enjoy! ::usaflag::
First: a Video Series featuring metal detecting at the cellar hole. Please enjoy, I spent many many hours recording and editing everything. :groovy:
http://youtu.be/xF8vpVPgPX0?hd=1
http://youtu.be/B2jeNFBLwQc?hd=1
http://youtu.be/FukropwPaMQ?hd=1
http://youtu.be/xiyi5HGF_Ww?hd=1
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