Disapointing gohst town hunt

[born2hunt]

I took an hour ride today to a gohst town called Freytown. This was a really cool place to visit but from a MDing standpoint it was pretty much unproductive. All I found were a few iron relics, an old door hinge and a 2.5 foot bar. I could still be there digging iron targets but the heat and a splitting headache were enough to send me home. I did get some nice pics and also went to the cemetary which was just up the road a bit. There's a little info on Freytown on gohstowns.com if anyone is interested.

Enjoy,
Steve in PA

 

[DJR]

Hey Steve

Don't give up the hunt do the site in sections. You might find a honey hole out there! It looks like a good spot to me.

I have a question for you. Have you had much luck in cemetaries? I am compiling a three ring binder of old places in my county which includes most if not all of the known and unfound cemetaries. I just can't bring myself to detect them for some reason. I am spooked I guess it just gives me bad vibes thinking about detecting grave sites so give me some incentive PLEASE!!!!! I have one across from my boys school that is from the late 1800's that used to have a church on the grounds. I drive past it every day and it is calling me. The church burned down in a forest/brush fire back in the early days and I am dying to see if I can find the remains (parden the expression) of this church.

Ok let the taunting begin!

Don

 

[born2hunt]

Don,

I didn't hunt the cemetary. I just went there to get some headstone pics. I guess it's personal preference but It's not something I would do. Honestly, I don't think that a graveyard would be nearly as productive as the yard of an old homestead but hey, don't let that stop you.

Sorry I couldn't deliver the incentive,
Steve

 

[garthbfan]

I wouldn't give up B2H on that site. Gotta have some good stuff in it.

 

[RickIowa2009]

When I am gone, dont look for me to leave much ha ha.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Yeah hunting cemetaries is an absolute No No to most of us, especially on or over the graves.

Bill

 

[treasurehound]

i wouldnt do it noway JOSE or JOSE B, whatever u prefer ... its just a bad karma MDing on someone grave site

TOM

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

Find where the water was! Well? River? Work the path from the site to the water. It's prob been hunted but nobody ever gets it all! Also if there's iron hiding stuff move it!

 

[DJR]

To all

The reason I ask is that I have been reading some of the "history material" from my area and I have found that some of the family members way back then used to "picnic" at the grave sites I guess to be with their deceased? And that most of those old cemetaries have had churches associated with them which we all know is a good place to hunt. This one site definately did have a church and was one of the first ones in the county I am in.

But...yours truly is a definate believer in...well...ghosts and spirits and I just don't know. I never was a believer in that stuff until TOO many things have happened so I guess you can say I am "wanting-but-not-wanting" to hit these spots. Besides this cem. is right next to a busy road that sees alot of traffic and I can just see me out there MD'ing and a cop comes up with a report of a grave robber So I have been avoiding the site.

I am torn

Don

PS Thanks guys

 

[Roscue2]

I've had some bad experiences with graveyards. One time I was hiking in the woods with a group of friends and they decided to go look at an old slave graveyard. Well, it was the middle of fall so there were many leaves on the ground. I didn't even know we were in the graveyard when all of a sudden I took a step and my foot dropped a foot into the ground. My heart stopped. I half expected to hear a bone snap. I looked around the depression and sure enough there was a small rock just beneath the leaves.

 

[bossman]

Ok heres my thoughts. no I wouldn't hunt a grave site. The old church is a different thing I hunted and old church in front of a cemetery ,the roof was caved in. found my oldest find .a 1911 sorority pin. some say its wrong but I believe God lives in the people not the old building.Just my opinion

 

[bossman]

p.s. there is a old bench just the other side of the fence in the grave yard thats about rotted away.looks so good but I wont cross the fence

 

[tab-nabit]

If you don't detect an area, then you don't know what is or isn't there. I wouldn't give it up by the looks of the pics. Maybe the good area is waiting. Sure looks like a nice area anyway.

 

[DJR]

I just opened my May issue of Lost Treasure (yes I am behind) and low and behold there is a small article on cemetary hunting. How ironic...

Guess I will just have to try a few sites out and stay away from the headstone areas.

Hope the zombies don't drag me under

Don

 

[shawnrmartin]

I have had good luck in cemeteries. Leave the graves alone, the will be no artifacts there, as most people cannot bring themselves to actually step on a marked grave.

Beside the grave is another matter. Lots of stooping and bending down / squatting there. Also work the outdoor services areas if there is one. Think graveside funeral, 100 folks sitting in folding chairs, fidgeting, retrieving handkerchiefs from pockets, etc.

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

The only thing that would keep me from MD'ing a cemetery is if it bothered other people. As a christian I'm not worry about superstitions. The Bible says absent from the body, present with the Lord. You leave the body behind and it turn to dust. You are done with it. It belongs to the earth. The church is the people, not a building. As far as karma. That is another religion. The penalty for bad karma is you have to go through life again till you get it right. The next time maybe as a grasshopper. Oh yea, it you do it right, you become a nothing. That is the ultimate level with their highest deity.

Tome stones are great places to set on when you are squirrel hunting. One place we hunt is called the oaks. There is an old cemetery there. When I am in the woods and I come onto a cemetery. I MD it. So far a lot of shot gun shells.