Sgt. Silverman
Active member
Went to the 1900's homestead this morning. It was drizzling so I tried to detect on and off. Wind chill was pretty bad and I was going to pack it up when the landowner drove into view. We small talked for a bit and I told him I was thankful for getting to detect on the property and that since he was away on Sunday and I didn't have a chance to catch up with him at church, I gave a mutual friend of ours a homemade jar of peach jam to give to him. He smiled and said I didn't have to do that and then asked me if I'd be interested in detecting around another one of his properties. Nine miles away he owned private land (primarily for hunting and farming) that had 2 old homesteads on it with the chimney stacks still visible. 
I said, "Absolutely!" (I'm glad I stuck around!)
I packed up the gear and headed for the new home sites. As you can see by the pictures, it was a gorgeous sight! There were two slight drawbacks however; 1) It was still raining pretty hard. 2) My White's Classic ID cannot punch down past 5" in the Carolina clay. So, when the rain broke, I got about 10 minutes of detecting in. (I found 3 mason jar lids and what looks like an old colonial ring latch that is badly corroded...sorry no pic). Started pouring badly so I packed up the detector and walked the properties. Found a nice little bottle that was near the toppled chimney stack. (I don't know if you can see it in the pic, but the other chimney stack is visible down the street and to the left.) At first I thought it was an old Tabasco sauce bottle. On closer inspection it had parison lines and 3 rings on the bottom (with a keystone "J" in the center) I left shortly thereafter and got home, cleaned the bottle and did some research. Seems it was manufactured by "Knox Bottle Company" out of Mississippi. (1932 - 1953).
So although no spectacular finds in the past 4 days, (I'm sure those will come with time) I've nabbed two pretty cool bottles nonetheless! Best of all, 2013 started with 2 new homesteads to detect at!
May the Peace and Grace of Jesus Christ be with each and everyone of you in 2013!
Greg
I said, "Absolutely!" (I'm glad I stuck around!)I packed up the gear and headed for the new home sites. As you can see by the pictures, it was a gorgeous sight! There were two slight drawbacks however; 1) It was still raining pretty hard. 2) My White's Classic ID cannot punch down past 5" in the Carolina clay. So, when the rain broke, I got about 10 minutes of detecting in. (I found 3 mason jar lids and what looks like an old colonial ring latch that is badly corroded...sorry no pic). Started pouring badly so I packed up the detector and walked the properties. Found a nice little bottle that was near the toppled chimney stack. (I don't know if you can see it in the pic, but the other chimney stack is visible down the street and to the left.) At first I thought it was an old Tabasco sauce bottle. On closer inspection it had parison lines and 3 rings on the bottom (with a keystone "J" in the center) I left shortly thereafter and got home, cleaned the bottle and did some research. Seems it was manufactured by "Knox Bottle Company" out of Mississippi. (1932 - 1953).
So although no spectacular finds in the past 4 days, (I'm sure those will come with time) I've nabbed two pretty cool bottles nonetheless! Best of all, 2013 started with 2 new homesteads to detect at!
May the Peace and Grace of Jesus Christ be with each and everyone of you in 2013!Greg
