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Haven't seen a post from the guys who had permission to hunt the old settler's grounds with the big pecan grooves use for picnics and can't find the original post on here any longer. Just wanting an update...looked like a great site and was ready to see some nice finds. If you guys are reading this please let us know whats going on?
txtrooper, you might be talking about my post about the 2 groves we located recently that were used in the 1860's and 1870's for old settlers picnics. One grove is grown up in grass and weeds almost chest high right now and although we have tried hunting there, it is just almost impossible to
swing a coil there. The landowner said he will mow it in early spring so until then that grove is on the back burner. The other grove location has been cleared and has crops growing on it. Until the crops are taken out we can't hunt it either. I'm very anxious to hunt both locations as there should be
old coins in both places. From my research one grove had old settlers meetings from 1870 to 1877 before it was moved to a town fairgrounds just north of the grove. In those 7 years there was about 5000 people in attendence at the picnics, surely enough people to lose a considerable amount of coins and other artifacts.
The other grove was used for early 4th of July picnics and for the first old settlers meetings held in the area. People came from 3 counties to attend these celebrations in the groves and listened to prominent speakers of the time and to renew old friendships. People brought picnic dinners and sat in the shade of the big trees and talked about the past. To become a member of the old settlers it was stated they had to have settled here before the "big snow" of the winter of 1830-31 where the prairies were covered with 3 feet of snow. Actually for me the history and research are almost as much fun as hunting for the things they lost. It's fascinating reading about the hardships these people endured.
You can be sure that when these sites are open to hunting I will keep you posted on my finds. You can imagine how hard it is having these 2 sites with so much potential for old seated silver coins and who knows what else might have been lost there and not being able to hunt them........HH
deerhunter, you got that right my friend. I know you are as anxious as I am to swing a coil over these sites. We gave it a good try but between the weeds and 110 degree heat it about kicked this old fat boys ass...lol. If we can make it through the long winter months we should have a blast this spring digging those old coins that have been in the ground the last 150 years.
Have you had any luck getting those crossed rifles you dug identified yet? We need to meet up in the evening sometime soon and hunt my friends house on prairie street. Let me know when you want to hit it..............
I know how you feel, Roger. I've located and gained permission to hunt a little known stage coach stop and an early 1800's fur trading post in my area, but the weeds are just too tall to do it right. So I'm patiently waiting til spring......
triplehooked, that stage coach stop and fur trading post both sound like excellent sites. Those kinds of sites are still out there if you do the research and locate them. Good luck on your search this spring!......HH..
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