Been on a Winter Re-con for old lots/houses and places to detect once frost/5 ft. snow is gone... I completely stumbled across a jackpot waiting to be discovered. My brother's father-in-law mentioned a place where he hunts small game/deer that use to be a townsite. It's n the middle of the woods and on land he has permission to do whatever. The best part is that the same family has own the land since the 1920's.(no one has been in there,,,, yet!!!) Yesterday, we jumped on snowmobiles and headed out to take a look and show me where it was.(18 miles away) The place is a complete dream... I took pictures and was going to post them but camera/phone is on a trail somewhere between home and there. There are 14 different stone foundations still there that I could make out and he told me that most of the place was invisible to our eyes with all the snow. I guess the story goes that in 1870's the railroad came through and was not going to have a stop there so the whole town pretty much packed up and moved four miles to the next town on the hill where the RR was setting up a depot. Which is still there. The population was 450 people in 1873(18 different stores/shops and was incorporated as a town in 1854. I just hope that the spring thaw happens fast and the forest growth doesn't come real quick. Small window to hunt without weed whippers.
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Winter Re-con: Successful
- Thread starter bigealive
- Start date
GimmieThe Loot
Member
Hey thats pretty cool. I've got a couple old foundations in the woods near me that I plan to search this spring! I hope they are still there though. I found them about 10 years ago and they have built some large neighborhoods nearby. There used to be an old Studibaker truck there that was all rusted out with 15 foot trees growing through it.
Leslie(nova scotia)
Well-known member
From the land of the Bluenose.....sounds promising me bouy. Now if only the snow will cooperate and..............>------------> >---------------->
GimmieThe Loot
Member
what is a sanborn map?
PaulMBurgess
New member
If caught by the enemy don't give out any secrets! U blew it now news crews will be camped outside your door.Thank god you didn't give out te GPS coordinates LOL