Under The Floor Of An Old House

[NCtoad]

Got out today to a permission that’s close by.  There’s an old house on this property and from what I’ve read the house was built in either the late 1800s or early 1900s.  I’ve hit this place seven or eight times already and have gotten 6 silver coins. All dimes:  two barbers and four mercs.  The guy that bought the place is slowly tearing down the house and I noticed he finally got the roof rafters off of it.  I’ve been wanting to detect the dirt under the floor system that he tore out a few weeks ago but I was leery of going in there with the weight of the roof on those old walls.  So today I got in there with the nox and six inch coil.  First thing I noticed was a LOT of bottle caps.  That and lots and lots of iron.  I had the nox running in both park 1 and park two with custom five tones, recovery on 7, iron bias at 0 and then 6, sense anywhere from 16-21.  I got two ‘45 wheats, three buffs a ‘15, ‘18 and the other is too corroded to get a date off of.  Highlight of the day was a ‘36 merc, my first silver of the new year.  

[strick]

Nice work.... theres more in there! I have one of those buttons with the wings (military) somewhere. 

strick

[GaryC/Oregon Coast]

Nice Finds!  If it had a floor heater, that's where I find most of my coins in torn down houses.  Also every corner seemed to have something also.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

[GB_Amateur]

Excellent effort, and the results show it.  Did this house ever have a wood floor?  Did you get a chance to detect any of the structure before the wall facia was removed?

Do you know what the jar is at the top of your first photo?  (Metallic?)  Given the amount of surface iron (and alloy), did you 'sweep' it with a magnet?

I agree with strick -- there's likely more there.  Hope you get more chances before it comes down (leaving even more iron trash from the nails, etc.)  But even after it's completely gone, as long as it doesn't get backfilled you should still be able to do some fruitful searching.  I'm envious!

[NCtoad]

1 hour ago, strick said:

Nice work.... theres more in there! I have one of those buttons with the wings (military) somewhere. 

strick

Thanks Strick!  I hit it pretty good today.  I went “low and slow” lol.  The button actually came from the exterior where the front porch was. 

1 hour ago, GaryC/Oregon Coast said:

Nice Finds!  If it had a floor heater, that's where I find most of my coins in torn down houses.  Also every corner seemed to have something also.  GaryC/Oregon Coast

Thanks!  I don’t know if it had a heater or not.  The finds were scattered randomly all over the floor. 

25 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Excellent effort, and the results show it.  Did this house ever have a wood floor?  Did you get a chance to detect any of the structure before the wall facia was removed?

Do you know what the jar is at the top of your first photo?  (Metallic?)  Given the amount of surface iron (and alloy), did you 'sweep' it with a magnet?

I agree with strick -- there's likely more there.  Hope you get more chances before it comes down (leaving even more iron trash from the nails, etc.)  But even after it's completely gone, as long as it doesn't get backfilled you should still be able to do some fruitful searching.  I'm envious!

Thanks!  Yes it had floor joists and floor boards.  And no, I didn’t get a chance to detect the inside before any demolition was done.  
 

That jar is made of wood and there were 3 or 4 others scattered about.  No writing or identification marks on any of them.  I could have and should have borrowed a magnet we have at work.  I used it before on an old commercial building floor tearout a few months ago and it really helped.  I just didn’t think to bring it with me.  On this floor, just like the commercial bldg floor, everything was very shallow; only an inch or two deep.  

[CPT_GhostLight]

Excellent finds in very difficult ground! Well done! That wings & propeller button looks like the WWII era US Army Air Corps insignia.

[F350Platinum]

Really nice walkthrough, NCToad! 👍 You really got a great collection of history from that place, and a collection of bottle caps 😀

Hope you can get more. I love it when I find an untouched house site.

[Tom_in_CA]

Great post !  I love those type of hunts !

 

[Valens Legacy]

Great finds and check where the outhouse was and check the path for more coins. I have found several nice ones on the paths as they sometimes moved the outhouse because they had filled up.

Good luck on your next hunt.

[Cal_Cobra]

That looks like a fun hunt!  Nice variety of finds and silver!