The Old Homeplace

[JCR]

I spent a pleasant early morning on a recent permission I had wanted to detect for a while. It is the later homeplace of my Great Great Grandfather. It's just a cow pasture now but I remember the old house still standing in the early 1980s, all grown up. I went there with two of his grandchildren who had fond memories of him. We dug up some of the Iris plants that had been there close to 100 years. They still bloom here at my home. 

I dug the typical stuff you find at a farmhouse site. Lots of bits & bobs, Mason jar lids and assorted interesting junk. I did find a few personal items like I was hoping to. Of course lots of Iron in the ground. I dug the bigger iron and found some treasure in that too.  I will save this site for when my children are home to visit and want to get out. All 3 like to detect and that is pretty special itself.

[Doc Bach]

Great story JCR.Thaanks for sharing it and taking us along.Hoping that something with provenance and connected to your relatives comes to the light of day for you.

[Valens Legacy]

Looks like a nice hunt, is that some gold and some silver that I see.

Good luck on your next outing and stay safe out there.

[Rick N. MI]

Nice hunt. Fun hunting a place like that. Some interesting finds.

[JCR]

No Gold or Silver. Only 3 coins. The partial toy soldier is neat and the small Flur de Luis ornament. The plated buckle is stamped brass so maybe from a cap gun rig.

For some reason the photo loaded upside down. I will try again with 2 more photos. The first showing some of the big Iron. The chain & hook are hand forged, so quite old & worn. The plow share is a common type find for me. This one is whole and cleaned up well. I intend to use it on my push plow in my row garden.  The second photo shows the house with a family reunion gathered together on the front porch about 1927. Fortunately, older relatives who are in the photo as children, helped me get everyone identified.

[JCR]

Dang it. Upside down again.

[CPT_GhostLight]

That's a special place to detect indeed, great hunt! Being able to hunt a place with your family connection is a rare thing and I imagine many of those items had a very personal connection to them and now to you. Well done, JCR!

 

[PI-Man]

JCR — I recognize that type of chain.  Dug a good bit of hand forged chain up north recently from late 1700’s.  I like yours with the hook on it.  All the items are great you found.  Congrats on your finds.  

[JCR]

The hook is unusual in that the nose has an acorn shaped end. I'm sure it was used on a wagon somehow. Kind of big for a trace chain. I wouldn't be surprised if it came from South Carolina after the War with the rest of the family. It is definitely older than the house site.

[F350Platinum]

Nice hunt, JCR. Especially like the fancy buckle.

I've had problems with upside down photos, I found slightly cropping them with phone upright avoids that issue. 🙂