New Hobby For My Boys. Metal Detecting!

[toyotafan]

So my middle boy has been wanting a metal detector for some time. We got him a jr. detector with a sifter and small shovel and you would have thought we bought him a new ferrari.

Anyhow, went out into the woods inside a park in our development. The whole region was farmland just 30 years ago, going backwards about 150 years there has been farms and cattle ranches around here.

We ended up finding the old barbed-wire fence line and that included some very old and rusted through barbed wire and rusted metal stakes. It's in an area that was covered over with brush and doesn't look like people have been here much at all, just some wild animal tracks.

Also found a few pennies and what looks to be natural iron in some rocks, pretty cool.

Anyhow, it's good times. We're going to detect near the sand volleyball courts now and then around the playgrounds and near all of the benches where people sit.

 

[toyotafan]

... as a matter of fact, we're headed down there now to see what we can find. I'll post photos back up here later.

 

[tibadoe]

Metal detecting is fun. I have one in the workshop that I take out every once in a while. Haven't really found anything worth $$$ so I guess I'll keep looking for a job. Post up what your find!

 

[OilCityOutlaw629]

There is a lot of civil war sites around me, a lot of people enjoy that. My son is all about the ball. And man , have I been blessed, he's awesome. Nothing like fun with your boys , enjoy .

 

[tibadoe]

There is a lot of civil war sites around me, a lot of people enjoy that..........

Speaking of Civil War sites....we have the Appomattox Civil War surrender site just a few miles up the road.

 

[toyotafan]

Nothing in the sand. Found barbed wire that was buried four years. Also construction debris as well.

 

[toyotafan]

We're going to the college to look at the old maps to see what our development looked like as farmland. Found some stuff in the ground too.

 

[tbplus10]

My house sits on an old farm site, I've used my metal detector all around my yard, I found 17 horshoes buried in a hole in my backyard, at the front of the house along the street I found a 15ft section with household debris, metal tins, metal buttons, silverware, etc and short sections of pipe.
A friend of mine that works for the city told me my house sits about what the original farmhouse was, during construction of the subdivision in 1983 it was torn down and the debris burned. About 5 houses down is an old cemetary in a large open area backing up to woods, I haven't had a chance to walk that area yet but maybe someday.

 

[toyotafan]

My house sits on an old farm site, I've used my metal detector all around my yard, I found 17 horshoes buried in a hole in my backyard, at the front of the house along the street I found a 15ft section with household debris, metal tins, metal buttons, silverware, etc and short sections of pipe.
A friend of mine that works for the city told me my house sits about what the original farmhouse was, during construction of the subdivision in 1983 it was torn down and the debris burned. About 5 houses down is an old cemetary in a large open area backing up to woods, I haven't had a chance to walk that area yet but maybe someday.

We bought a house even I was a kid with strange previous owners. They apparently dug a hole and buried stuff in the back, who knows what it was.

We went to The University Of Texas At Arlington (UTA) to look at their old maps and found one from 1971 with the roads listed. My entire area had no roads as it was two farms back to back. Just above my finger.