Orange County, NY. Not far from woodbury commons (within 10 mins) Im new here and interested in trying to learn the hobby.
Looking for someone with good professional equipment and willing to teach me a little while hunting on my property. Specifically, hand built, stone property boundary walls that I would date at least older than the 1900's (possibly quite older). Deed and title survey leads me to believe early to mid 1800's.
Again - I have the property and the desire to learn the hobby. Would like to work a split for searching my old walls (who knows, maybe even find a foundation too). Also near a stream, virgin ground, and within visual distance of one of Claudius Smiths hideouts. For those that dont who he is, worth a google session.
Quite a fascinating story.
He was hung in the 1700's but people still search for his stache which has never really been found (assuming it still exists out there).
Anyway, if this sounds interesting let me know next step.
Would like to do this with one or two others that have good experience, equipment and dont mind teaching a newbie. Willing to work a fair split if anything is found.
Suggestions and proposals welcome. Be nice - Im a newbie! :-)
PS - this should ideally be done before the summer vegetation sort of takes over. A Lot easier before then but the area that has the stones walls doesnt get sun.
Also I found a lease tapping my stream for water supply for 100 years. It expired in 2012. Not sure how to find the pipe, what the lease ending means, or if it is still in use. It would pump over a mtn into a state park (where there were homes until the 1950's that were condemned when the area was taken by eminent domain and turned into state parkland). There are old stone foundations there and I believe detecting is allowed and digging to 6 inches is also ok as long as filled back in).
