I live at the end of a dead end road, but the road previously went another half mile through the woods and to the highway, where it continued on the other side. I used to walk around there a lot when I was younger, but for some reason had practically forgotten about it until recently while thinking of places to go detecting. It's a private detected forest with a DNR sign on one of the trees right by our property, but my family has permission from the owner to cut down trees for firewood if necessary so we've got permission to be on the land.
I tried following the trail all the way through the woods, but it seemed to die out maybe 3/4 of the way through. It's pretty much intact until then, and from then on there are just occasional fence posts that don't really seem to be by any visible trail. I don't have any idea where a good spot to detect would be, as there don't seem to be any places where one would stop, with the possible exception of the following area:
Unfortunately, in the dip there, someone saw fit to dump a bunch of trash. There are a lot of spots like that throughout the woods. Most of what's dumped are bottles, though I haven't been able to figure out how old they are, since very few are intact or have much on them that can be read.
Would the pictured area probably be as good a spot as any to detect?
I'd also like to find out more information about the road, though it doesn't seem like there'd be anywhere to find out anything about it. Think there'd be any info at the local library?
I tried following the trail all the way through the woods, but it seemed to die out maybe 3/4 of the way through. It's pretty much intact until then, and from then on there are just occasional fence posts that don't really seem to be by any visible trail. I don't have any idea where a good spot to detect would be, as there don't seem to be any places where one would stop, with the possible exception of the following area:
Unfortunately, in the dip there, someone saw fit to dump a bunch of trash. There are a lot of spots like that throughout the woods. Most of what's dumped are bottles, though I haven't been able to figure out how old they are, since very few are intact or have much on them that can be read.
Would the pictured area probably be as good a spot as any to detect?
I'd also like to find out more information about the road, though it doesn't seem like there'd be anywhere to find out anything about it. Think there'd be any info at the local library?
