Ashtro1969
Full Member
I haven't been able to get out and detect lately due to what my wife calls Priorities 
, so I have been behind on my detectorin' time. Anyway, I was on my way back from dropping my son off at his school for a yearbook project he was going to when I saw someone outside of this church. I have passed this place almost every day, but have never seen anyone there, and it always looked to be abandoned. I am a people person, but I stopped cold to places and asking. About 15 years or so ago, I was threatened with physical violence by a homeowner just for ringing his doorbell. He came to the door and immediately started cussing me out, and when I said I am sorry to bother you, he said "what did you say!", and kicked the screen door open and started to come at me with clinched fists. I ended up having to run to my car and beat feet out of there (with him behind me, he hit the trunk with his fist too, just glad he did not have a weapon). It turns out he was a hermit of sorts and barely allowed the mailman on his property (we had the same mailman and he was the one who told me that). Hence the reason I do not stop at stranger's places but I digress.
Today, figuring that it was a church, I took a chance and stopped. It so happened that it was the new pastor (and the contractor that was working on the indoor renovation). I introduced myself and explained what I wanted to do, and he gave me permission! He said I could come by anytime and search to my heart's content. I was thrilled, to say the least, because I know this church is pretty old, and it definitely gave me some confidence back. I can't get out there today unfortunately, but I will definitely be there tomorrow (after the service) and Monday (Columbus day off). It was a church on the 1943 topo on historic aerials, and I suspect it is much older. A house a few doors down was built in 1853, so I am hoping the church is at least 100 years old. I looked on the county tax accessor's web site but unfortunately it did not give an age of the building. Any ideas of it's age from y'all based on the picture? It is on 1.59 acres. The front is a gravel parking area, and the rest grass. As soon as I start finding stuff I will post pic's!
, so I have been behind on my detectorin' time. Anyway, I was on my way back from dropping my son off at his school for a yearbook project he was going to when I saw someone outside of this church. I have passed this place almost every day, but have never seen anyone there, and it always looked to be abandoned. I am a people person, but I stopped cold to places and asking. About 15 years or so ago, I was threatened with physical violence by a homeowner just for ringing his doorbell. He came to the door and immediately started cussing me out, and when I said I am sorry to bother you, he said "what did you say!", and kicked the screen door open and started to come at me with clinched fists. I ended up having to run to my car and beat feet out of there (with him behind me, he hit the trunk with his fist too, just glad he did not have a weapon). It turns out he was a hermit of sorts and barely allowed the mailman on his property (we had the same mailman and he was the one who told me that). Hence the reason I do not stop at stranger's places but I digress. Today, figuring that it was a church, I took a chance and stopped. It so happened that it was the new pastor (and the contractor that was working on the indoor renovation). I introduced myself and explained what I wanted to do, and he gave me permission! He said I could come by anytime and search to my heart's content. I was thrilled, to say the least, because I know this church is pretty old, and it definitely gave me some confidence back. I can't get out there today unfortunately, but I will definitely be there tomorrow (after the service) and Monday (Columbus day off). It was a church on the 1943 topo on historic aerials, and I suspect it is much older. A house a few doors down was built in 1853, so I am hoping the church is at least 100 years old. I looked on the county tax accessor's web site but unfortunately it did not give an age of the building. Any ideas of it's age from y'all based on the picture? It is on 1.59 acres. The front is a gravel parking area, and the rest grass. As soon as I start finding stuff I will post pic's!
On the serious side, see if you can find out what association the church is a member of and you can probably find out the history of the church. You may be able to find out by just Googling the name of the church. GL.
. I have found a handful of clad, and that's about it so far. I plan on returning and searching some more, but I had to take a break from the trash. It would be nice to have a hunting partner to help out so if anyone is near Jacksonville, NC and wants to hunt it with me, let me know.
