mikeybonez28
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It's been a while since I've posted here but I haven't swung or dug much but I was out hiking yesterday with my better half & I THINK I found an old privy but I'm not 100% sure. I should have taken a picture but the ticks & mosquitoes were beyond annoying.
Right, onto the pit. It's in the middle of what used to be an old Mill/tannery town that's now state game land. The hole is about 2x2 sunken down about a foot in the middle & extremely soft. I only got 1 swing before I wanted to nuke every insect within a mile but I found what I can only describe as a perforated metal cup. I'll try & post a pic of it tomorrow but I have no idea what it is.
As far as the town goes, the only map of it that I could find is from 1872 & it showed 2 Mills, a tannery, 2 company stores, a school, post office & about 15 houses. Any newer topo maps of the area don't show anything. There's tons of stone walls & overgrown clearings and the odd foundation or 2 but nothing else is left. In the same general area of the pit (20 foot or so) is a bunch of old steel/tin buckets & flat.
I've only touched on exploring the area but I hope it turns into a honey hole. The only downside to the area is the tick population which limits any future exploring to winter which had its own downside of turning the ground into a frozen mass. Plus deer season lol
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Right, onto the pit. It's in the middle of what used to be an old Mill/tannery town that's now state game land. The hole is about 2x2 sunken down about a foot in the middle & extremely soft. I only got 1 swing before I wanted to nuke every insect within a mile but I found what I can only describe as a perforated metal cup. I'll try & post a pic of it tomorrow but I have no idea what it is.
As far as the town goes, the only map of it that I could find is from 1872 & it showed 2 Mills, a tannery, 2 company stores, a school, post office & about 15 houses. Any newer topo maps of the area don't show anything. There's tons of stone walls & overgrown clearings and the odd foundation or 2 but nothing else is left. In the same general area of the pit (20 foot or so) is a bunch of old steel/tin buckets & flat.
I've only touched on exploring the area but I hope it turns into a honey hole. The only downside to the area is the tick population which limits any future exploring to winter which had its own downside of turning the ground into a frozen mass. Plus deer season lol
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