Fool
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Lat September we bought an old farm house in western ny, on the deed it said built in 1900. Over the last year ive hunted maybe 3 times around the yard, lots of junk because ive been doing constant renovations. The more I open up and look at the structure and framing, I know its older than 1900...
I called my local historian and asked if she could help me research. She knew the house and said its been on the maps since 1850! Most likely due to the bark still on the trees in the basement spanning almost 18', hand hewn beams and Greek revival style. More than likely it was built in the 1830s.
She showed me the map and there is also a school house somewhere close by in 1850, I have not figured out where this was, yet.
I am still looking to find old pictures of the house because I know there was a barn and other structures nearby, anyone know where to look?
Also, I realize I will mostly find junk and im still noob at detecting but what is the best way to sort out junk? Equinox 600 with about 4 hours on it...
I called my local historian and asked if she could help me research. She knew the house and said its been on the maps since 1850! Most likely due to the bark still on the trees in the basement spanning almost 18', hand hewn beams and Greek revival style. More than likely it was built in the 1830s.
She showed me the map and there is also a school house somewhere close by in 1850, I have not figured out where this was, yet.
I am still looking to find old pictures of the house because I know there was a barn and other structures nearby, anyone know where to look?
Also, I realize I will mostly find junk and im still noob at detecting but what is the best way to sort out junk? Equinox 600 with about 4 hours on it...
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