Lost history of NH - Finding a colonial 1700s site and Metal detecting
8 videos • 1,891 views • by Not Thursday This playlist contains all the Not Thursday episodes from working this one colonial 1700s homesite here in New Hampshire. I refer to this as Williams sit because of the first family who settled this land way back in the 1730's. I had spent several years hiking through tis forest in NH looking for the cellar hole that would be left behind after the house would have been abandoned around 200 years ago. Most of this area would have been abandoned back in the early 1800s and the forest has grown back in twice since then. Upon finding this site I spend several days here metal detecting looking for any and all old metal & relics from the past. This location produces any great artifacts from the 1700s like buttons, buckles, spoons, knifes, forks, tools and several coins. A 1786 Connecticut copper state coin and 2 King George II coins ( 1727-1760 ). After metal detecting the cellar hole on several trips with the Garrett ATGOLD detector we start cleaning up the site and digging out the lip of the cellar hole. I hope you enjoy seeing what its like for us to work one of these sites over several trips.