quick 20 minutes at an old school house

nesvt

I took an hour off today. Drove 15 minutes to a neighboring town where I recently noticed they are working on an old school house. It's not that old. Was closed up for a while. May have been an apartment at one time. Used the detector for about 20 minutes and headed back home. The yard is kind of a mess. Poison ivy everywhere. Lots of old wood on the lawn with nails sticking straight up. An old well was barely covered. Animal bones scattered all over.

Found a couple square headed nails, a few pieces of metal, what looks like a child's ring, and a hair barrette. Unfortunately the diamonds in the barrette seem to be broken.

-Norm

goldrush00013

Nice little hunt! I like the hair clip!

HH

ricko

Interesting site..... could be more there, check around the foundation (if not already done). Cheers, RickO

DoubleEagle59

Nice finds and interesting site.

The 'diamonds' are not diamond but most likely foil back cut glass.

LochNESS

Kudos for pushing through the ivy. I've found mostly nails at construction sites myself, especially roofing nails (because they tend to get tossed off by roofers and/or roll off during tile removal). Often wondered whether it's worth visiting sites like that.

Do you guys tend to seek out construction sites for the fresh, unearthed goods? Or do you avoid them and the nails that follow?