School house found

[MasonDixonMding]

Last week I got a new permission that should have had a 1800s school house on it. This school house is on several maps always in the same spot. There are many land marks so it was going to be easy to find. Or so I thought. I was looking for nails and couldn’t find any. I went back today to cover the parts of the field I didn’t get to last week. After hitting most of the far side of the field I decided to grid the field at a 90deg to what I had all ready had done. When I got over close to where I thought the nails should have been. I got a good signal, dug it and I got 1881 Indian head. Still no nails. After I dug the Indian I started circling the hole. About three feet away I dug a (watch winder or seizer piece?) went another ten feet and got a very strong signal and dug the hole. Out popped a coin. I could see the size was bigger than and Indian so I thought it was a large cent. I got my camera out to take a pic and than I saw the readied edge. My first seated quarter 1857. Still no nails. I found two small buttons and the final proof that I was in the right spot, a pencil eraser top. I’m at a lost for the lack of nails, but I’m sure I found the school house.

 

[metaladdict]

Love your seated quarter,big congrats

 

[hoser]

Outstanding! That Seated is awesome. Well done.

 

[stetam]

Wow congrats!

Steve

 

[Leave-No-Coins-Behind]

That's a good dig for sure!

 

[GroundSweeper]

Seated is a dream find, congrats!

 

[FLOOD]

Wow, that is a great looking quarter. I read your posts about trying to find that school, and awesome that you located a good spot. I would be visiting those grounds again and again looking for hidden goodies. Your hard work paid off.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Wow !

 

[Saker]

Great finds there. That seated is a beauty!

 

[Iggyks]

That quarter is incredible! Could the schoolhouse have been moved whole, not torn down? Assuming that was why you were looking for nails, that is.

 

[Wolf-Dog]

Great job! The seated quarter is especially beautiful!

 

[MasonDixonMding]

I’m thinking maybe that’s what happened? They most have moved it. Not much there. If it wouldn’t be that it’s out in the middle of a field. And if there was a Home nearby I would have wrote it off as random drops.

That quarter is incredible! Could the schoolhouse have been moved whole, not torn down? Assuming that was why you were looking for nails, that is.

 

[stetam]

Great finds. Congrats!

Steve

 

[markinswpa]

Last week I got a new permission that should have had a 1800s school house on it. This school house is on several maps always in the same spot. There are many land marks so it was going to be easy to find. Or so I thought. I was looking for nails and couldn’t find any. I went back today to cover the parts of the field I didn’t get to last week. After hitting most of the far side of the field I decided to grid the field at a 90deg to what I had all ready had done. When I got over close to where I thought the nails should have been. I got a good signal, dug it and I got 1881 Indian head. Still no nails. After I dug the Indian I started circling the hole. About three feet away I dug a (watch winder or seizer piece?) went another ten feet and got a very strong signal and dug the hole. Out popped a coin. I could see the size was bigger than and Indian so I thought it was a large cent. I got my camera out to take a pic and than I saw the readied edge. My first seated quarter 1857. Still no nails. I found two small buttons and the final proof that I was in the right spot, a pencil eraser top. I’m at a lost for the lack of nails, but I’m sure I found the school house.View attachment 574435View attachment 574436View attachment 574437View attachment 574438View attachment 574439View attachment 574440

You're definitely in the right area MDM. Congrats on your first seated quarter, Ihp and relics. The quarter is in beautiful shape. My first seated anything was a very nice 1888 quarter. Talk about diagonal sweeps, I can't tell you how many times that tactic has worked for me. Another one I like to use, time permitting is to turn around and go back over the same path I just swung on. Just the change in approach can sometimes be an eye opener. Good luck on your return. Mark

 

[aj0421]

Very nice seated quarter, Congrats! I have often thought of detecting my elementary school yard....time to email the Principle.

 

[storagebox419]

Congrats on the seated quarter, and finding the school house. Its odd how many times a site "should be" there - and ya can never find the dang thing!

 

[Chroma]

Pretty amazing to find a silver quarter at an 1800s schoolhouse. A few weeks ago I was also looking for the location of a schoolhouse marked on an 1880s map. I know the general area but my initial guess for where the schoolhouse sat yielded nothing but a broken horseshoe.

Then I read an old deed that told me I was probably detecting about 100-200 feet from the "footprint" of the schoolhouse. The spot where the schoolhouse sat is wooded now. I will have to brave the ticks and get in there when I have a chance. Hope I will have half as much luck as you.

 

[kaufenanger]

Stunning seated congrats!

 

[CarsonChris]

Sweet day of hunting. Congratulations!

 

[Jeff (or)]

Love your seated quarter,big congrats