batfish
Well-Known Member
Hi All,
I’m new to this – having just found my first bottle (which led to the discovery of this site and some piqued interest!).
Anyway, over the last several years I’ve made somewhat of a hobby of exploring the local small preserves and conservation lands looking for antiquities. For whatever reason, I find the vestiges of long forgotten settlements fascinating.
I’ve accumulated quite a collection of old cellar holes, mill sites, logging camps, (even a Victorian era ‘tea house’!). I’ve always wondered about what I could find if I dug around some of these locations.
These sites are on land that is owned by either conservation groups, by the towns, or by the state. Has anyone had any luck attaining permission to dig (or probe) around these sorts of sites? Note: these sites are never the ‘attraction’ of whatever preserve I am exploring – they are just forgotten relics lying, by coincidence, within the boundaries of the preserve. They are certainly not attractions or destinations to anyone but me, it seems.
Second, are such sites ever worth exploring? I’ve considered just probing around some of the cellar holes looking for old dumps and such. Or do sites on public land tend to be picked over – even if they are many miles out in the woods?
I am in NH, if it matters.
Thanks!
I’m new to this – having just found my first bottle (which led to the discovery of this site and some piqued interest!).
Anyway, over the last several years I’ve made somewhat of a hobby of exploring the local small preserves and conservation lands looking for antiquities. For whatever reason, I find the vestiges of long forgotten settlements fascinating.
I’ve accumulated quite a collection of old cellar holes, mill sites, logging camps, (even a Victorian era ‘tea house’!). I’ve always wondered about what I could find if I dug around some of these locations.
These sites are on land that is owned by either conservation groups, by the towns, or by the state. Has anyone had any luck attaining permission to dig (or probe) around these sorts of sites? Note: these sites are never the ‘attraction’ of whatever preserve I am exploring – they are just forgotten relics lying, by coincidence, within the boundaries of the preserve. They are certainly not attractions or destinations to anyone but me, it seems.
Second, are such sites ever worth exploring? I’ve considered just probing around some of the cellar holes looking for old dumps and such. Or do sites on public land tend to be picked over – even if they are many miles out in the woods?
I am in NH, if it matters.
Thanks!
