With all this snow on the ground I am going nuts not being able to go metal detecting.
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| This snow will take some time to melt |
So while we were in Honeyville visiting my parents on Saturday I decided to wander up into the attic and see if there is somewhere I hadn't yet searched for old 'stuff'. Looking around I realized that the windows below, being that the the windows are in a hollow wall (with a header over it), creates a natural dam in the wall and things that may have fallen in there would only be a couple feet down. Of course this only works if you have good access to the walls and they have not been insulated (generally pre-1970).
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| If you have just enough space to get your arm in below the double top plate you can feel above the header |
With no dust mask and in street clothes I reached down into the dirt and spiderweb infested nastiness and pulled out a few treasure in very short order.
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| USA Atlas - 1920 |
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| Seed packet from a seed envelope with the brochure still in it - 1916 (2 cent Washington stamp) |
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| Ad for fountain pens - 1920 |
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| Improvement Era - 1914 |
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| Farmers' Bulletin - 1915 |
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| Liahona - 1916 |
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| This creepy doll could be yours for selling $3.00 worth of magazine subscriptions. |
Additionally there were some old handwritten letters, a ceramic door knob, a spoon, mason jar lids, a college binder from 1905, empty parcel tags, ink blotter from the post office, a missionary tract, and more. Take some time to look in your attics - there are treasures to be found.
Now I just have to find a way to search 10'-0" down at the bottom of the wall (using non-destructive methods). Any ideas?
While on treasures, this little beauty below was found in Honeyville this past summer (2015). It is a silver 1891 seated liberty dime.
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