Tricks I Use To Find OLD Homesites So I Can Metal Detect And Bottle Hunt!

Tips for learning how to use maps and physical signs to find old homesites so you can metal detect them. Join me as I locate an old home and metal detect and look for bottles in the trash pit!

[@shanedurrance]

Bro,you obviously don't like detecting. If you did, you wouldn't post videos like this. Finding good areas has become a major problem. Giving people the goods just for clicks pisses me off!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

@@shanedurrance Bro, as much as you’d like to think you’re digging virgin ground and finding all the goodies….you’re not. Someone else has been there. And someone else will come after you and find what you missed. Lighten up and live a little bit. Take a newbie to your super secret spot and watch then light up when they find something other can can slaw for the first time. That experience will stick with you longer and serve you better than any top pocket find you’ll make.

[@brushbros]

The most valuable objects are not made of expensive metal. Bravo, bro!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks Rick!

[@heatherjordan5550]

Thanks for all the information!! This makes treasure hunting sooo much easier and more fun for me

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Good to hear Heather! Best of luck on the hunt!

[@michellestone1261]

I really enjoy your channel. My old kin are from Virginia they owned over 50,000 acres back in the day. One of their kin, my relation, purchased alot of land in Ohio, that's where I'm from. Wish for the old days, better living

[@DigginWithDeej]

I love the dumps! Glad you found some keepers & got out

[@xaviermclellan2441]

Thank you for the historic aerials website. This is so helpful considering our historical society has absolutely nothing. Thank you so much!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Absolutely! I appreciate you watching!

[@jerrydineen2827]

Those old maps are interesting to me, I love looking at them. The old trash dump is where I would love to look for treasures!

[@timelordmagnums357]

I'm from WV and there are 100's of these things everywhere where people just chuck their trash over the hillside. Litterbugs. Ugg.

[@crtreasures1136]

I’ve heard of historic aerials but never used them-till now. Thanks for the tutorial and adventure. Stay safe.

[@tincuptimmetaldetecting9259]

Good job Ben. For me its the excitement of researching an area and then hitting it with the hopes it hasn't been hunted! Always exciting and satisfying when it pays off! Stay safe and all the best brother!

[@ChrisAllen-g6h]

Nice finds.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks 👍

[@jodihepler6202]

That green medicine bottle might glow if you put a black light on it.

[@steveyounger465]

Those bottles will clean up nice...fun outing...

[@boondox270]

I've decided to take a rake anytime I get to an area that's wooded. Makes it easier to search once I'm able to scratch the surface a little bit. I do a scratch with the rake and check that very spot and then put that small pile together scratch next to it check that then put those piles together. Just makes things easier.

[@ellen4956]

I don't know if you'll ever see this, since this video is 3 years old, but I am trying to find where Alexander Hughes had what he called a plantation in his will. It was in Mooresville on Coddle Creek and was 400 acres by the time he died in 1825. He and his wife Margaret Kerr Hughes lived there from about 1780 till they died in the early 1800s. The land was sold to Alexander Hughes by James Carruth of Mecklenburg. It took me decades of research to even get that much information! I might go try to find if anything is left of the place this summer. I imagine there won't be a brick of it left, but you never know.

[@vanrudisill6935]

I’m from Charlotte and haven’t heard about this before, very intriguing! Would love an update after you’ve searched the area

[@GeorgeElliott-xp4mh]

Do you still metal detect?

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

@GeorgeElliott-xp4mh I do…but not nearly as much as I used too. Artifact hunting is so much more available to me than good metal detecting sites.

[@GeorgeElliott-xp4mh]

@HistoryHoundDetecting oh, well, if you ever get a good site, that's old. Let me know, I'll join you if you need another detectorist. Thanks

[@underdiggeroakley2903]

Thanks for bringing me along Mr Ben. Happy hunting.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thank you for watching! Good luck out there!

[@johnnybottles2344]

Thanks for sharing. 😁👍

[@digginwithsqueak]

We love using historic Aerials quite a bit, especially the topos. Great video!

[@allenrusselljr]

I know this video is 3 years old but i just stumbled on it and i wanted to say thank you.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Well I appreciate you watching my three year old video! Hope it helped a little!

[@CapnDanTreasures]

Thank you Sir for taking us along with you on your adventure. Those were some pretty cool bottles... Thanks also for the tips on the Historical Aerials, I knew about the site, just wasn't very familiar with how it works, and you cleared that up for me... Have a Blessed day and Happy Hunting!!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks Daniel. Best of luck to you!

[@preserving_the_past]

Great video Ben, always love watching your stuff. Such a great story teller. I bet your watch times are way up there. Thanks for sharing. "Chris-Preserving the Past Archaeology "

[@digitupboys9339]

Thanks for all the helpful info. Much appreciated

[@GarnetCarmichael]

Some very useful information you've shared. Kind of a shame where they dumped garbage back then. Some real pretty landscape you've got there. Thanks again for another video, loved watching!...Garnet

[@scottpayton1352]

Great job! Your information will help me hunt my favorite spot and find more hidden areas on the Southeast Georgia coast, with permission of course. Thank you and keep up the good work. Happy hunting!

[@stevenartascos2918]

Thanks alot brother Ben, great info, I'm checking in from Pennsylvania, love to bottle and relic hunt, thanks for the tip on searching for arrow heads too.. ✌️🎸

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Really appreciate you watching Steven! Good luck out there!

[@pattisimmons67]

So, I found you while doing a search for the Moon-Eyed people. I watched your video and then came to find out if you were still doing a videos... and you are! These are great videos! I honestly don't understand why you haven't taken off. Enjoyed every one I've watched. Thank you. Shared and subbed

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Very kind of you Patti! I enjoy making the videos, so channel growth is nice...but I’d do it anyway regardless. It’s nice to hear folks enjoy coming along on my adventures. Thank you!

[@Greengrass1972]

Great video Ben, really enjoyed that buddy you were more successful finding bottles than I was, but I'm going back to the river this week

[@markdoehrman4447]

Awesome tips. I have been using this site for years now, but have been skipping past the topo's. I'll have to quit doing that.

[@paulisemonger280]

Superb. Informative, restful and entertaining. Great slide guitar music as well! Subscribed.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thank you Paul!

[@DigginwithSeven]

Excellent tips! Our courthouse burned twice, the first during the Civil War by John Hunt Morgan, therefore it’s a lot of work for us to find house sites as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks Seven! I appreciate you taking a second to watch!

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Great info and fun hunt. Thanks for sharing the adventure. Good luck, happy hunting and take care.

[@mathewpennington7049]

I'm in western North Carolina as well just up above Boone NC and theres an old homesite on my property. Unfortunately my detector was lost up in Maryland while trying to detect a old hole in the middle of a small creek. Very very deep hole and well I lost my detector after got hooked on a branch or something. Oh well live and learn. Thanks for sharing.

[@patrickmanasco5905]

Great resource, much appreciated…

[@smoking745]

Great job, enjoyed the video and information from KM, NC.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@dannydirt4067]

Nice hunt thanks for sharing info

[@MetalDetectingNWGA]

Excellent info man! My only problem hunting in your area would be the hike up to those places. I'd be out of breath within the first 10 minutes!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Haha! Did you not hear my huffing and puffing in that camera?? I can still get up em but it takes me a long time!

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Cracking finds keep it up

[@MrSouthofBoston]

I’ve noticed the many people planted boxwood hedges near their homes years back. There were two homesites on our Suches (Union County) Georgia property that are long gone but the boxwoods still stand. We have a very large bottle and can dump that I’ve only scratched the surface. You should drive down and do some picking. I’ll be up that way for most of November. I’m still hunting points but with no luck.

[@discoverynorthcarolina9824]

Thanks for this information 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@stephenpendegraph7209]

I'm in central NC. thanks for the info.

[@davidglover7568]

Try looking on the south facing side of the mountain. In Appalachia winters cold and wet youll have the heat longer in the winter. This may help as well

[@troywilliams1052]

Awesome! enjoyed the walk on the ridge.. looks like" Hemp village"area off the Hemptown creek..

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Pretty close! About an hour and a half north of you.

[@troywilliams1052]

@@HistoryHoundDetecting do you have any videos or knowledge of the old Indian village ? Hemp village in Morganton ga

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

I don’t. Most of my info is wrapped up in western NC.

[@caravandanadventures]

Thanks bro. I'm a new to metal detecting. But I am locating old homes in my area. Privies. Old schools gone. I just starting learning Historical Aerials viewer. New sub! Ever pass thru South Georgia, give me a heads up.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

@@caravandanadventures Thanks for watching and the sub….best of luck on your hunts!

[@Travelling..Bottle..Digger]

Great tips, dude !

[@JOECorsoNova]

Awesome info for the newbies! Thx

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks for watching!

[@JOECorsoNova]

@@HistoryHoundDetecting unfortunately it’s a subscription based site now, was unable to gain access to any maps unfortunately..

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

It looks like a subscription is required, but if you go to the website and click on the yellow button that says “view images”….the map will pop up. The options for historic topo and satellite imagery are on the left side of the map. No subscription needed!

[@normawinton6832]

Just trying too get caught up. You found a cool site. Hope you find the old school. That place looked like a house site. But, my grandma lived in a 2 bedroom home that use too be a church. It still had the wood panels that were on the the walls that only went up about a foot or so. They remind me of the pews that were in alot of the old churches. When she died the neighbors bought the land and the lttle house was torn down. They found the old wooden cross that was on top of it at one time. Wish they would have given it to me. But that just goes to show you not to judge a book by its cover. Could be the old school house site you found.

[@jlotze]

Ben I hope you see this comment. I live in Western NY. Up near Lake Ontario. Well we have lots of Native American history here going back to Paleo-Indian age thousands years ago. During my artifact hunting I found what I believe to be a Clovis I found this at the creek next to my house. Hopefully I can show you a pic and you can identify it for me.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

I’ve never found one myself...but I’ll take a look. Shoot me a email pic at [e-mail]

[@stephenkirby5719]

I'm in western nc I always look for old dafadills growing humps of dirt possibly old rock foundation still around excuse my spelling on them plants also known easter flowers

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Yep! Box elder bushes too!

[@billmiller5075]

I’m new to Macon county, the Franklin area. Would love to do that now that I’m retired

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Thanks for watching!

[@HeartbreakerRelics]

I've never used Historical Aerials. Is there a way to drop a pin on a site in the software? Great information. Thanks.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

You know, there might well be. If you go to the website there is a paid version that removes all copyrighted marks from the map. It probably has a lot of different features. I’ve always just used the free version and dealt with the annoying watermarks.

[@Smore45]

I would have thought that the dump sites would be more covered with leaves after 50-60 years.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Some are. I’ve found a few by here the crunch of old cans and glass but nothing much visible on the surface.

[@kathymoll7010]

Thank you for demonstrating how to maneuver Historical maps. I bought some old topography maps from our historical society and it's been fun researching this area. I would be raking those hillsides. Lol.

[@whitewaterjack3332]

Good info ,thanks for sharing.New Sub.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

I appreciate you watching and subbing!

[@MrPalaad]

I do heavy grass area urban bus stop and yuppie soccer fields where parents stand and sit

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

I’ve never found a piece of gold jewelry because I just can’t bring myself to hunt places like that…I’m drawn to old history too much. In larger cities those two places can overlap, but in rural areas, not so much.

[@88997799]

Like most sites… sign up for a subscription if you want access to all website capabilities.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

You can still use the maps without subscribing. Been using it for years

[@ellen4956]

Sanborn maps are available at most county land offices, if it's an old county. When I had a house in Oregon I was able to get copies of the original old maps just by asking at the courthouse.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

@ellen4956 I really wish we had those here in Appalachia. Most of the county is too rural for them to have ever mapped like that…and the maps that were made were most often destroyed in courthouse fires during the Civil War. Great resource…if you can get it.

[@ellen4956]

@@HistoryHoundDetecting I hadn't even thought about that! Yeah, it's been hard for me to find documents for anything back there. I should have remembered about the fires.

[@davidbieloh1382]

Man do you ever find any marbles around those old homesites? I bet they are everywhere.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Absolutely. Got a jar full of them.

[@PreacherDigger]

My next video I show how I use historic aerials and my drone to find places. Today I'm going out to detect the spot.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Oh yeah. A drone would be an awesome tool! Look forward to watching!

[@jimmylarge1148]

That coke bottle was 1920’s ish no?

[@TennesseeDiggersBottleCO]

whats the best way to get permission to dig on peoples land that you have found to work best

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Be very open and honest about your intentions. Invite them to participate and be willing to leave what you find with them if they so desire. I know that leaves a bad taste in some peoples mouth, but I’d rather have the privilege of discovery and then part with the items than to never see them at all.

[@katherineg5946]

That pulley is from a window sash. A sign that there was a house or school there.

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Awesome information! I actually dug up two more that I didn’t put in the video. Thanks for the info. I’ll try to remember it for the future!

[@katherineg5946]

@@HistoryHoundDetecting you're very welcome. I'm almost ancient (lol) now and remember them well.

[@jefflambrecht174]

Metal detecting

[@Chrisinpa]

I look for signs of where an old house used to be.....hyacynths or daffodils growing in unusual places or old house foundations of course.

[@Jackfrommt]

Thats an awfully not hot coffee pot…

[@DirtNerds]

Need some good boots walking around glass in tennis shoes not so much a good idea!

[@HistoryHoundDetecting]

Indeed!