Discovery of a Picnic Grove in Upstate New York

Metal Detecting The Piles Of Scraped Soil At The Construction Site Can Bring Amazing Results!

I had unearthed over 250 coins before the construction finally destroyed the picnic grove completely. On my last visit, I found only one coin, sort of a Grove's symbolic farewell to me.

1877 Seated Liberty Silver Quarter

1877 Seated Liberty Silver Quarter

Here is a series of pictures that could be called "Then and Now". I took pictures of a few spots at the the picnic grove during the first year I was metal detecting there . And I photographed the same spots after the construction was completed a few years later.

Back Then

back in 2001

The Same Spot Today

same spot today

Back Then

At Old Rail Road Tracks

And Now

Old Rail Road Tracks


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