Magnet fishing on my ATV

[jen]

Dragging a magnet behind my ATV when going through the woods.

[jen]

I travel a lot though open woods or privative abandoned road beds...tress without much underbrush. When I come upon areas where there is broken glass I stop and pick up or secure it.   I also drag my magnet around to see what else is there.   If there  is a hollow tree I will stash glass  in there or put in my Moose carrier.   I am thinking about dragging my magnet.  I can hear it "click" when it catches something big .  My best find so far is a log chain and an antique stone lifter (Used to lift foundation stones on log cabins into place.)

[mikeexplorer]

Must be one hell of a magnet  Its neat to find history in the woods. That is why I like photographing abandoned railroads. Never know what your going to find. 

Probably my oldest find was strap rail from a gravity railroad. Nearby I found iron couplers where were used to join two sections of wooden water pipes to feed water to the steam engines. I also found several iron ring straps which were hammered on the end of the wood logs so they don't split when installing the couplers. This dates back to the early 1850's 

Earliest railroad I ever photographed was 1829, but there was no relics left, only the old grade.

 

[jen]

I have seen commercial truckers have magnets hanging in front of their front wheels when coming into mfg yards to pick up nails.  I would like to get one of those to  suspend  behind Foreman.  

[jen]

Butt $800!  

[jen]

I drag a strip magnet behind using a wire to attach it so only tail of magnet strip touches ground.  I listen for a click it it hits something.  However, I watch for signs that people have been in area like broken glass, obvious trail parking areas. Abandoned roads are the most common where I travel...These are roads that were horse and wagon traveled dirt or some corduroy roads and never maintained for 80 years.

[jen]

An Old building a distance off  an abandoned road. It was actually the "fruit celler"  of an old cabin where they stored apples, potatoes etc.  Found  meat hooks and snakes there.

 

Old ruins

[mikeexplorer]

That is how people preserved food back in the day. Some older homes like mine still have a root cellar. 

[jen]

Root cellar....I have heard that term. I am sure a lot of ATV travelers Have found stuff....Tools  a lot of tools. I bet. 

[WeeBee]

We had a Root Cellar when I was a boy ,we kept Canned goods, potatoes ,fruit in baskets on the shelves.

.Also had an Outhouse for many years!

[jen]

Yes,Outhouse ....Maybe with an  old Sears ,Roebuck catalog.

[jen]

Here is meat hook.  The larger is a hay hook for square bales.  The meat hook was inserted in the eye of a hog so two men could drag the daed hog to a scalding barrel.  It was forge welded. I would probaby do better with a metal detector.