Treasure Hunting with Rodney (Story 7)

As usual in our practice, an abandoned American classic car would be sitting on the roadside.

Abandoned 1930s Dodge Pick-Up Truck

A Dodge Pick-Up This Time

Collectible Dodge Pick-Up

It was like a small "auto museum" in the wilderness.

Another American Classic Car Abandoned

A Gangster-Like Pontiac from 1960s

1950s Pontiac

A Fun-Target for Hunters

Pontiac

We kept walking and observing through the forest on both sides of the trail. There were no outstanding landmarks in the area - that made it difficult to locate the site of a former big house. The best way to do it would be using GPS, but since I had never used one for a simple reason - I trust my trained eyes, I was confident that we soon would locate the spot.

My eyes did not let me down - I noticed a huge trunk of a half-broken tree 30 feet away from the road in the forest. At a closer look, it was indeed the first-growth tree - an indicator of the foundation and a cellar hole situated nearby.

Large Tree Remains

Then we noticed the 19th century homestead vegetation all over the place, and then... we located a huge cellar hole!

Rodney Standing on the Foundation

Old Cellar Hole Discovered