Treasures!

This weekend we were able explore a little more down in the cistern.  It was all drained out and Todd spent about 2 hours digging around and leaving no stone, brick, and, um...tennis racket unturned!  We did find a few old items that are kind of neat to see and wonder what they were from but we unfortunately didn't find anything like coins or military type relics like we thought we would. At least now we know there is nothing down there and we can fill it in with dirt, rocks, etc. and close it up for good.  It's quite a safety concern having it open, even though it is fenced off.  

 

 Heading down to explore!

 

 Using the metal detector.  A friend's son let us borrow his metal detector and we will probably need to just get one because I can see us using it again in the future!

 Because there were rocks that fell in when it was opened, Todd had to check one side, piece by piece, and then move all the rocks to the other side and then look again.  It was a lot of hard work!

 Our most surprising treasure from the cistern!  There is a tennis court next door that was built by the Garrett family that once lived in the house in the 1930's so maybe it was one of theirs!

 So here is what he dug up!  The small thin pieces are part of a handle to an old bucket along with the piece that would have attached to one side of the bucket, which we assume was used to haul water up from the cistern.  The piece on the left is the hook and the cable type material that would have hooked to the bucket and pulled up with the cable.  The lower pieces are some bolts on the right and left and then a wrench in the middle.  The 2 rock pieces in the upper right are puzzling to us.  They trigger the metal detector but we can't figure out what they are.  The just look like rocks.

 Some up close shots of the bucket and hook parts.

 Up close of wrench and bolt

 When the foundation guys were working in the basement they uncovered this glass bottle.  I'm not sure how old it is but it has a cork top and looks like it was blown as opposed to more modern techniques.

We are so blessed to have this beautiful property and wanted to share our wonderful view from the back patio!  Can't wait to move in and wake up to this view every day!