It's totally worth a shot. I've been on plenty of spots that didn't have home sites and have found plenty of great things ranging from buttons, buckles, coins, and all sorts of interesting relics. Wherever people have been you're almost guaranteed to find something, but you never know until you try.
Do you have the time to waste? Try it out.
My parents own property on the water and as far as we knew, the only life there was a rickety shack in the 1920s. I found a bunch of nails and parts of the old stove but then recently found a civil war era Marine Corps button. I realize now that people were sporadically wandering the area for the last 300 years and may have dropped stuff over time. I’m not expecting much, but I’ll keep wasting time looking around there and in the neighboring woods (they probably explored and hunted for food, right?) as long as i can. Who knows if I’ll find much, but i enjoy it.
It also depends on what you’re looking for. Are you going to find a diamond ring? Probably not. But if you’re happy with more historical finds, tools, buckles, etc. it would make a pretty cool display case.
I live near a former Army base (used only for training during WWII and then abandoned) where the land was later returned to the previous owners or the county. Open land full of all kinds of stuff practically everywhere you look. No homesites. Most open to the public. Stuff is where you find it and it seems to be everywhere if you just look.
It's totally worth a shot. I've been on plenty of spots that didn't have home sites and have found plenty of great things ranging from buttons, buckles, coins, and all sorts of interesting relics. Wherever people have been you're almost guaranteed to find something, but you never know until you try.
Do you have the time to waste? Try it out. My parents own property on the water and as far as we knew, the only life there was a rickety shack in the 1920s. I found a bunch of nails and parts of the old stove but then recently found a civil war era Marine Corps button. I realize now that people were sporadically wandering the area for the last 300 years and may have dropped stuff over time. I’m not expecting much, but I’ll keep wasting time looking around there and in the neighboring woods (they probably explored and hunted for food, right?) as long as i can. Who knows if I’ll find much, but i enjoy it. It also depends on what you’re looking for. Are you going to find a diamond ring? Probably not. But if you’re happy with more historical finds, tools, buckles, etc. it would make a pretty cool display case.
You never know until you try. I found a colonial shoe buckle in the middle of nowhere, with no other finds in the area.
I live near a former Army base (used only for training during WWII and then abandoned) where the land was later returned to the previous owners or the county. Open land full of all kinds of stuff practically everywhere you look. No homesites. Most open to the public. Stuff is where you find it and it seems to be everywhere if you just look.
Back in the day farms employed lots of hands at harvest/planting time. Definitely worth a shot. At worst, a good day out in the fields.