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[littlebird13]

Hi I'm new here. By the way Great site!!

Well My son and I went on our first "real" hike together last year. Hes 7 and I'm 30. He loved and so did I. Well he wanted add to his adventures and we are purchasing a metal detector.

My question is since the people on here have hiked so many places. we were wondering if you could help us on places to hike into to do a little metal detecting (ex. old homesteads, foundations, ming towns, etc that you have seen along the way.

Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated.

can't wait to go and post pics of our hikes and finds(hopefully LOL)

thank you

Kenny (littlebird13)

[Wldrns]

Tug Hill

Hi I'm new here. By the way Great site!!

Well My son and I went on our first "real" hike together last year. Hes 7 and I'm 30. He loved and so did I. Well he wanted add to his adventures and we are purchasing a metal detector.

My question is since the people on here have hiked so many places. we were wondering if you could help us on places to hike into to do a little metal detecting (ex. old homesteads, foundations, ming towns, etc that you have seen along the way.

Anything you can do would be greatly appreciated.

It's not the Adirondacks, but the Tug Hill Plateau west of Lowville has many hundreds of old homesteads that are reverting back to wilderness. Foundations of houses and barns and cheese factories abound. Much of the old abandoned farmland is now reforested, either artificially or naturally, and state or county owned. Unfortunately you have to watch out for hoards of ATVs in summer and snowmobiles in winter. But get off the beaten track and there are many places to explore on foot. At one time on old maps the Adirondacks were known as the "greater wilderness", Tug hill was called the "lesser wilderness". First generation Eastern Europeans first settled Tug Hill in a big way, but most interior farms did not survive the rocky poor soil and harsh weather.

[ADKlvr]

The one that comes to mind frist is the old mining town of Tahawas. NearNewcomb,NY

[littlebird13]

I'm going to check these out thanks for the help.

[JClimbs]

Also, though I imagine it has been scoured over pretty well, the town of Griffin is an easy trot, and wandering around the old Fox Lair estate land might turn up a thing or two.
Finally, the old Paintbed mine in the ravine between Huckleberry and Crane may have a thing or two still lurking about. If you wander up the backside of Crane (don't do this without learning some extremely important bushwhacking skills!), you may find things along the old water pipe trace.
There were at one time camps in Siamese Ponds and Pharaoh Lake and perhaps you might find something thereabouts.
Have fun, just don't dig up everything in sight!

[TEG]

Is the mining town of Tahawas the old delapitated structures at the trailhead for duckhole? 'Cause that's the one I'm thinking of, above newcomb. It's pretty gnarly and I dont think I'd walk any farther inside than I already have (about two steps before I heard creeeeeeeaking). But I would imagine there's all sorts of goodies laying around outside that a detector would pick up.

Tod

[littlebird13]

Thanks everyone. Can't wait for warmer weather now.

[fvrwld]

There's lots of old logging camps in the West Canada Lakes WA and in the Western High Peaks around the Seward Mounatin Range . I have found a lot in those areas without the aid of a metal detector.

[lumberzac]

If you do go to Tahawus, I strongly discourage you from going inside any of the buildings, as they are not structurally sound. Before you get to the town you will pass the 1854 “new” blast furnace on your right. Behind the furnace towards the river are the old blower pistons, which are still intact, and the remains of the water wheel. Be very careful around the furnace as much of the stone and brickwork is loose and could fall off the furnace. If you find any artifacts in the area please leave them on site, an archeology team is going to be doing some work around the furnace and MacNaughton Cottage this spring. They will also be salvaging building materials from both structures to be used in restoration projects that will start late this spring or early this summer.