William

Wow...Kreiter Manufacturing Company- founded in 1896 and apparently went out of business in 1930! In the very early 1900's they manufactured Player pianos...wondering if that's what this is...

Boy, what a busy day. Actually filled up the trunk and backseat today. I'll post some pics of today's haul tommorow sometime, but here's a few of what turns out too have been a piano in the front part of the collapsed house. It appears to have been on the second floor according too where the remains are sitting. It actually saddens me some thinking about how this piano must have sounded in its day...

Thank you again for having my back, my friends! Or, I should say, my "Extended Family!"

Nice! For years I owned a Mt. St. Helens coffee cup. 100% Made from the volcanic ash, dated on the bottom. After all those years of having it in my possession, I returned it too it's"home", beneath the shadow of it's birthplace 😊

Oh my Gosh, I just now got the phone call regarding my biopsy. This is in regards too the tissue they took last Friday because it showed up as a potential "hot spot" during my PET scan. Patty isn't awake yet so I can't tell her (wore out from the dig yesterday), but I can't contain my emotions! Test Results came back Negative! Totally Benign! Inflamed Tissue! My Friends....I Am Totally.... CANCER FREE!!!!!

Better believe it! You won't catch me on the bad side of that wall! I'll give it another walkthrough when I'm there again (maybe today or tomorrow) around the outskirts of the home, and where I can safely enter, too see what else I can find. I easily see this continuing next year. No way we can cover and search everything out there before it gets too cold.

Once I carefully clean it up I might attempt to CAREFULLY bend that one stem back into place. Maybe. Definitely don't want to damage it any further. If it has to stay bent, so be it!

If you check out the 3rd pic I posted when I started this thread you will see that these adorned some woodwork that was affixed too the outer brick. These few I was able to pull from the rubble. It's kinda tricky as I'm sure what is still standing isn't very stable. I'm not going to find out by chasing the others I see! It was pretty windy out there today. So many downed trees and branches from over the years laying everywhere. Walnuts were dropping like crazy too. Nothing like playing dodgeball with walnuts plus listening for the dreaded cracking of wood 😬

Liking it! 😳

Today's haul of glass (the first pic), and a bunch of pictures of stuff from both today and yesterday that I have yet to clean...really happy with the 2 big blue Mason's not being broken! Don't think we're going out there tommorow so probably a cleaning day 😊

Thinking we found where either an outhouse or pump house used to be...too tired too pursue digging it today. Got a few more cool little items and a buttload of antique canning jars (13 blue), along with various other small jars and bottles. All were dug from 1 too 2 feet down in the collapsed shed. Also found a few more antique tools, a decent sized animal trap, another bunch of zinc/porcelain lids, and a green, ribbed shaker. Also picked up a few of those big metal stars that once adorned the house. There are still some attached too what is left standing of the house (see pictures) Gonna rest, then maybe post some pics. Might be tomorrow because I am bushed!

Car's loaded up with the proper excavating necessities and hitting the road for another afternoon dig 😊

It's not too close too the original, but it's the first thing I thought about when I saw it. So I had to get a picture! So for the motor enthusiasts and movie buffs, I give you The Hesper, Minnesota version of "Jeepers Kreepers" 😬

Yes, the marble was a good sign, along with the chair. Also came across a weathered doll without hair. Another peculiar piece was that little Japanese figure in the same picture as the chair. It sits just above the lamp finial. It will be included in the round of "cleaned up" pics.

I was turned on too this link last year Lonnie M. (From the Midwest Marble Collectors Club). At least 250 different varieties of Vacor 👍

Eyes are peeled. Already sporting a few cuts from glass 😬

Lots of broken glass all around of course...sadly, I found the bottom too a Ball Mason jar, Blue...Gallon size! Darn it.

Mousetrap dates back too the 1920's-30's from what I have found out thus far...

I already mentioned that too her because I want too find out when it was settled....I'm heading back tommorow too do some more digging. I think I just tapped the surface with those blue Mason's and lids in one spot. Also found a dump pile about 50 yards north in the woods 👍

Not that we initially saw. This place is about 3/4 mile back in the woods, out in the country obviously. We knew about it because Patty used too walk the trail through the woods close by where this place is. Her parents used to own a place down the road from this area years ago. The lady that used to own this property passed not too many years ago, passing it on too her brother. She had tons of land, never living in this place. It was just let go too become overgrown and fell apart. I know the house itself dates back too the late 1800's, and hasn't been lived in for probably 60-70 years. It's been long forgotten by anyone except for her brother, who doesn't give a hoot about anything there.

A cool antique mousetrap 😊

Some of the haul, cleaned up. And yes, I found a marble!

We had a little adventure today...found an abandoned farmhouse, now collapsed, along with 2 outbuildings, one collapsed and 1 still standing. I think the one still standing isn't as old as the others. Anyway after our discovery, of course we started exploring. Here are some of the goodies we found, along with pics of the collapsed farmhouse and shed...

Possibly Alox or Jackson if not Pelt...