Minderhout Farmstead - May, 2020

Minderhout Farmstead - May, 2020 (Late 1800's Home site)

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Note: exact location not give to protect property owners.

Been driving by this site for years now, the existing house confused me as it looks like the original home. Well that is because it is, they moved it for road construction reasons. The original location shows up on the old plat map for the area. So me and my detecting buddy drove out there one sunny weekend day and approached the owner and asked for permission. Super nice guy and he allowed us to hunt the place, knew a bunch of history about it and that the house he now lived in had been relocated to its current resting place. He had said the property was just hunted but the person hadn't found a lot. Well we found some really nice relics. My prized relic is a spoon that has been initialed by the original family. The L.A.M. most likely stands for Lester Albert Minderhout the son of this family, or it could be the married name of the Daughter who was referred to as Mrs. L. A. Andriense. Hard to say some times :)

Initialed Family Spoon handle This is most likely the son's initials to the original family that lived here. It was originally owned by Albert Minderhout.

Harmonica reed plate section If you look you can see a capital "A" stamped in the lower right corner by the last reed note.

Lantern piece The owner was nice enough to give us a piece to a lantern that had the wick advancement wheel intact. It is a Manhattan Brass Co. Patent Date April 20th, 1883.

Grape furniture adornment Front	Grape bunch furniture adornment Back

Suspender Clip Brass suspender clip.

Harmonium or Concertina Reed The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonium

Needle threader Missing the small wire for the thread to go through.

Beautifully ornate suspender clip

Salvus Historia

(Saving History)

Metal Detecting

Minderhout Farmstead - May, 2020 (Late 1800's Home site)

Please click images for full description and historical links.

Note: exact location not give to protect property owners.

Initialed Family Spoon handle

This is most likely the son's initials to the original family that lived here. It was originally owned by Albert Minderhout.

Harmonica reed plate section

If you look you can see a capital "A" stamped in the lower right corner by the last reed note.

Lantern piece

The owner was nice enough to give us a piece to a lantern that had the wick advancement wheel intact. It is a Manhattan Brass Co. Patent Date April 20th, 1883.

Grape furniture adornment

Front

Grape bunch furniture adornment

Back

Suspender Clip

Brass suspender clip.

Harmonium or Concertina Reed

The pump organ is a type of free-reed organ that generates sound as air flows past a vibrating piece of thin metal in a frame. The piece of metal is called a reed. Specific types of pump organ include the reed organ, harmonium, and melodeon. https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonium

Needle threader

Missing the small wire for the thread to go through.

Beautifully ornate suspender clip