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That's a 55 or 56 Chevy and sure looks like it's been there since the 60s.

Driving a modern vehicle is like driving a cellphone with wheels. Manufactures are constantly battling with keeping their radio software up to speed with Apple and Android software. Customer comes in with a radio complaint (i.e. Apple carplay disconnects randomly while driving) and the radio...

Actually may not have been called Cumberland Forge may be just Wesley Budd’s Forge but aprox 1 mile up stream from Budd’s Cumberland Furnace

Forge Ave at Cumberland Forge off Union Rd. Right here https://boydsmaps.com/#15.00/39.386204/-74.938743/pines1930/0.00/0.00

No not yet maybe I’ll try before winter

I never did although it's so crazy thick back there last time I went down that trail the trail turned into a tunnel after you take the left towards the powerlines. after looking at this https://boydsmaps.com/#17.00/39.385610/-74.937940/midatlidar/0.00/0.00 I realize now that Forge Ave is...

Where’s this? Photo was taken about 2013 so I think the bridge has been replaced since. Hints are that it is south near my stomping grounds and the biggest hint is that it was a place of local prominence up until mid 1800s. It is an avenue on historic maps

I still find it strange this place wasn't included on the Hartman maps

Below are two news stories covered decades apart. Apparently 150 years after old Abe was buried at his mill, rumor got around of valuables being buried with him resulting in grave robbers digging him up a few times. 1932 article...

I was researching the area of Jones Mill once located on Muskee Creek near Manumuskin. It was a sawmill (or 2 as listed in this link) owned by Abraham Jones (1714-1786) Found this list from 1773 on State of NJ website. I will add more to this thread about the area of Jones mill and Abraham’s...

They always catch me by surprise when I think it’s just a wire laying there. 2nd time a black snake tricked me at an electrical box. I’m sure Al would have picked it right up

Oh duh. Can you tell yet l am no stone hunter :rolleyes:

What do you think the 3rd photo is?

Where I have no idea. But just a guess it was used to hold a wheel of a mill? The rebar must make it at least late 19th century early 20th century

Unfortunate situation. The car was found at night with the key still in the ignition when they pulled it out

Here’s the mustang present day

May be brush piles left from clearing the land?

That one was taken May 2020. I’m over due for an exploration out there…maybe next weekend:)

Oh yeah it was blue

Interesting I heard the state wanted to buy the rest of the conservancy land maybe it’s part of the deal. I saw new yellow test pipes in this area https://boydsmaps.com/#17.51/39.344262/-74.970726/pines2020a/0.00/0.00 and the blue Mopar car that was there is gone