Folks Of Interest Preparing for a archaeologist fossil dig

@Fordors you can see the ball end of the shock arm just under that fan belt.

 

Time to do some walking around but protect yourself...who knows what else is buried...it's the best time of year to find it...before the winged monsters set in...

 

Hopefully this will pay off for you. I also hope the buried part of the frame still exists.

 

As it's off the beaten track wonder if it's the remains of a doodlebug

 

That’s crazy! When I first moved to where I’m now, walking my dog along one of the private roads around the lake, I came across an old car half buried. Never paid much attention to it, but now wished I did back then. Years later went looking for it and it was gone. In another area next to a pond, I came across an old dump. Old washing machines, junk, then an entire bus? frame half buried. Back in the day folks living in the country just dumped their stuff either on their property or close by at a “communal” dump.

 

Years ago retrieved a 38 ford sedan from a wind-swept field in an Arapahoe Ne. horse farm, several 35-40 complete rolling ch***is littered the hill side showing evidence that someone labored with a chisel to keep the floor pans intact, I presume to use as hay wagons we scouted the tree sp**** perimeter for any remaining body parts to no avail.

 

Along with shovels and hoes, I'd want a chainsaw, a few straps, a come-along and if you can haul them fairly close, a sheet of plywood and a break down A frame that could pull/lift it up. Only needs to be a foot or two above grade. Get it up out of the dirt, slide the ply under it and use straps to pull/drag it out while it's strapped to the ply. If it's rough going and a fair distance, I might consider a cheap winch and a generator if you have them or access.

I've watched a few of this guy's videos of rescues and he sure does it with grit and basic stuff. Seems to do things the hard way often.
https://www.youtube.com/@5150mxVW

 

^^^^ Add snake boots! Can you get a tractor or skid steer back there? If so, you could use it to push/pull away logs, plow away some soil around the ch***is, then pick up the ch***is.
I'm wondering what happened to the body? Did the engine quit and they sold off the body then dumped the ch***is in the back 40? Or was a whole car abandoned back there and hoodlum hot rodders helped themselves?
It'll be interesting to see if the ch***is has collision damage. If so, that could explain the missing body.

Question; how much land do you have? It blows my mind that you've been there 50 years and never knew a 34 Ford ch***is was there, lol !!!
I'm wondering what else might be out there?...

 

If that ch***is has been there for ~50 yrs, all those trees weren't bigger than a small raspberry cane. If that. Still looks like it'd be worth it to save what could be saved. Neat backstory anyways. If not you, hopefully someone else. Too far for me, & I'm way too damn old. .
Marcus...

 

Prior to the Atlantic Ia. swap meet being relocated to Greenfield Ia. back in the 80's there was a ravine to the far end of the fairgrounds with several ch***is & body parts buried beneath years of refuse & tree limbs, never heard of anyone pursuing what all might lie below as it was nearly impossible to enter only walk the perimeter.