Today we started our project at the site of the first Evangelical Methodist Church in New Berlin, PA. We started off by mapping the site which sloped down towards Penn's Creek at the one end of the property. We then started two shovel test pits near the Water Street edge of the property with the hope of finding the footer of the original church from 1816.
Down by the creek we found a plaque dedicated to a goose named Lucy that had been rescued by local townspeople. Also, on the way to the restroom we saw a large helicopter outside the American Legion Post 957.
During the digging of the two test pits we found a large quantity of rocks in the second pit and a possible footer in both pits at .5 m down. In the second pit the possible footer started at 9 in. and went down to the bottom of the pit (.5 m) jutting out from the side of the test pit closest to the street.
We then put in two more test pits after encountering a sterile clay level. These two pits also revealed large stones that may have been part of the footer as well.
