Second Day at New Berlin

Today we are once again at New Berlin and plan to continue with some new test pits. We put in two new test pits right away, test pits 5 and 6. Test Pit 5 revealed what may be part of the footer and a fence post hole that would have been part of the fence which surrounded the property. Test Pit 6 revealed part of a flagstone pathway, which may have been in front of the fence. My main job today was to find and map the locations of all the fence post holes. In order to do so I dug in 6 to 7 foot intervals along the edge of the property following a line from the visible fence post bases and holes. I would measure off the distance with a tape measure and then poke around with a screw driver to find the concrete base which I would then uncover using a shovel. In total we put in five more test pits today with the final three uncovering nothing. We have dug a total of nine test pits at the site and recommend that ground penetrating radar be used to find the footer.