Native American rock?

suberdave

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Hi, I was metal detecting by my moms house the other day. Down the street is a dead end. The stage coach, then train use to run from San Gabriel to Los Angeles. Found a horse shoe and lead bull toy. There is construction and reinforcement of the hillside, which means lots of dirt being moved. As a detectorist, you can’t pass up moved dirt. I also look for other relics or what ever while metal detecting. Long story longer, at the end of the dug construction dirt there was a pile of burn river rock. Very interesting. I thought maybe railroad. Probably not. These were buried probably pretty deep. Maybe Native American? The rocks were burnt thoroughly, if that makes sense. Anyway any help would be great. Thanks if I can prove this is a historical site I might be able to stop 20 apartments in a ridiculously small space from being-built ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1543907202.564499.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1543907233.386044.jpg ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1543907257.414263.jpg
 

Hillbilly Prince

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Absent any other indications, it would be difficult to tie burnt rocks to Indians.
It sounds like you have a great site to md. If you proved it to be historic I would guess you would not be allowed to hunt there.
Offhand, I would say you got a costly fight ahead in order to stop developement. Depends on who wants the developement maybe.
I don't have any experience with this subject, but if all you have are burnt rocks you will lose I would think.
Interesting question. Have you researched the area?
 

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suberdave

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Wow thanks Kray. Is there any fossils or anything about these worth diggin around for, or are they pretty common? These immediately crumbled when I tried to pick them up, is that common? Thanks for your help
 

Kray Gelder

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You never know. That layer of mud was probably a flood deposit. It hasn't been there long enough to turn to stone, so there might be some animal that got caught up in it. Think Ice Age.
 

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suberdave

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That’s really great information Kray. That’s why I love TreasureNet. There are very informative people out there like you. Thank you.
 

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