EagleEye1
Banned
Anyone out there familiar with the bricks that the Forts made on location apparently (as their requests for bricks from up North were denied) and what to look for etc?
There are two locations were I have personally seen these bricks and at Fort King they have almost identical on display that were made there at the Fort. They were used for Chimneys, foundations etc and of poor quality often resulting in structure fire.
To get to the point, one area that wasn't known to ever have a Fort (but not far off) I found a few. I recently read an article that confirmed that troops had stayed in this area at least for ONE night, so perhaps dropped a few or the Seminoles stole some at some point or locals reused them later. Who knows.
Has anyone ever found any or have more 411 on this aspect of the 2nd Seminole War? Attached are the pictures and you can see the porous and inferior quality of them and how all 4 pieces match up to my eye. One does have a good more quality shape to it on one side, but matches in every other way. As for this area, there were 3 local brick factories decades later and I have seen those and they do not look similar at all, nor would they be in this area in such a small quantity. I attached pictures from the ones found at Fort King (Ocala) that are on display and a short article: Section F with me holding one I found at a Fort near me with permission and turned into their museum.
Can't get the pics attached, please see link... http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/finds-florida/650668-2nd-seminole-war-bricks.html
There are two locations were I have personally seen these bricks and at Fort King they have almost identical on display that were made there at the Fort. They were used for Chimneys, foundations etc and of poor quality often resulting in structure fire.
To get to the point, one area that wasn't known to ever have a Fort (but not far off) I found a few. I recently read an article that confirmed that troops had stayed in this area at least for ONE night, so perhaps dropped a few or the Seminoles stole some at some point or locals reused them later. Who knows.
Has anyone ever found any or have more 411 on this aspect of the 2nd Seminole War? Attached are the pictures and you can see the porous and inferior quality of them and how all 4 pieces match up to my eye. One does have a good more quality shape to it on one side, but matches in every other way. As for this area, there were 3 local brick factories decades later and I have seen those and they do not look similar at all, nor would they be in this area in such a small quantity. I attached pictures from the ones found at Fort King (Ocala) that are on display and a short article: Section F with me holding one I found at a Fort near me with permission and turned into their museum.
Can't get the pics attached, please see link... http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/finds-florida/650668-2nd-seminole-war-bricks.html
