Jim,
Hey, better luck next time.
I live in Kingston, Tn, we live in a great place for relic hunting.
Did you know that DeSoto came through our area in the 1500's. Yeh, right through Loudon, Cleveland, Chattnooga, and on to Memphis where he died on the banks of the Mississippi waiting on boats to be built to cross the river. There's alot of speculation bout DeSoto and if he had gold with him, supposedly the Cherokee's took his gold and buried it somewhere in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains.
Smartin