Cache Marker? Grave? What is it?

[lastleg]

Seriously Dude, you don't want to know.

 

[diggummup]

Can I ask what KGC is?

A quick info.- KGC Knights of the Golden Circle KGC

 

[adaminnh]

I checked them out on line last night. Very intresting stuff. Kinda suprised I didnt hear (or at least remember) about them. I grew up on alabamas coast and heard all kinds of storys about french and spanish gold. But sure dont recall KGC.

 

[vor]

My vote is that it is a grave marker and has steel reinforcement inside. If it had no steel, a slab like that would have cracked years ago as it settled.

I wouldn't disturb it, but that's just me.

 

[slimjim1987]

Well, I wish I had exciting news for everyone but I have only been left with confusion....


Me and a couple of friends went and lifted the block. I'm going to preface this by saying that I don't beleive it is a grave simply because the local cemetery nearby has the name of a person with those initials and it fits the time period. There could have been another person with the same initials, but this was a very small community and there is not another person on the census that would match.

The block was not nearly as heavy as we thought it would be, as the underside is inset and was only filled with dirt. There was nothing underneath it and I'm getting some very faint iron readings, but the ground has very high mineralization.

It looks very much like a lid to something, but I can't figure out what. I would say a concrete grave vault, but there was no concrete underneath and it would still be too small for an adult to fit in. What confuses me is the the letters were etched into it while the concrete was still wet. However, the underside of it leads me to believe it was not poured where it lays.

The question is, do I keep digging since I'm aware that a metal detector is only going to go so deep, or do you all think it's just a marker of some sort? I will be posting a picture soon.

 

[slimjim1987]

 

[the bone]

With the dimensions your giving and the look of it i think it could be a peice to a concrete bench especially if there is a cemetary near by

 

[Dihren]

Clean the dirt out of the inside and e if they are places where legs could have been attached

 

[lost]

I think the guys saying it's a concrete bench is right. If you can, go up to the cemetery and look around. You might find the rest of the bench. Maybe some idiots thought it would be fun carrying it away, and that location was as far as they got.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

I'm going to preface this by saying that I don't beleive it is a grave simply because the local cemetery nearby has the name of a person with those initials and it fits the time period. There could have been another person with the same initials, but this was a very small community and there is not another person on the census that would match.

Sounds to me like you have a grave stone that was discarded, and a newer one put up. That would be the one in the cemetery with the guys name on it. Cemeteries do that.

 

[diggummup]

With the dimensions your giving and the look of it i think it could be a peice to a concrete bench especially if there is a cemetary near by

If it were a bench J.A.W. wouldn't have been able to scribe his initials in it while it was still wet... unless of course if he worked at the bench factory.

Sounds to me like you have a grave stone that was discarded, and a newer one put up. That would be the one in the cemetery with the guys name on it. Cemeteries do that.

I've never seen a concrete grave stone where someone "chicken scratched" initials into it while wet.

 

[Kentucky Kache]

I've never seen a concrete grave stone where someone "chicken scratched" initials into it while wet.

Not sure I have either. But I have seen names/initials scratched into stone, so it wouldn't be hard to believe that someone did that.

 

[OregonGold76]

J-Just
A-Add
W-Water

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Seriously Dude, you don't want to know.

Yes, our friend, Dude want to know, so tell him.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Well, even if it was reveille I would still dig it up if there was some silver there....maybe I'm not the most die hard aggie out there, haha.

This is not a laughing matter. Somebody died.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Senor aggie: Please hurry and lift the damm thing before I die of old age. The suspense is killing me...

Don't worry austin, if the suspense kill you, we chip in for a grave stone. What do you want on it?

 

[Farwalker]

KGC are my initials! and- Knights of Columbus/ This is probably all over by now! Just wonder why it wasn,t just dug alongside
deep enough to investigate, like "outhouse" diggers do. Probably same reason for lack of a larger group of "Serious" Prospecters.
It, work.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

I checked them out on line last night. Very intresting stuff. Kinda suprised I didnt hear (or at least remember) about them. I grew up on alabamas coast and heard all kinds of storys about french and spanish gold. But sure dont recall KGC.

most of the stories are untrue, my friend.

 

[austin]

Don't worry austin, if the suspense kill you, we chip in for a grave stone. What do you want on it?

I doubt that it will kill me, but for you and Slimjim(he will understand this) , please scratch on there:
Here lies the Longhorn Network
It now costs money to follow a team
That has no defense, a poor offense
And who better thank God
They don't have to face "Johnny Football".
In addition, please leave room in there for Mack Brown and DeLoss Dodds.

 

[Connecticut Sam]

Well, even if it was reveille I would still dig it up if there was some silver there....maybe I'm not the most die hard aggie out there, haha.

Grave maker, Where is the body?