funkman
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Hello all...
Well I just wanted to show you what else I was able to pull out of the ground without a metal detector. Me and my son have been sifting this area of the trails since it is full of pottery pieces and many iron objects that the detector constantly beeps.
We were out Saturday afternoon and got the sifter hung from a tree branch and started working on this hole that we are expanding out from. What we have is a soft layer of topsoild that goes down about 6-10 inches and then it hits an ash layer and hard clay layer that is tough to break through with the shovels. Most of the pottery pieces and the cast iron "stuff" has been in this top layer so once we get down to the hard clay layer we move out from there.
Right off the bat just loosening this top layer of soil my son comes out with a two tine fork that has what appears to be a clip so that it can be clipped in your pocket. I believe and I need verification on this so if anyone has info I would appreciate it, but I think this was a CW soldiers fork and they used to clip them in the pocket so they did not lose it easily. Now I could be way off base on that so please let me know what you all think.
We were there for about 3 hours and found some wood stove parts made from heavy cast iron and again they were in this top layer so I do not think anything sunk any further than that top 6 to 10 inches. We were loosening up the dirt by this small tree and my eyes saw something sqaure in shape pop out of the dirt. I picked it up and when I found out what it was I told my sone that I was done for the day and anything else we find was his. After a few select happy swear words of joy, I realized I had the verification that I always suspected, that this was the house of a CW veteran. I had in my hand a Grand Army of The Republic veterand belt buckle! I have had a buckle like this on my want list for a wwhile and even though it is not actually "from" the CW it is associated with it. Like I said after that I went and sat down and admired my find and he continued to sift for a bit more since he wanted something as good real bad now. He was able to come up afterwards with a compass so this person must have been into woodworking or something since I have a coupe of files and a chisel and now the compass.
I also think that this veterans unifrom and stuff might have been in a trunk since I am finding the corner and side brackets from a trunk. I also feel that there was a fire and possibly the trunk burned and that is why the ash layer and the items seem coated in ash.
Anyway enjoy the pics and if anyone has any info on teh fork or compass I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Funkman
Well I just wanted to show you what else I was able to pull out of the ground without a metal detector. Me and my son have been sifting this area of the trails since it is full of pottery pieces and many iron objects that the detector constantly beeps.
We were out Saturday afternoon and got the sifter hung from a tree branch and started working on this hole that we are expanding out from. What we have is a soft layer of topsoild that goes down about 6-10 inches and then it hits an ash layer and hard clay layer that is tough to break through with the shovels. Most of the pottery pieces and the cast iron "stuff" has been in this top layer so once we get down to the hard clay layer we move out from there.
Right off the bat just loosening this top layer of soil my son comes out with a two tine fork that has what appears to be a clip so that it can be clipped in your pocket. I believe and I need verification on this so if anyone has info I would appreciate it, but I think this was a CW soldiers fork and they used to clip them in the pocket so they did not lose it easily. Now I could be way off base on that so please let me know what you all think.
We were there for about 3 hours and found some wood stove parts made from heavy cast iron and again they were in this top layer so I do not think anything sunk any further than that top 6 to 10 inches. We were loosening up the dirt by this small tree and my eyes saw something sqaure in shape pop out of the dirt. I picked it up and when I found out what it was I told my sone that I was done for the day and anything else we find was his. After a few select happy swear words of joy, I realized I had the verification that I always suspected, that this was the house of a CW veteran. I had in my hand a Grand Army of The Republic veterand belt buckle! I have had a buckle like this on my want list for a wwhile and even though it is not actually "from" the CW it is associated with it. Like I said after that I went and sat down and admired my find and he continued to sift for a bit more since he wanted something as good real bad now. He was able to come up afterwards with a compass so this person must have been into woodworking or something since I have a coupe of files and a chisel and now the compass.
I also think that this veterans unifrom and stuff might have been in a trunk since I am finding the corner and side brackets from a trunk. I also feel that there was a fire and possibly the trunk burned and that is why the ash layer and the items seem coated in ash.
Anyway enjoy the pics and if anyone has any info on teh fork or compass I would appreciate it.
Thanks
Funkman
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