They never knew that years later we would dig proof that they were here fighting

[dirtlooter]

So many of you get the privilege of hunting sites that are rich in war type finds. Of course back when these battles, skirmishes or whatever were going on, many things were being lost. Some things of course rotted away while others were buried by time deep in the soil. We as metal detectorist are able to find a lot of the evidence of these times by what we find. None of this meant a thing to any one of them at the time, they were trying to mainly stay alive as well as to win.

The soil has so much history hidden within it that we have yet to find. It is hard not to imagine what caused this relic to have been lost here, hidden from sight until we find it. People died during these times and we find fired bulllets or balls as well as cannon fired projectiles. But we never know if something that we find actually killed someone or not but you know that some had to have. Nonetheless, it is with a form of respect that we cherish these finds and also tend to respect them for what they represent (at least I hope so.)

The stories that these artifacts could tell if only they could speak, even the non war artifacts. We find evidence by carved bullets at what some of the men did in their spare time. We don't see the horror of the moment, just the evidence that something happened at this site. Evidence that deserves a special place to be preserved for others to see. Do you have a special place for Rev War stuff or Civ War stuff? Do you have something that is more special to you and why?

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Well said!

 

[Bum Luck]

Yeah, my best finds are the ones that "talk" to me and tell a story.

Toy soldiers, army toys - all take you on a trip down memory lane.

I once found a "sand blow" that exposed a little pile of white flint chips. You could plainly imagine the prehistoric Indian that sat there cross-legged and knapped out an arrowhead.