Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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First place he took me was to a big field where a lot of calvary troops came through during the final days of the Civil War. We each scored a couple of deep Spencer bullets apiece. I managed to break my shovel (again) in the hard ground. A Lesche hand trowel is a fine instrument for recovering coins in yards; it is not, however, a fine instrument for digging bullets at 11" in compacted ground. Mountain Man was nice enough to run me 14 miles round trip into town where I bought a short handled #2 shovel at premium prices.
After that, we went to an old home site. Other than a few old bricks laying around in the field, there was no sign a house had ever been there. Apparently it had burned down long before the invention of electricity and plumbing, as there is nothing that even comes close to being called modern conveniences to be found in the ground, such as piping or electrical wires.
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We managed 5 or 6 flat buttons apiece. I found another Civil War bullet, and other whatnots.
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MAN... what is that smell! The stench of this decomposing cow caused me to find more favorable wind currents.
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Sitting upon a treed knoll is a rather large, old cemetery. Many of the head stones had fallen over many years ago and were covered over by leaves and dirt. Some of the head stones are so old that you can't even read the writing that was chiseled into the stone at one time. I am guessing there was at least 30+ graves along this ridge. The red arrow points to Mountain Man detecting on the far hill.
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Wiping the leaves and dirt off some of the fallen down tombstones exposed this sad story of the 6 year old Davis child. I couldn't help but wonder what he/she had died from, sickness or an accident?
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Wiping the dirt off another stone, I find that the Davis family has had more than its share of sorrow... this boy or girl died at 10 years, 14 days old.
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Here are my finds for yesterday. Always enjoy the outings with Mountain Man, thanks Greg.
Vernon
After that, we went to an old home site. Other than a few old bricks laying around in the field, there was no sign a house had ever been there. Apparently it had burned down long before the invention of electricity and plumbing, as there is nothing that even comes close to being called modern conveniences to be found in the ground, such as piping or electrical wires.
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We managed 5 or 6 flat buttons apiece. I found another Civil War bullet, and other whatnots.
[attachment 50426 2.jpg]
MAN... what is that smell! The stench of this decomposing cow caused me to find more favorable wind currents.
[attachment 50427 graves2.jpg]
Sitting upon a treed knoll is a rather large, old cemetery. Many of the head stones had fallen over many years ago and were covered over by leaves and dirt. Some of the head stones are so old that you can't even read the writing that was chiseled into the stone at one time. I am guessing there was at least 30+ graves along this ridge. The red arrow points to Mountain Man detecting on the far hill.
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Wiping the leaves and dirt off some of the fallen down tombstones exposed this sad story of the 6 year old Davis child. I couldn't help but wonder what he/she had died from, sickness or an accident?
[attachment 50431 DSCF4418.jpg]
Wiping the dirt off another stone, I find that the Davis family has had more than its share of sorrow... this boy or girl died at 10 years, 14 days old.
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Here are my finds for yesterday. Always enjoy the outings with Mountain Man, thanks Greg.
Vernon