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I grew up on a large family farm next to the Manassas Battlefield Park, in Virginia. We found all kinds of things plowing and working the fields. Once we found a small single shot pistol, and another time we found about a dozen musket barrels all together as if buried in the ground to hide them.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's exactly what it is... a take... a yarn... an old wives tale... a local legend/legacy. You can easily do an experiment yourself, and stick something in a small tree and see how high up it gets in 30 years... I believe 230 years would be enough time for it to be up there quite a bit in a tree myself and that is how long it has been since the Battle in Kings Mountain started on Oct. 7, 1780 |
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I believe 230 years would be enough time for it to be up there quite a bit in a tree myself and that is how long it has been since the Battle in Kings Mountain started on Oct. 7, 1780
Bryan1315 ^^^ As botanical fact as opposed to theory... Please Google "How does a tree grow" (age determinate growth rings, et al) next time you get the chance. I don't wanna harp on this because it's really not a tree forum. Mann, I would be a burnout as a teacher... end the madness, frustration, pulling my hair out, etc. etc.   Quote:
Sure would be interesting to find out how these items made it to the tops of trees. I can imagine there are golf clubs growing out of the tops of trees in courses around the world.
StJoeBlues ^^^ Tornadoes, people tossing stuff as markers or not... regular shannanigans I 'spose. I have a couple of very rusty guns probably lost or left by hunters... not detector finds, but they are so far gone I wonder how long they were out there. The date on the receiver not being a real indicator, just when they were made, so they couldn't have been there prior to the date... but they look like something you'd pull from a shipwreck. >>> edit>>> Okay, okay, I couldn't resist... it's like unfinished business and I'm a Type A personality... some fine Government of Canada forestry information  VVV http://ecosys.cfl.scf.rncan.gc.ca/f...-eng.asp#006... and a couple of quotes from the fine folks at Natural Resources Canada (from the above link)  VVV Quote:
Trees grow in height through the elongation of the tips of their branches, but diameter growth is centred in the trunk. Because of this, if a branch is cut off near the trunk, the resulting scar will always be at the same height. Quote:
The trunk is the main stem of the tree; it supports all of the tree's weight. The trunk does not grow in height; it only increases in diameter (see How does a tree grow?). The trunk gets longer because the branches at the top get thicker and become the trunk.  If this doesn't help explain... well, there's still The Flat Earth Society... some minds are resistant or reluctant to grow... to grow... get it... to grow! I slay me! okay, humour can be patheticly low on my list of qualities  Edited by IBGolden
02/18/2011 7:00 pm
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United States
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All of the pictures are great, I really think I'm going to give it a shot this summer and get a metal detector
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United States
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If this doesn't help explain.. Actually it does...giving fact, then supporting evidence makes all the difference in the world.And that makes my guess about the wagon wheel a lot more feasable as ther was a 200 foot bluff near the tree..I can only imagine what a ride somebody took.Thanks for the info  |
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United States
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Not sure if I'm even in the right spot or not, anyway, I have a gun that I dug up about a year ago just recently had it checked out by a local professional who says that it is a mind 1800's military issue Remington 44 revolver missing the barrel,trigger,hammer,pretty much everything is gone but the frame, which is in really good shape(kinda leads me to believe that the gun was disassembled before it was buried)
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Bedrock of the Community
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That rocket makes me just a little more than nervous ... I think that one is a Russian mortar shell, but the primer and explosive are missing--not an UXB, thank goodness. |
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United States
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My thinking of the civil war era rifle found in the tree is that it belonged to a sniper and that he fell or was shot out of the tree, leaving it behind. Bayonet could have been carried up there by a mortar blast striking nearby
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very nice display. For me No guns yet, but I have dug a few bullets. They sure can be tricky to pin point, even with a Pro Pointer. I'm hoping I come across some sort of gun in my life time. Think it be an excellent find.
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Valued Member
United States
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I Was metal detecting a Civil War campsite in Calhon, Ky and had brought a friend along who had never been metal detecting before( I have been detecting since 1975). I help him tune his detector and set him loose,about 15 min. later he comes walking up with a big blob of rusty looking metal and says,"is this any good?". He had just found a Civil War period, Remington .44 Cal revolver!  Quite a rare find--now framed on his wall. I think he went detecting with me two more times and then quit. I have never found a firearm(I have found many pieces of firearms however). |
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Valued Member
United States
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makes me wanna get a metal detector.....
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New Member
United States
45 Posts |
I found this little .22 about 15 years ago. It isn't old, and it was only a couple inches deep, but it was interesting to come across.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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The gun pictures are great.
more more !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow!! Some awesome finds!! I collect antique firearms also somim always hoping to find an old gun...
That said... I have found a pistol.... But while I was hunting (not with a metal detector... For deer) one of my pistols fell out of its holster in a brushy area and I couldn't find it for the life of me... So I ran to the store, bought a cheap(er) bounty hunter tracker 2 and within 5 mins found my gun... That's the only one I've found...
Becides that all I've found is old nails and junk metal... Until yesterday I found my first coin...
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