More items from cavalry site

[RustyRelic]

Had a few more older items wanted to share. This cauldron piece, horse trace chain( think that's what it is) and a file.

 

[UCVRelics]

Nice Digs. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Neat! I like them a lot!

 

[RustyRelic]

Neat! I like them a lot!

Thanks, hope to go back when bugs aren't so bad again

 

[HatEnjoyer]

Thanks, hope to go back when bugs aren't so bad again

Make sure to keep us updated on any new finds!

 

[R. Porter]

Was there anything else done at the site, like logging or farming? If so it might add more dimensions to the site. Why was the site chosen for a cavalry camp in the first place? In the area I live there was supposed to have been a cavalry raid because of the coal mines. This is about 6 miles as the crow flies from the Whitehouse of the Confederacy. That would cause items similar to what you found to appear when metal detecting with the added hazard of undocumented mine shafts several hundred feet deep.

 

[RustyRelic]

Was there anything else done at the site, like logging or farming? If so it might add more dimensions to the site. Why was the site chosen for a cavalry camp in the first place? In the area I live there was supposed to have been a cavalry raid because of the coal mines. This is about 6 miles as the crow flies from the Whitehouse of the Confederacy. That would cause items similar to what you found to appear when metal detecting with the added hazard of undocumented mine shafts several hundred feet deep.

There is an old church on the site currently. I've probably hit this place up about 7 or 8 times now. I've found some farming equipment , some old silver coins. A lot of turn of century items too.

 

[R. Porter]

There is an old church on the site currently. I've probably hit this place up about 7 or 8 times now. I've found some farming equipment , some old silver coins. A lot of turn of century items too.

Does the church date to the Civil War period? Is there a graveyard? I'm wondering about undocumented or even documented soldier burials. If the current old church isn't old enough, would there have been an earlier one? Churches can be great community gathering places so you might get items throughout the period that the church was used.

 

[MRB1863]

Saving history, one piece at a time!

 

[RustyRelic]

Saving history, one piece at a time!

It's a good feeling

 

[RustyRelic]

Does the church date to the Civil War period? Is there a graveyard? I'm wondering about undocumented or even documented soldier burials. If the current old church isn't old enough, would there have been an earlier one? Churches can be great community gathering places so you might get items throughout the period that the church was used.

Church is 1870 so just after. Yes there's a graveyard too. I don't think there was an earlier church on that site. There was an early 1900s school at the edge of the property. A lot of old wagon roads in woods there.

 

[RustyRelic]

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Church is 1870 so just after. Yes there's a graveyard too. I don't think there was an earlier church on that site. There was an early 1900s school at the edge of the property. A lot of old wagon roads in woods there.

Does the church date to the Civil War period? Is there a graveyard? I'm wondering about undocumented or even documented soldier burials. If the current old church isn't old enough, would there have been an earlier one? Churches can be great community gathering places so you might get items throughout the period that the church was used.

also the local historian near there told me that cavalry passed through that spot on the wagon roads Who knows if they stopped there or not. I've found everything from 1850s-1940s there