Plantation Report
Published by Larry on Tagged Relic Finds, Research, Site Areas
Rebecca, graduate archeological student at University of South Florida, contacted me about three weeks ago with a need to borrow some metal detectors. When she told me about the project that she and four other students were undertaking with an agency of the state of Florida, I got real excited. They had the opportunity to go to a Daytona, FL plantation site that burned in the mid 1830′s. This is Rebecca’s first report that I can share:
Hi Larry,
I just wanted to let you know that our field work went fantastic on Tuesday. The metal detectors worked really well and we found some interesting things. At one of the slave cabins we were able to find a hoe and a metal cooking pot, as well as some nails and other metal pieces. At another cabin we were able to pick up a nail pattern where the walls would have been. When we measured the dimensions they matched perfectly with how big the cabins were supposed to be!
Rebecca asked to use the detectors for another day and will share a report on that venture too. It is a honor to have a part in this exploration of untouched plantation land since the fire of more than 180 years ago. It is more meaningful to me personally to have a group of yonger archeologists asking a metal detector hobbyist for assistance. Will give an update soon! Keep on “diggin it”.
December 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm
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December 4th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
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