Digging for Treasure

I HAD OCCASION SEVERAL WEEKS AGO TO VISIT THE OLD NATCHEZ DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  I HAD PREPARED FOR THE TRIP AND TOOK ALONG MY GARRETT METAL DETECTOR AND YES, MY SHOVEL.  BEFORE HAND I HAD TALKED TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO LIVED IN THE AREA AND  HE KNEW A FARMER WHO HAD SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF NATCHEZ.  I HAD GONE THERE BEFORE AND HAD GOOD LUCK SEARCHING FOR PROJECTILE POINTS IN HIS PLOWED FIELDS. THIS TIME HOWEVER,
I HAD SOMETHING ELSE IN MINE.  ON ONE OF MY PREVIOUS TRIP I HAD NOTICED THE REMAINS OF SOME OLD DWELLING(JUST BRICKS FROM THE CHIMMY'S).  TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, MY FRIEND AND I QUICKLY FOUND THE OLD HOME SITE AND STARTED TO EXPLORE WITH OUR  DETECTORS.  TIN CANS AND NAILS WERE QUICKLY FOUND ALONG WITH PLOW POINTS.  WE THEN MOVED ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS DOWNHILL FROM THE HOUSE AREA AND AFTER MANY FALSE ALARMS WE FOUND WHAT I BELIEVE WAS THE OLD DUMP.  MANY, MANY CANS WERE FOUND, BUT THEN WE BEGAN TO FIND THE OCCASIONAL BOTTLE AMONG THE CANS.  THIS WAS GREAT AS I COLLECT OLD BOTTLES.  ALL IN ALL WE FOUND SOME 6 INTACT BOTTLES MOST DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 1800's.  I'VE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY SEVERAL---WORTH ABOUT $50 EACH AND HAVE SEVERAL MORE THAT REMAIN A MYSTERY---HOPING ONE WILL BE THAT REAL TREASURE.  BOTTLE HUNTING IS GREAT, BUT ONCE YOU LOCATE THAT SPOT DIG VERY CAREFULLY.   I'LL UPDATE IF ONE OF MY FINDS TURNS OUT TO BE VALUABLE.

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My Trusty Metal Detector

ABOUT A WEEK AGO I WAS ABLE GO GAIN EXCESS TO A SITE ON AN OLD FARM IN THE OLD NATCHEZ DISTRICT IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.  I KNEW FROM MY CHILDHOOD DAYS THAT THERE WAS A HOUSE SITE THAT DATED BACK TO THE 1860'S.  OF COURSE THE HOUSE IS LONG GONE, AND THE AREA OVERGROWN WITH ONLY A FEW BRICKS FROM THE CHIMNEY REMAINING.  ANYWAY, I TOOK MY TRUSTY FRIEND, MY BOUNTY HUNTER IV METAL DETECTOR AND BEGAN SCANNING THE AREA AROUND THE OLD SITE.  AFTER DIGGING UP A FEW OLD CANS AND SOME PLOW POINTS I TRIED A SPOT DOWN HILL FROM THE HOUSE SITE AND BEGAN TO GET MORE NOISE FROM MY DETECTOR.  AFTER DIGGING SEVERAL HOLES, NOT ONLY DID I FIND MORE OLD CANS, BUT BEGAN TO GET PIECES OF GLASS MIXED IN.  I STARTED TO DIG CAREFULLY AND SOON REALIZED I HAD FOUND THE OLD GARBAGE DUMP.  TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, BEFORE THE END OF THE DAY I HAD RECOVERED 8 OLD BOTTLES---I MEAN VERY OLD BOTTLES DATING BACK TO THE 1860'S AND BEFORE.  NO GOLD THIS TIME, BUT THERE IS GOLD IN THEM OLD BOTTLES.  HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THEM YET, BUT WORKING ON IT AND WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.  HAPPY TREASURE HUNTING.

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