Incredible Metal Detecting Discoveries: True Stories of Amazing Treasures Found by Everyday People by Mark D Smith Page B
Authors: Mark D Smith
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cashed in on some of these stories with horror movies like House
and Poltergeist. In these movies, homes were built on top of ancient
Indian burial grounds and as a result, the houses were haunted. These
might be Hollywood movie stories, but who in their right mind would
want to disturb any sort of burial grounds, let alone an Indian
burial site.
Most people would choose
to not willingly tamper with any type of grave site. Never mind the
possibility of ghosts and poltergeists. It has to do with respect,
but that has not stopped people from accidentally uncovering graves
with a metal detector.
There are countless
unmarked Indian burial sites across the United States. There really
is no way of knowing you are about to dig one up until it is too
late. This still doesn't make matters any better for the unfortunate
person who accidentally uncovers a grave.
Eventually someone is
going to find an old Indian burial ground, and that is exactly what
Ray Camp did on December 15 th 2013.
Ray stumbled upon his find
on accident. He had no intentions on finding anything. He was simply
testing out a metal detector near his house. Ray is a member of the
Alabama Archeometalology Historical Society and the members of this
society often receive new metal detectors for testing purposes. The
members of this society are no strangers to metal detecting. Some of
the founding members have been avid treasure hunters for over 40
years, and they have made some pretty incredible finds over those 40
years, but let's get back to the point at hand: Indian burial
grounds.
All of this happened in a
small town in Alabama by the name of Wetumpka.
Ray was testing out this
metal detector when he got a good signal. Not expecting to find much,
Ray started to recover the target. To his surprise, he unearthed a
couple of copper bracelets. As he tried to recover the bracelets, Ray
got yet another surprise. The bracelets were still attached to bones.
Arm bones to be exact.
At this point Ray decided
he had better stop the recovery. He made a few phone calls and
decided to call the local law enforcement. He wanted to make sure he
did not stumble upon a crime scene.
Once the local law
authorities declared that the area was not a crime scene, a team of
state archeologists were called in to survey the area and remove any
other remaining artifacts.
Several bones were
recovered along with some beads and a few human teeth. Ray and other
members of the Alabama Archeometalology Historical Society have been
quoted saying, “This is the find of a lifetime!”
This might be the find of
a lifetime, but I don't think I would like to be the one who made
this discovery. You can call me superstitious. You can call me silly
and you can call me a chicken. I would much rather be a silly
superstitious guy in a chicken suit than dig up an Indian burial
site. Let's just hope that no Hollywood type ghost stories rise from
this possible Indian burial mound.
Child Coffin
On April 7 th 2010, Ken Mordle was having a great time during an organized metal
detecting exhibition. The exhibition was organized by a metal
detecting club called: Digging Up the Past Metal Detecting Club. The
club and its lucky members organize routine digs on the English
countryside. This particular dig was taking place near Chichester
West Sussex, UK.
Ken
was happily hunting an area when his metal detector signaled
treasure. Ken started digging up his find. Thoughts of old hoards
raced through his head. Could he have just stumbled upon the next big
Roman hoard? Would his find go down in the history books? It
definitely would, but he did not find the next big Roman hoard.
He
found a coffin. This was not just any coffin either. It was the
coffin of a Roman child that was over 1900 years old. The entire
coffin and its contents were removed by a team of archeologists for
further study.
A
team of four archeologists painstakingly combed through the remains
looking for any clues to help them identify the
and Poltergeist. In these movies, homes were built on top of ancient
Indian burial grounds and as a result, the houses were haunted. These
might be Hollywood movie stories, but who in their right mind would
want to disturb any sort of burial grounds, let alone an Indian
burial site.
Most people would choose
to not willingly tamper with any type of grave site. Never mind the
possibility of ghosts and poltergeists. It has to do with respect,
but that has not stopped people from accidentally uncovering graves
with a metal detector.
There are countless
unmarked Indian burial sites across the United States. There really
is no way of knowing you are about to dig one up until it is too
late. This still doesn't make matters any better for the unfortunate
person who accidentally uncovers a grave.
Eventually someone is
going to find an old Indian burial ground, and that is exactly what
Ray Camp did on December 15 th 2013.
Ray stumbled upon his find
on accident. He had no intentions on finding anything. He was simply
testing out a metal detector near his house. Ray is a member of the
Alabama Archeometalology Historical Society and the members of this
society often receive new metal detectors for testing purposes. The
members of this society are no strangers to metal detecting. Some of
the founding members have been avid treasure hunters for over 40
years, and they have made some pretty incredible finds over those 40
years, but let's get back to the point at hand: Indian burial
grounds.
All of this happened in a
small town in Alabama by the name of Wetumpka.
Ray was testing out this
metal detector when he got a good signal. Not expecting to find much,
Ray started to recover the target. To his surprise, he unearthed a
couple of copper bracelets. As he tried to recover the bracelets, Ray
got yet another surprise. The bracelets were still attached to bones.
Arm bones to be exact.
At this point Ray decided
he had better stop the recovery. He made a few phone calls and
decided to call the local law enforcement. He wanted to make sure he
did not stumble upon a crime scene.
Once the local law
authorities declared that the area was not a crime scene, a team of
state archeologists were called in to survey the area and remove any
other remaining artifacts.
Several bones were
recovered along with some beads and a few human teeth. Ray and other
members of the Alabama Archeometalology Historical Society have been
quoted saying, “This is the find of a lifetime!”
This might be the find of
a lifetime, but I don't think I would like to be the one who made
this discovery. You can call me superstitious. You can call me silly
and you can call me a chicken. I would much rather be a silly
superstitious guy in a chicken suit than dig up an Indian burial
site. Let's just hope that no Hollywood type ghost stories rise from
this possible Indian burial mound.
Child Coffin
On April 7 th 2010, Ken Mordle was having a great time during an organized metal
detecting exhibition. The exhibition was organized by a metal
detecting club called: Digging Up the Past Metal Detecting Club. The
club and its lucky members organize routine digs on the English
countryside. This particular dig was taking place near Chichester
West Sussex, UK.
Ken
was happily hunting an area when his metal detector signaled
treasure. Ken started digging up his find. Thoughts of old hoards
raced through his head. Could he have just stumbled upon the next big
Roman hoard? Would his find go down in the history books? It
definitely would, but he did not find the next big Roman hoard.
He
found a coffin. This was not just any coffin either. It was the
coffin of a Roman child that was over 1900 years old. The entire
coffin and its contents were removed by a team of archeologists for
further study.
A
team of four archeologists painstakingly combed through the remains
looking for any clues to help them identify the
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