100acre
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- Aug 10, 2016
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- 437
- Detector(s) used
- Tesoro Lobo Super Traq,
Garrett AT PRO w/ 5x8" coil
Garrett Carrot,
GG Amphibian HP,
40"ground shark
Keene A52 Sluice box
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Treasure hunting in Louisiana. I had learned about three Civil War battle sites in south central Louisiana while I was visiting my mom in New Iberia. They were: the Battle of Bisland, the Battle of Irish Bend and another smaller one near the town of Patterson. I also attended a talk from the author of the book Teche, A History of Louisiana's most Famous Bayou by Shane K. Bernard. He is the Cuator and Historian for the McIlhenny Company that makes Tobasco Sauce.
On this trip I learned so much more about our family history in the area and about the first settlers and pioneers of those early days. My own ties go back to 1791 but the original people that first explored the area were there around 1750. This area is so absolutely rich in cultural treasures. I of course went back to the first plantation named the Enterprise. It is still an active mill and the family business now owns and operates two more mills. Sterling in Franklin where the Battle of Irish Bend took place and lastly Raceland between Patterson and New Orleans. After visiting the Enterprise, I went over to my cousins house in Franklin. That antebellum house was built in 1851. I did some detecting in their yard before heading to the Irish Bend site. Around the time of the battle General Taylor of the Confederate army whom commanded the West Louisiana Army defended against a much larger force led by General Banks of the Union Army. There is a small museum located along the bayou dedicated to the civil war and battles that took place in the vicinity. The museum is called the Young — Sanders Center; for the study of the war between the states in Louisiana Inc.
They have a number of small arms including rifles pistols swords and artillery ammunition as well as a edition of a newspaper. The town once taken over by the union, they could not get any paper so it was printed on the back of wallpaper. At the battle of Irish Bend I managed to find a small pistol caliber bullet which may or may not be modern modern as well as some small gauge railway spikes and interesting large screws for the Rail road line that used to go through here and was also used to bring sugarcane to the mills. From what I understand that field had been highly metal detected by people in the area for quite some time so I was lucky to find what I did. I did also find a broken mule horse shoe and a ring off of a harness. It was insanely muddy out there. Louisiana is great for its sugar cane but it creates wonderful thick sticky clay mud. I never did make it to the battle of Bisland, but I did go to the one down by Patterson. It was there that I managed to find quite a few things including a number of musket and rifle bullets both Union and Confederate. Normally most battle sites are protected by the government unless of course they're located on private land. The great thing about this is all that private land is owned by our family corporation. And so I had permission. I also visited a local metal detectorist who lives in the area and he showed me his vast collection of civil war related items both found and purchased.
I'm going to try and share all of these photographs and there are quite a few. I may not be able to load them all tonight but I will over the next few days as my Internet connection lasts but here is a teaser...
On this trip I learned so much more about our family history in the area and about the first settlers and pioneers of those early days. My own ties go back to 1791 but the original people that first explored the area were there around 1750. This area is so absolutely rich in cultural treasures. I of course went back to the first plantation named the Enterprise. It is still an active mill and the family business now owns and operates two more mills. Sterling in Franklin where the Battle of Irish Bend took place and lastly Raceland between Patterson and New Orleans. After visiting the Enterprise, I went over to my cousins house in Franklin. That antebellum house was built in 1851. I did some detecting in their yard before heading to the Irish Bend site. Around the time of the battle General Taylor of the Confederate army whom commanded the West Louisiana Army defended against a much larger force led by General Banks of the Union Army. There is a small museum located along the bayou dedicated to the civil war and battles that took place in the vicinity. The museum is called the Young — Sanders Center; for the study of the war between the states in Louisiana Inc.
They have a number of small arms including rifles pistols swords and artillery ammunition as well as a edition of a newspaper. The town once taken over by the union, they could not get any paper so it was printed on the back of wallpaper. At the battle of Irish Bend I managed to find a small pistol caliber bullet which may or may not be modern modern as well as some small gauge railway spikes and interesting large screws for the Rail road line that used to go through here and was also used to bring sugarcane to the mills. From what I understand that field had been highly metal detected by people in the area for quite some time so I was lucky to find what I did. I did also find a broken mule horse shoe and a ring off of a harness. It was insanely muddy out there. Louisiana is great for its sugar cane but it creates wonderful thick sticky clay mud. I never did make it to the battle of Bisland, but I did go to the one down by Patterson. It was there that I managed to find quite a few things including a number of musket and rifle bullets both Union and Confederate. Normally most battle sites are protected by the government unless of course they're located on private land. The great thing about this is all that private land is owned by our family corporation. And so I had permission. I also visited a local metal detectorist who lives in the area and he showed me his vast collection of civil war related items both found and purchased.
I'm going to try and share all of these photographs and there are quite a few. I may not be able to load them all tonight but I will over the next few days as my Internet connection lasts but here is a teaser...
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