Never Came Home from Civil War

[bcruzin]

Update:
Hunt is scheduled for all day Saturday the 9th. 0800-1700

Research has provided a newspaper article written in 1955, 2 years after the house burnt. House has been unoccupied since 1953 as I understand it.
Newspaper detailed the date of construction as 1850, the amount of children, 6 boys and 6 girls. War of the States (as they call it) involvement is where things get interesting. The eldest son, a Confederate cavalry officer, returned from the war to Appomattox, only to suffer a fatal heart attack days later. Article goes on to say that this man died "before he revealed the exact spot on the home place where he'd buried his gold." A slave on the plantation is said to have witnessed this eldest son walking from the house with the gold.

SO there is some shred of possible truth to the myth. 121 acres of now tree farm will make this one challenging hunt.
Upside: 12 kids in the 1850's and 1860's means lots of opportunities for trinkets to be dropped.
Owner of the property states that the old Carolina Trail crosses the property, so that puts colonial activity on the property as well.
Not the mention the VW Beetle currently plugging the hand dug well.

I'm taking a Minelab 505 and my Coinmaster GT out there. Not serious hardware, but will at least scratch the surface. To my knowledge, the only structure standing is the home shell, complete with handmade bricks and plaster walls. I'm going to try to find the barn foundation as my thoughts are this is where the cache is. The newspaper article states this eldest son lost 4 of his own horses in the war. I will be posting videos galore. I really feel this place is going to be the location of a lifetime. It's a time capsule really. Other than the occasional teenagers looking for a thrill or a quiet place for quality time with Suzy Rottencrotch, I think it'll be largely untouched. It's too remote to have much other trespassing.


Stay tuned. And as always, chime in your with tips or strategies, as I will certainly need all the advice I can get. I'm really looking forward to the moment when I can put myself "back in time" and see the property through Metal Detectorist eyes.

 

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[MickeyMaguire]

It's 2:50 AM, November 9th. Here's wishing you abundant success on your hunt. I am looking forward to hearing of your success. Good Luck.

 

[Fletch88]

Good luck, can't wait to see the gold!

 

[ivan salis]

find old homestead site --look at the where various window open places would be * most folks liked to be able to view their stashes from the homes windows to be sure no one was messing about their burying spot -- an old out building or under old flag stones leading from building to building --chicken coop areas -- by large trees --along old fence lines (in post holes )

 

[ToastedWheatie]

It's not soldiers burying their goods, it's 4 young men going off to be soldiers. Curious if young guys had cash to bury and not take with them.
And I would agree that the younger, non patriarch of the family, wouldn't worry about near the house, but possibly farther away. This is a tough one.

 

[bcruzin]

Not one to make excuses but the site was extremely overgrown. I couldn't even get one full swing from left to right without snagging. This coupled with the fact that the new owner turned all 121 acres into a tree farm meant I had more than a few roots to deal with. Site had serious potential but after 6 hours on site and it produced a pocket watch back plate. . .

 

[slomoe]

Hi bcruzin, Old Carolina Trail, Plantation, cache, slaves, six kids, should be a lot of keeper finds. If you can find any pictures of the main house you might be able to see the porch or porches and if the porch has cracks then something may have fallen between them. You might try to find out what outfit the boys were with to see if they were close enough to come back home and get their belongings. One was a cavalry officer so he could have gotten back home often. Try your local Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp for any help or ideas for research. If you come across any mounds they could be slave graves. Good Luck and Happy Hunting slomoe