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WannaDig3687 said:
Time to get busy. Have a Blessed Day, everyone!
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Mornin all.

Hey Bart:
You and your son get bored , c'mon up and build me a pallet polebarn.:laughing7:
 

releventchair said:
Mornin all.

Hey Bart:
You and your son get bored , c'mon up and build me a pallet polebarn.:laughing7:
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Oh I wish for days of gone were here today.
Need a pole barn?
The community is not going to be sitting around, a pole barn was built.
Today one can't be choosers of the people who even can be hired for good money.
The $50 an hr folks are limited, the $30 ones are too lazy to leave the comforts of the chair.
I'm not going to be waiting for the help, I'm helping myself to get it done.
The billing dept of the electrical company is sending texts looking for payment.
Payment was sent, but I would appreciate it if the work was finished.
Yup-ball dropped.

Got a stove that is working now!!!
Didn't have a countertop stove since the beginning of SEPTEMBER!
The warranty service company has had the parts for 3 arfing weeks.
My online reviews will reflect that.
 

ANTIQUARIAN said:
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Florida’s Suncoast, “Bahia Del Espiritu Santo” - The “Bay of the Holy Spirit”

"The name given to Tampa Bay by Spanish conquistador Hernando deSoto upon his arrival in 1539. Eleven years earlier Panfilo Narvaez and his army of approximately 400 persons landed upon the shores of neighboring Pinellas County beginning what is said to be the first overland expedition by Europeans in the United States. Their numbers reduced from frequent attacks by the state's native inhabitants, only 4 members of the Narvaez entrada survived an eight-year journey circumnavigating the gulf coast on foot and upon crudely constructed rafts in a desperate bid to reach a Spanish outpost in "New Spain" (Mexico). The fascinating tale of the hardships they endured is recounted by survivor Cabeza De Vaca in his widely available book... "Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America". A deSoto encampment site was recently discovered near Orange Lake in northern Marion County. This is only the second definitive "deSoto was here" site known in Florida."
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In 1528, conquistador Narvaez led a force of 400 men on horseback fully clad in armor with several mastiff dogs of war into the wilds of Marion county to the native American Ocali village, where they encountered several hundred Ocali warriors.
In a short but fierce battle in which the armored Spanish armed with slow firing gunpowder long arms, let slip the dogs on the Ocali who had heavy loses and retreated across the Ocklawaha River.
In 1539, DeSoto, with 600 cavalry and infantry match to the large village of Ocali, after a short skirmish, took all the Ocali's food supplies before heading north to that campsite in Orange Springs.
*NOTE* Orange Springs was also the site of Confederate raider Captain J J Dickenson's plantation and CSA Fort Brook from which he began hundreds of raids against the Union, including capturing and sinking two Union gunboats on the St Johns River, and chasing and recovering looted supplies of a Union raiding party from St Augustine, March 10, 1865, of the Marshall Plantation and Holly's Gristmill, both suppliers to the Confederacy, east of Silver Springs on the Ocklawaha River.
 

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We had a really beautiful fall day. The temps were right up there being warm and breezy.
It looks like the last one for us as the temps are going down now.
If it was our traditional Indian Summer it was a short wet one this year.
 

Well done on the helmet Rusty, great to hear your pleased with it.
 

WannaDig3687 said:
Oh it's all here. I can feel it. :laughing9: Well, it should be all here.OK OK no CW or RW, but yes to NA, and I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there was underground railroad activity here. It's all over this area.
Land purchased in 1832. House and barn built. Crops and cattle. Church cemetery. House emptied and cattle were reported seen roaming in and out of house (by a 90-something yr old friend when she was a little girl) Descendants still come out to visit cemetery. The oldest 75-80 ish doesn't remember the house. She and her nephew seen the foundation for the first time last year. And she used to play on this farm when she was little! Yep! I should be able to find those things. Oh and on the north end there was an old road where people drove and dumped their trash. I think it is me. I have gotten better this year in my detecting abilities, but I sure do wish the MR would allow someone to come over and help me!

My first and only old coin found (on my side of the farm) was an 1854 dime. When was that? Like 3 years ago now?

I have found 3 pieces of bells so far. need a whole one!

I am racking up the horse shoes. I've lost count of those.


I know, I know. I have Ohio's original poor farm. :censored:
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I'm sure there's more treasures awaiting your coil.
 

ECS said:
In 1528, conquistador Narvaez led a force of 400 men on horseback fully clad in armor with several mastiff dogs of war into the wilds of Marion county to the native American Ocali village, where they encountered several hundred Ocali warriors.
In a short but fierce battle in which the armored Spanish armed with slow firing gunpowder long arms, let slip the dogs on the Ocali who had heavy loses and retreated across the Ocklawaha River.
In 1539, DeSoto, with 600 cavalry and infantry match to the large village of Ocali, after a short skirmish, took all the Ocali's food supplies before heading north to that campsite in Orange Springs.
*NOTE* Orange Springs was also the site of Confederate raider Captain J J Dickenson and CSA Fort Brook from which he began hundreds of raids against the Union, including capturing and sinking two Union gunboats on the St Johns River, and chasing and recovering looted supplies of a Union raiding party from St Augustine, March 10, 1865, of the Marshall Plantation and Holly's Gristmill, both suppliers to the Confederacy, east of Silver Springs on the Ocklawaha River.
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I grew up playing in the actual landing spot of ole Panfilo.
 

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ECS said:
In 1528, conquistador Narvaez led a force of 400 men on horseback fully clad in armor with several mastiff dogs of war into the wilds of Marion county to the native American Ocali village, where they encountered several hundred Ocali warriors.
In a short but fierce battle in which the armored Spanish armed with slow firing gunpowder long arms, let slip the dogs on the Ocali who had heavy loses and retreated across the Ocklawaha River.
In 1539, DeSoto, with 600 cavalry and infantry match to the large village of Ocali, after a short skirmish, took all the Ocali's food supplies before heading north to that campsite in Orange Springs.
*NOTE* Orange Springs was also the site of Confederate raider Captain J J Dickenson's plantation and CSA Fort Brook from which he began hundreds of raids against the Union, including capturing and sinking two Union gunboats on the St Johns River, and chasing and recovering looted supplies of a Union raiding party from St Augustine, March 10, 1865, of the Marshall Plantation and Holly's Gristmill, both suppliers to the Confederacy, east of Silver Springs on the Ocklawaha River.
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Orange Springs has the oldest still active wood Methodist Episcopal Church in Florida.
It was built in 1852 with land donated by John Pearson, who had a grist mill and machine shop in Orange Springs, which built firearms for the Confederacy and the brass cannon used against the Union FORT MYERS.
JJ Dickenson's, son, killed during a skirmish near Union occupied Gainesville, is buried in the church cemetery.
https://hometowncurrency.org/orange-springs/
 

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Jim,

I don't think he explained himself very well probably meant to make sure the bucket was level when buried in the ground.
 

pepperj said:
Well done on the helmet Rusty, great to hear your pleased with it.
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The thing is, to know who it belonged too, and what happened to him is indescribable. He was youngish too. MIA (aka executed by the Russians) just after he had turned 40. Sad. I'd like to find out who his family was, what he did before the war, did he volunteer or was he drafted, etc.
 

I went out to drop a salt block in the wintering deer hill, will drop a round bail in the area also. Like helping them through the winter-last year I did about a 100 lbs of apples. Anyways the Mrs texted me and said she was at the shoreline with Max. Well we met up and we went back down to the warehouse site to look at a big tree that had came down during this summer's wind shear.
Wow 1 big tree-took out another 6 trees. The root balls are exposed now and I got a watch winder and a few buttons between the two trees a few years ago. So I'll detect them again.

Max looking out for us. (Actually he got a whiff of a sent and jumped up on the fallen tree.

The photos are on: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/everything-else/622622-gifs-pics-more-186.html
 

 

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