Silverhorse65
Elite Member
I'll preface this by saying that I don't watch everything that Aquachigger puts on Youtube. His type of detecting is quite unique and is much more back-woodsy than what some of us might wish to or attempt to do.
With that said, I certainly enjoyed the videos he put out earlier this spring of his trip to Nevada and Arizona hiking in the mountains, looking for old Native American settlements, and doing some gold detecting.
Also enjoying the series he is currently putting on Youtube where he claims he's found an old settlers fort from the French and Indian War (circa 1757-58). Apparently Native Americans attacked a small group of settlers (approximately 30 or so), burned the fort to the ground, and none of the settlers were ever seen or heard from again. I believe the historical assumption is massacre with the possibility of some women/children maybe being hauled off as captives/slaves.
Anyway, while watching this series, I can't help but think that some University archaeology department in the region might absolutely love to take an historical find of this nature and turn it into a summer project. You know, where the professors recruit undergrad volunteers to go out and do all the hard digging of the trenches, find all the goodies, and the professors then do all the scholarly write ups and take all the credit
Anyway, nice to see a fellow detectorist get first crack at something so historically significant.
With that said, I certainly enjoyed the videos he put out earlier this spring of his trip to Nevada and Arizona hiking in the mountains, looking for old Native American settlements, and doing some gold detecting.
Also enjoying the series he is currently putting on Youtube where he claims he's found an old settlers fort from the French and Indian War (circa 1757-58). Apparently Native Americans attacked a small group of settlers (approximately 30 or so), burned the fort to the ground, and none of the settlers were ever seen or heard from again. I believe the historical assumption is massacre with the possibility of some women/children maybe being hauled off as captives/slaves.
Anyway, while watching this series, I can't help but think that some University archaeology department in the region might absolutely love to take an historical find of this nature and turn it into a summer project. You know, where the professors recruit undergrad volunteers to go out and do all the hard digging of the trenches, find all the goodies, and the professors then do all the scholarly write ups and take all the credit
Anyway, nice to see a fellow detectorist get first crack at something so historically significant.
