Category: Featured

Metal Detecting Photography by Scott Clark

Posted by Scott Clark | Oct 27, 2016 | Featured, Photo Galleries |

These are the images I’ve submitted to Whites Detecting for consideration in their calendar. No matter if they use them, I thought you might like to see a few in high-res.

Authentic Civil War Shells COMING AT YOU Sounds and Video – Awesomeness

Posted by Scott Clark | Jul 13, 2016 | Featured, Videos |

Ever wonder what it would be like to be on the receiving end of a cannon barrage in the civil war? Well, this video is as close as you’ll ever get (and ever want to get.) The sounds of the superheated iron fragments is terrifying. Excellent stuff…

An Often Indefensible Assertion: “We’re Saving History.”

Posted by Scott Clark | Apr 25, 2016 | Advocacy, Archaeology Work, Featured, Research and Permission, slider |

When I hear detectorists talking about “Saving History” these days I can’t help...

Metal Detecting Civil War Union Camp – Documenting Plowed Fields’ Role in War’s Waning Months

Posted by Scott Clark | Dec 30, 2015 | Archaeology Work, Featured, Metal Detecting Journal, Photo Galleries, slider |

With the holiday break, I’ve made a lot of progress on the exploratory survey of the Civil War Union campsite in NE Kentucky. It’s been incredibly enjoyable combination of research, reading, field time and cataloging.

Constructing a Narrative with My Metal Detector – a Kentucky Civil War Moment

Posted by Scott Clark | Dec 8, 2015 | Archaeology Work, Featured, Metal Detecting Journal |

I have been doing research on a large property which contains known US Civil War action, and I’m starting to build a data set – venturing even to construct several hypothesis about what happened there which I look forward to presenting to experts far more seasoned than I.