This post is an avocational detectorist’s response to the thoughtful protest post by Craig Swain about DIV (Digging in Virginia) metal detecting rally at “Ransack a Historic Site”
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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.
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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.
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Scott Clark will be working with Dr. Kim Mcbride of the Kentucky Archaeological Survey to demonstrate archaeology and metal detecting methodology at historic homes. Don’t miss it!
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While my initial interest was on the cooperation element of metal detecting and archaeology professionals, there was more to it for me. I come from a coal mining family, and witnessed family members involvement in often violent labor struggles and prolonged, financially difficult labor strikes, so I was even more drawn into this story.
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