Bullet and Shell Civil War Projectiles Forum
Relic Discussion => Artillery => Topic started by: scottfromgeorgia on March 28, 2017, 08:37:06 PM
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Detective Carl Makins, with the Charleston County bomb squad, says a lot of people don't understand how dangerous these cannonballs are.
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/28/521699544/even-with-the-wars-behind-us-in-charleston-cannonballs-still-found-below
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Well, anyone should know that if you drop one upon your foot, it could be quite painful.
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Too bad they try to scare people. Nothing to be gained by that.
A linked article from your link is:
http://www.npr.org/2014/04/23/305851397/race-to-unearth-civil-war-era-artifacts-before-developer-digs-in
Would be nice if they'd open the property up to a public hunt the last two days before the dozers hit. If they really cared about the relics a lot more would be saved that way.
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I understand an archaeologist logic and training, grid, seeve, paintbrush , document.......... extremely valuable to get it just right, UNLESS you have 30 days before the bulldozer, then maybe you should use a shovel