Astronomersmith
Junior Member
This is probably a dumb question, but I was wondering if anyone has ever been metal detecting, and found human remains?
In specific, I wonder with all the civil war and even revolutionary war deaths, and with many people out there detecting for relics, it seems like there would have to be some poor souls that never got a proper burial in a cemetery. Maybe they died alone, or on a march, maybe had an accident in the wilderness or were murdered or killed by an animal? Then a hundred + years later somebody detects some buttons or bullets or buckles or maybe even a firearm, of the unfortunate person, and finds remains among the relics.
I don't even know if bones would still even be recognizable in 150 or more years later? They may have decomposed in that amount of time.
I guess this is kind of morbid, but it kind of crossed my mind because I have dug some and thought about, what if I find more than what I 'want' to find?
Scott
In specific, I wonder with all the civil war and even revolutionary war deaths, and with many people out there detecting for relics, it seems like there would have to be some poor souls that never got a proper burial in a cemetery. Maybe they died alone, or on a march, maybe had an accident in the wilderness or were murdered or killed by an animal? Then a hundred + years later somebody detects some buttons or bullets or buckles or maybe even a firearm, of the unfortunate person, and finds remains among the relics.
I don't even know if bones would still even be recognizable in 150 or more years later? They may have decomposed in that amount of time.
I guess this is kind of morbid, but it kind of crossed my mind because I have dug some and thought about, what if I find more than what I 'want' to find?
Scott