Here's a few more. You can't tell it well, but two of the shots are of a cool gorge there. I also found some deep caves on the bluffs that I am going back to explore. Also across the street by the river is the old mill. I have an illustration from the newspaper of 1862 when this battle occurred. It shows the troops crossing the river at the mill from the vantage point of the Union Army firing at them from the other side of the river. You can see that the front of it is decimated by graffiti from the local college students.
Oh yeah, something really cool happened too. Right as I start detecting, this lady pulls up and asks if I have permission. Knowing this is public land I ask "from whom?" She then ignores that and tells me that she owns the farm at the end of the street and that people are always trying to get on her property to detect. I told her I have an extra detector and she would be welcome to hunt with me there if she let me detect. I also threw in that I had just gotten back from Iraq and that made me a shoe in. She is a big supporter of the troops and she said I could have first dibs. She got my name and number and she's gonna call me soon to come out there. How cool is that?