Cache's found??

[david32cal]

we have all read stories of how the mountain men would cache thier goods in case of indian attack or other dire circumstances,and i am sure some were lost or forgotten about or those that hid them never made it back to claim them. i was just wondering if any of these have ever been found in modern times,if so do you know of any sites that may have photos or online exibits.

[PJC]

In an old muzzle loading magazine. I forget the name. Sometime in the 1960's
There was a very short story of a guy that was coon hunting one night.
His dog treed at a small hole to a cave with a large rock in front of it.
The next day they were able to get access to the cave and found a rifle and bag
had been cached many years ago. I think the rifle was unserviceable when they found it.

PJC

[sse]

I've read about the cache constructed in the ground, with some amount of detail and design.  There must be bunches of them intact, but finding them would be totally by chance, I would think.

[Three Hawks]

If a cache had enough metal in it, guns, trade goods,  that sort of thing close enough to the surface a metal detector MIGHT find it.  Other than that, yer standard SWAG (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess) or a ground penetrating radar are the best shots.  Some forward looking entrepreneur needs to market a hobby priced GPR set so we can get crackin' on this.

Three Hawks

[trg]

I heard a story being told around a fire many years ago abot an old cabin or cave that the original mould for the TC Maxi ball was discovered, of course several articles by T and C told a different story about the origin of this bullet, but the campfire tale made the folks who used them and wanted them to be traditional very happy.