TO-DO:
(1) Check out our restoration of BYRNSIDE'S FORT.
(2) Read about HISTORY at our "BLOG" , or even BUY STUFF, at the "SCAV STORE" page.
(3) LEARN about our FINDS in the SCAV MUSEUM.
(4) Also, don't forget to check out our Facebook page.
(5) Join the SCAVENGEOLOGY SOCIETY A.S.A.P. and help the cause!
Byrnside's Fort, preserved inside the plantation house known as "Willowbrook," perfectly preserved, and currently under restoration.
It's all about SAVING HISTORY....
Join us as we learn our history by doing, and by scavenging the discarded items, as well as the important historical items, of our forefathers. If we don't save our history now, and make an effort to educate ourselves, as well as our children, our soul as a country, and a region, will be lost forever. And it's fun to play with drones, and metal detectors and stuff......
Check out our recent blog posts:
Alexander McKee Pipe TomahawkJanuary 15, 2020This sweet antique pipe tomahawk was up on Cowan’s Auctions website, where it sold a few months back, with detailed photos and a detailed …
Some recent finds and preservation work from Byrnside’s FortJanuary 13, 2020Much of the fun of metal detecting - especially at an historic site - is cleaning up the items, preserving them, and then comparing them to everything else you've found. Together, they tell you a story of what happened there long ago. …
#FixedBladeFriday – Who doesn’t love pics of antique knives?January 10, 2020There are plenty of books out there on swords, powder horns, and other objects. But surprisingly, there’s not a whole lot out there on antique …
Cooking stuff recently excavated from Byrnside’s Fort, all cleaned up and preserved for the SCAV MuseumJanuary 9, 2020The view from inside Byrnside’s Fort We found some some ladle, or skillet, handles in the yard at Byrnside’s Fort. They’re …
Late 18th Century West Virginia: Indian Attacks, Daniel Boone, and the Coal River – or is it Cole?January 8, 2020It's important for us - especially Kentuckians - to remember that Daniel Boone moved to (what is now) West Virginia in the later part of the 18th century, I believe around 1788, from Kentucky, staying there until around 1797, at which point he reluctantly returned to Kentucky, before remembering why he didn't like Kentucky anymore. And then he moved to Missouri around 1799. West Virginia gets no credit for its period of Boone residence. In the words of Rodney Dangerfield, "we get no respect - no respect at all." …
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