I'm going back to Gettysburg next weekend, and I wanted to try and dig out some old bullets or something from the ground at Gettysburg. I at least want to sift around the water at Bloody Run near Devil's Den.
2007-02-18 03:12:21 · 8 answers · asked by Gettysburg Ghost 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
Well, sorry! I was just asking!
2007-02-18 03:16:20 · update #1
Hey e! Send my regards to your dad. And I'm sure I'll enjoy my trip, just like all 72 other trips I've taken there! That's why I go out there so much. I find something new every time. In fact, on my last trip, I happend to have a run-in with a mean-looking Confederate ghost, of all things!
2007-02-18 03:27:53 · update #2
Yes J.S., you are right about your findings. I just consider McFarland the colonel since Allen got breveted to Brigadier General and got himself on court martial. Sorry if this has nothing to do with my question.
2007-02-18 04:49:20 · update #3
Let me know what prison you are sent and I'll come and visit. Federal and many State sites have sniffers (from Viet Nam they smell carbon dioxide expelled by humans) they also hide agents and use night scope. I live in Hampton Rhoads and over the years have watched finders lose everything. The Virginia had sunk both the Cumberland and the Congress. Many tongers have picked up pieces. They are suppose to toss them back in or turn them into the Navy. One guy made the mistake of advertising he could make you something using the scrap metal or wood. The Government seized his house, boat and car; fined him over a hundred thousand and 9 months in jail. One of my favorite stories is about the Ranger who drove by the park car on one of the trails (you are not allowed to stop or park). When he came by on his next check the car was still there; he took the license found it was from a sister State and called there. The young boy who answered told them his dad was not home but metal detecting up in Virginia. So the Ranger went back and stood there by the car until the owner showed up and promptly arrested him. At trial the Judge after seizing the car, machine and hitting violator with a stiff fine shocked everyone by actually being fair. The Government tried to charge him ten of thousands of dollars for investigation time and material; they were asked by the Judge for the cost of their call to violators home. The Government responded with two and three quarter dollars; the Judge then fined him two and three quarter dollars and about fifty dollars fine. You cannot legally pick something up. No it is not legal and never has been. The Feds can come into your house and claim you dug or bought off federal land and seize it and more!
When I was reenacting we fought at Saylors Creek here in Virginia. The Yankees would chase us up Surrender Hill where we would dig in and they would mount a last charge and kill or capture us. Each year I would palm a musket ball and drop it so I could find it as a trophy. I would pop up with look, holding the ball aloft. The new guys would quickly dig my hold and everyone would clap!
God Bless You and Yours along with Our Southron People.
2007-02-18 21:14:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Found this at the NPS from Antietam. Suspect it applies to all areas under National Parks supervision:
Relic Hunting
Relic hunting and/or the use or possession of a metal detector is prohibited. Federal law prohibits the theft of artifacts. Fines can reach $250,000 and/or 5 years in jail and may include the confiscation of materials used.
If you want to dig, trying hooking up with archeologists.
Here is a story about a dig done by a team from DeSales:
http://www.desales.edu/default.aspx?pageid=144
2007-02-18 03:40:52 · answer #2 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gettysburg Relics
2016-10-31 08:40:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the first thing I thought of was "stealing historical artifacts" too. I looked for the 151st Pennsylvania, and I found it: Third Division (Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Rowley/Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday) First Brigade Col. Chapman Biddle. 151st Penn. Colonel Harrison Allen.
2007-02-18 04:11:33 · answer #4 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you will ought to get permission from the national Parks branch. you will ought to teach that your dig had some form of historic relevance to the historic previous of the park and you'd be required to come back up with a great learn paper to teach you weren't in basic terms fooling around. approximately 15 years in the past a scientist have been given permission to dig up the physique of President Taylor to work out if he were poisoned in workplace and it took approximately 10 years of struggling with to get the activity performed.
2016-10-15 22:41:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, unfortunately, I do believe that if you find anything, you have to surrender it to authorities.....( it being a historical sight and all)
I hope you enjoy the visit there, I live in California, and haven't been able to make it out there, but I would love to. My father is a Civil War buff, and I was raised on all the stories of confederacy and such........ My relatives coming form South Carolina.....
2007-02-18 03:23:07 · answer #6 · answered by erin_foss8191@sbcglobal.net 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Never. National Parks forbid digging or removing anything from the grounds. You must have a special permit, and may apply.
2007-02-18 04:12:29 · answer #7 · answered by Wallace A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is stealing an historic artifact
2007-02-18 03:15:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋