After much contemplation I recently agreed to display my metal detecting finds in my local museum.
I am currently displaying 3 different homesites. They are all from the mid 1850s through the early 1900s, rarely extending past the 19-teens. These homesites will be rotated in and out every 6 months or so as I have a lot of sites to display.
Each homesite has everything found from it, the good, the bad, and even the ugly. Each site has a brief write up on the families that lived there and their stories. They make for interesting displays when you put the relics with the family names.
The display arrangement is in its infancy stages and I will improve it as I go but I do feel honored to be asked and to be able to share the history that I have hunted down. Local history and the people that lived before me, once forgotten about, will live on at least a while longer.
*No homesite gps locations were shared* lol
I am currently displaying 3 different homesites. They are all from the mid 1850s through the early 1900s, rarely extending past the 19-teens. These homesites will be rotated in and out every 6 months or so as I have a lot of sites to display.
Each homesite has everything found from it, the good, the bad, and even the ugly. Each site has a brief write up on the families that lived there and their stories. They make for interesting displays when you put the relics with the family names.
The display arrangement is in its infancy stages and I will improve it as I go but I do feel honored to be asked and to be able to share the history that I have hunted down. Local history and the people that lived before me, once forgotten about, will live on at least a while longer.
*No homesite gps locations were shared* lol
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