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August 3, 2022 - Hunting the Dawson Trail
August 3, 2022
Hunting the Dawson Trail.
Sandilands
Provincial
Forest.
What
a
beautiful
nature
preserve.
And
just
in
time
for
Blueberries
and
Saskatoons
by
the
ton.
Yes,
it’s
been
a
wet
year
which
must
have
been
a
good
thing
for
berries
of
all
sorts.
I
also
came
across
Wild
Bergamot
in
full
bloom
and
Puffball
mushrooms
too.
Wild
Bergamot
or
also
called
Bee
Balm,
formal
name: Monarda fistulosa.
See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarda_fistulosa
Most
good
metal
detecting
hunts
start
with
a
bit
of
pre-planning.
I’d
recently
come
across
a
stack
of
old
topographical
maps
that
I’d
had
since
my
teen
years
and
early
adulthood.
One
of
them
extended
into
the
Sandilands
Provincial
Forest.
This
got
me
thinking
of
the
old
Dawson
Trail
and
of
the
rich
history
that
it
represents
for
Manitoba.
And what a great metal detecting opportunity this could be.
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I
had
done
some
detecting
in
this
very
same
forest
last
fall
along
with
Bruno.
See:
Nov
10,
2021
-Sandilands
Provincial
Forest.
It
made
for
an
interesting
and
fruitful
outing.
This
time
I
wanted
to
be
a
bit
more
focused
on
a
target:
The
Dawson
Trail.
Between
my
old
map
and
Google
Earth,
I
was
able
to
track
an
area
of
interest.
That
was still accessible and relatively undisturbed.
Well
the
best
laid
plans
always
have
a
way
of
morphing
into
something
different.
I
got
in
a
good
number
of
detecting
hours
but
no
concrete
evidence
of
a
trail
anywhere
to
be
found
other
than
the
road
markings
that
were
erected
decades
ago.
I
looked
for
higher
ground
and
for
older
/
ancient
trees
and
huge
rocks
that
would
have
attracted
people
over
the
decades
of
long
ago.
And
the
water….
Water,
water,
water,
everywhere.
Some
of
the
old
roads
were
impassable with water quite physically flowing over.
I
did
come
across
interesting
finds
none
the
less.
The
tent
peg,
however
modern,
was
found
in
a
spot
that
had
been
a
clearing
once
but
was
now
reverting
back
to
forest
with
small
2
foot
trees
and
bush
all
about.
The
10
inch
aluminum
pan
now
hangs
in
my
workshop.
It’s
old
but
unlikely
from
the
pioneer
era.
And
what
a
collection
of
rifle
shells
Eh!
I’ve
come
to
call
them
the
“Pull
Tabs”
of
the
forest…
Rifle
Shells,
they’re
just
everywhere.
Here
is
the
tally
for
those
of
you
who
like
guns
and
ammo
…
6
x
30-30
Hornady
Win.,
1
x
30
–
30
R.P.Win.,
1
x
306
Imperial,
1
x
308
Nosler
Win.,
and
1
x
12
Gauge,
Imperial shotgun shell.
The
jaw
bone
and
teeth
were
from
a
deer.
We’ll
color
it,
shellac
it,
hang it on our wall and use it as folk art.
Never a dull moment.
Roger
August 10, 2022 - Grandma’s House
August 10, 2022
Grandma’s House.
Life
comes
full
circle.
Here
we
are
at
an
undisclosed
location
in
the
Letellier
area.
Back
on
the
family
farm.
Back
at
Grandma’s
house.
I
have
spent
innumerable
hours
here
as
a
child.
I
lived
right
across
the
way
not
more
than
500
feet
from
her
house
and
from
the
farm
yard
itself.
Pleasant
childhood
memories
and
what
better
place
to
do
some
metal
detecting
than
right
at
Grand
Mere's
front
door.
The
lawn's "after the dig" picture looks no worse for wear.
The
house
was
built
in
around
1952,
or
so
I
am
told.
Not
old
by
comparison
to
some
of
the
other
features
on
this
farm
but
old
enough
to
find
artifacts
from
days
gone
by.
Like
the
copper
tip
of
a
lightning
rod
and
cable
that
would
have
lined
the
apex
of
the
roof.
Like
the
aluminum
rod
that
I
recognize
as
once
being
part
of
a
TV
antenna, also something that sat on a rooftop.
Closer
to
the
ground,
there
used
to
be
a
swing
set
right
here
in
front
of
the
main
entrance
door.
I
did
find
one
remaining
long
iron
pin
that
held
one
of
the
swing’s
legs
tied
firmly
to
the
ground.
Interestingly,
I
also
found
the
telephone
cables
at
two
different
locations
and
the
old
kitchen
sink’s
drain
pipe.
The
square-like
rusty
piece
of
cast
iron
does
have
a
design
or
pattern.
This
piece,
I
will
clean
up
later
and
post
the
picture
so
we
can
all
see
it
before
and
after.
I’ve
got
my
fingers crossed. Some of these old castings have intricate features.
The
jacket
or
sweater
pulls
and
safety
pin
and
staples
add
a
human
day
to
day
touch
to
the
finds.
Surprising
were
the
three
.22
Short
bullet
casings
buried
so
close
to
a
house.
Although;
I
clearly
remember
Grandma
asking
me
to
“Get
rid
of”
a
mean
old
tom
cat
that
had
strayed
onto
the
property
and
become
a
pest.
These
shells
may
well
have
been
my
own,
left
behind
some
fifty
years
ago.
Like
I
said, life comes full circle.
Roger
August 10, 2022 - On to the old foundations again
August 10, 2022
On to the old foundations again.
After
about
4
hours
of
detecting
at
Grandma’s
house,
I
turned
my
attention
and
the
rest
of
my
day
to
the
spaces
between
the
foundations
of
a
grain
shed
that
had
stood
there
up
until
last
year.
See:
September
18,
2021
-
Under
a
1950’s
Shed
.
It’s
a
trashy
location
metal
wise
with
lots
of
thin
metal
chips
and
flakes
of
what
I
can
only
assume
were
once
tin
cans.
Flattened
tin
cans
made
great
patches
whether
it
was
a
mouse
hole
you
wanted
to
cover
or
a
leaky
spot
on
a
roof.
Metal
flakes
everywhere
means
a
lot
of
digging
and
coming
out
empty
handed.
I
did
however
find
and
unearthed
some
interesting
items.
The
big
metal
plate
was
buried
facing
downwards.
It
is
1”
thick,
12”
long
and
6”
wide
and
weighs
in
at
22
lbs.
The
big
“Plus
sign”
marks
the
spot
right?
Well
judging
by
the
location
that
it
was
found,
I
believe
that
it
was
used
as
a
solid
base
on
which
to
set
down
the
intake
end
of
a
grain
auger
when
emptying
the
grain
bin
above
it.
These
bins
were
emptied
via
a
6”
by
6”
sliding
trap
door
in
the
floor
of
the
bin.
Talk
about
a
lot
of
work
eh!
It
was
a
different
time. Innovation and using available items at hand ruled the day.
Farm
cats
used
the
space
under
the
bins
to
hide,
catch
prey
(mice),
to
have
their
litters
and
to
die
as
well...
Farm
life.
The
bones
found
are
undoubtedly
that
of
a
cat.
One
old
bottle
was
recovered.
The
markings
on
the
bottom
of
the
bottle
might
provide
some
clues
as
to
dates,
manufacturer
and
possibly
contents.
The
Diamond
“D”
represents
The
Dominion
Glass
Company
of
Montreal.
See:
https://sha.org/bottle/pdffiles/DominionGlass.pdf
I
immediately
recognized
the
big
squares
of
the
chain
link.
This
came
from
a
farm
manure
spreader.
There
were
two
sets
of
these
chains
on
either
side
of
the
wagon
decking.
They
were
connected
to
each
other
by
angle
iron
pieces
that
helped
pull
along
the
wagon’s
contents
towards
the
back
of
the
wagon
where
huge
fans
on
a
fast
moving
spinner
would
hurl
the
manure
far
and
wide
onto
whatever
field you wanted to fertilize. Talk about flying Poo!
Well
my
time
was
up
for
the
day.
Time
to
pack
up
my
equipment
and
newly
discovered
finds
and
head
for
home.
It’s
always
a
pleasure
to
return
to
the
place
of
our
origins
and
childhood.
Today’s
outing
was
no different.
Roger