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October 21, 2021 - Further into Two Little Points
October 21, 2021
Further into Two Little Points.
Eye…
Mid
to
late
October
and
I’m
still
at
it.
Metal
detecting
doesn’t
get
better
than
this.
Although
by
the
look
of
the
field
you’d
think
it’s
spring
in
Ireland
my
lass.
The
greenery
is
volunteer
canola,
typical
in
a
now
harvested
canola
field.
The
rains
came,
the
seed
sprouted,
and
the
crop
came
back.
It
made
for
interesting
detecting…
kind
of
going
blind
as
I’m
used
to
being
able
to
see
and
pick
up
glass,
ceramic,
and
various
items
laying
on
the
surface
while
detecting.
I
guess
it’s
no
different than metal detecting in a park or school yard.
This
location,
once
called
Gaultier,
was
on
the
Pembina
Trail
which
ran
between
Fort
Garry,
Manitoba
and
Fort
Pembina,
North
Dakota
and
onwards
to
St
Paul,
Minnesota.
This
specific
river
lot
was
also
home
to
Two
Little
Points
School.
This
time
however
I’m
much
further
east
on
the
property.
There
have
always
been
stories
of
a
blacksmith
shop
somewhere
close
by
but
I
have
yet
to
find
any
written
confirmation
or
an
exact
location.
It
would
have
existed
and
disappeared
long
before
the
1930’s
as
there
is
nothing
evident
on
aerial
photographs
from
that
time
frame.
The
school
was
opened
in
the
early
1880’s.
There
was
also
a
general
store,
a
grist
mill,
a
boarding
house
and
apparently
a
blacksmith
shop.
Aerial
photos
do
however
show
numerous
farm
buildings
further
east
on
this
lot.
The
railway
came
in
the
late
1880’s
and
everything
changed.
Letellier
became
the
focal
point.
People
and
some
buildings
moved
to
be
next
to
the
railway
line.
As
an
example,
the
church
in
St.
Pie.
There
were
several
small
communities
like
Gaultier,
St
Pie,
Catherine,
and
the
Marais
that
eventually
disappeared
or
never
really
grew
in
size.
See
the online references quoted below. It makes for interesting reading.
Well
I
didn’t
have
to
stray
very
far
at
all.
In
fact,
by
pure
luck,
I
may
well
have
located
a
work
site
of
sorts.
All
of
the
metal
and
iron
pieces
shown
came
from
an
area
of
about
50
square
feet.
It’s
a
lot
of
metal
for
what
should
be
an
open
field.
Some
of
the
short
pieces
of
iron
rods
and
plates
appear
to
have
been
cut,
some
at
odd
angles
suggesting
metal
works.
I
found
broken
gear
parts,
broken
hacksaw
blades
and
a
Champion
Spark
plug.
Strangely,
I
only
found
4
square
nails
but
a
pile
of
round
ones.
There
was
very
little
ceramic
or
glass
compared
to
what
I’m
still
finding
at
the
old
school
site.
The
cement
pieces suggest a possible foundation of sorts.
It’s
anyone’s
guess
what
the
little
“Hat”
looking
thing
is?
This
is
the
second one like it that I’ve found. Same field, different locations.
And
to
emphasize
the
point
of
a
lot
of
metal
in
one
single
spot…
I
brought
soil
home,
as
I
often
do
on
these
outings,
to
use
around
my
home
and
yard
here
in
the
city.
And
on
a
lark,
I
thought
I’d
try
and
use
my
Garrett
pointer
in
one
of
the
5
gallon
plastic
pails.
More
hits…
in
fact
many
more
hits.
Nails,
screws
and
more
small
metal
pieces.
Unbelievable !!!
The
highlight
of
the
day
had
to
be
the
1942
TOMBAC
Nickel.
In
1942,
the
Canadian
government
used
a
brass
alloy
called
Tombac
to
mint
nickels in an effort to save and divert actual nickel to the war effort.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembina_Trail
Ref: Reapers of the Valley 1882-1982 Page 63
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