Palo Alto 2006

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=310 BGCOLOR="#003399" TEXT="#080000" background="53936c00erkjxk.jpg"> <div> Palo Alto 2006</div> <div> <B>Members of CARHA have worked with the Park Service since December of 1994. We have worked at Chickamauga-Chattanooga (Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Orchard Knob), Stones River, Corinth, Shiloh, Cow Pens, Kings Mountain, Battle Of Ninety-six,  SC, Chalmette (Battle of New Orleans) and Guilford Court House. We can now add the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, Franklin, TN and Kennesaw, GA to that list.</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#0066CC" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99CCFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Chattanooga Area Relic & Historical Association</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF99" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>  |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chattanooga Area Relic Historical Assoc"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>Palo Alto 2006</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Created from: Palo Alto 2006"><U>Created from: Palo Alto 2006</U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Created from: Palo Alto 2006"><U>Created from: Palo Alto 2006</U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Palo Alto 2006</div> <div> Thursday</div> <div> <IMG SRC="795900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rolando gives us all the rules of the dig as we start to work on February 16, 2006. It was a wonderful day, getting up to 85 degrees.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="794900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Robert locates a target in the very salty soil,</div> <div>  <IMG SRC="793900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A musket ball.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="792c2510.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Somehow, despite swinging the loop a good 10-12 inches above the ground,</div> <div> <IMG SRC="791900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Charlie found a US Bridal Rosette.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="790900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rolando finds a musket ball,</div> <div> <IMG SRC="78f0a900.jpg" border=0 width="266" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Which Chuck records as James GPS's the location it was found at.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="78e900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Later that evening, Steve (L) and John make sure all of the items were recorded properly. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="78d900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Chuck then enters all of it into the computer. </div> <bR> <div> Friday</div> <div> <IMG SRC="78c900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Friday was another nice day.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="78b900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We found more cannister balls and a few shell fragments.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="78a900a0.jpg" border=0 width="400" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Of course, I had them use my camera to get photos that had me in them and got Chuck again!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="789272c0.jpg" border=0 width="295" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="788262c0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Randy found this (much enlarged in the photo!) 1841-O Half Dime. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="7870b2c0.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kevin found a broken brass buckle, not sure what it was from.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7862ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Kevin found this large, lead cannister ball.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7852c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Then Randy</div> <div> <IMG SRC="7842c900.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="400" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> found a US 6-pounder solid shot. Note that he is using a Fisher this year to combat the salt. We love our Tesoro detectors, they just can't match Fisher in these conditions. He purchased this one used at the relic show in Dalton (Thanks Mike Kent for being the promoter for the show!) the first weekend of February. </div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Created from: Palo Alto 2006"><U>More</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Working with the Archaeologist"><U>Return </U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>