I know your dilemma.In the Western Gold country they were stuck in the ground ,because they did not shore-up,stole,died and Gold was more important than burying a stranger or enemy.I have those mounds,found most to be Coyote Holes[manmade] for gold.Shirley knows what I put my gold in.R ----- Original Message ----- From: "lcandbat" <lcandbat@ptd.net> To: <PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 15 40 PM Subject: Re: [PABRADFO] Finding Homesteads > Locating graves at an old homestead is like looking for the proverbial > needle in a haystack. You can pretty well rule out any land that is > tillable. And remember that horses and mules plowed where tractors fear > to tread. Knolls with a lone tree are a likely spot. But don't be > fooled by fieldstones that appear to be markers, they have a tendency > to stand up on their own. > > A neighbor told me that his grandfather told him never to remove a > certain hedgerow because two people were buried there. No way to > determine who they might be. The neighbor was a little boy at the time > and doesn't remember the name. > > Back up in my woods, I have a pillar of stones. It does not correspond > to any prior boundary lines or homesteads. Could be a grave but I will > never know. I have always been curious as to what it was for but have no > intention of ever digging under it. > > Dick McCracken says there is a probe for locating coffins or covered > markers. I don't know how well it would work around here. Our major > crop seems to be rocks! > > Lynn Tinsley > Gillett, PA > > > Cludy52@aol.com wrote: > > > Thanks Lynn, > > > > That is a wonderful suggestion! I would never have thought of that. > > > > Any tips on how to find old graves on the old homesteads?? > > > > Marion Scherer > > In FL - heart in PA > >