Dear lists, Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a ground hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a magnet. Thanks, Lou Lou Emeterio lemeterio@aol.com **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

Lou, You could also just contact cemeteries and talk to the men who dig graves /inter / uninter or reinter bodies and ask if they've seen anything similar. Also, monument companies re-pour footers, reset stones and refill sunken graves because they might have seen such remnants. On a few of the images you sent, they appeared to be round with bark? You could see the inner tree growth (lighter rings--- like the main trunk would show, but the trunk's are darker and wider). At least what they looked like to *me* was that someone had neatly cut a small branch into slices. Is that a possibility? Also how far down were these? Logicistically they wouldn't rise from an old grave, so is the theory that burrowing animals brought these into the mound from another place? Just questions that hit me as I looked at the pictures. Judy On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 8:01 PM, <Lemeterio@aol.com> wrote: > > Dear lists, > Does anyone out there know about casket construction in the Civil War era. > I was cleaning up our family cemetery and raked up, at the bottom of a > ground > hog mound, several pieces of something man-made that I can only think was > part of a casket or caskets. They are heavier than rock but apparently > non-ferrous as they aren’t attracted to a magnet. > Thanks, > Lou > Lou Emeterio > lemeterio@aol.com