Geeez people..you all sound like you are going into combat or something..LOL! I always just wear my flip flops and carry my camera, chalk, notebook & pen. My husband & I once discovered an old family graveyard that was in horrible shape. We did later go back with pruning shears and a hoe & cleaned it all up. There were briars & tree branches everywhere. The tree branches had fallen on and knocked down portions of the beautiful iron fence surrounding it. One tombstone was completely knocked down & embedded in the ground. We managed to break the dirt lose & set the stone upright again. Strangely enough the stone dated 1865 looked brand new on the underside. It was the grave of a baby. I don't know how long the stone had been face down, but after we got it all cleaned off, we could see the inscription & the little lamb etched in it as if it had just been put there. We went home feeling that we had made a difference hopefully for future generations. The only thing I have ever gotten at graveyards is poison oak & a few ticks. But I get that in my own back yard. Joan Broach Morris