Are you ready for a guess? NO KNOWLEDGE...just a guess? What about the pan with holes in it like prospectors used when they hunted for gold? I know it was Virginia and not the "Gold Rush", but might they have 'panned' for something and just called the pan a 'search'. Sounds better than a probe for hunting for bullets. :) Margaret

Search is a word. As far as I know it has been around for a very long time. Who knows what it may or may not have been used to describe or to portray??? One can only speculate or guess!!! Another thing, no one will probably ever know. Unless they have found a way to travel in time. And then they can ask!:) Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: Margaret Driskill <mdriskill@worldnet.att.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 3:01 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Search > Are you ready for a guess? NO KNOWLEDGE...just a guess? > > What about the pan with holes in it like prospectors used when they hunted for gold? I know it was Virginia and not the "Gold Rush", but might they have 'panned' for something and just called the pan a 'search'. > > Sounds better than a probe for hunting for bullets. :) > > Margaret > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Census Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ > > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >