Oh that's where I left my gun!
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Kind of a cool story. A cowboy (probably) left his 1882 winchester rifle leaning up against a tree. It remained there until it was discovered 132 years later in 2014. Lucky, too... since a wildfire would've destroyed it 2 years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Winchester
I came across this story about places where humans have never been. Of course you have the standard list of places in Greenland, east Russia, Himalayas, the Amazon... but folks talked about common places where humans just haven't been in a while. Like when a Viking dropped his sword 1,000 years ago and it just remained there until a farmer came across it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-on-a-farm-in-norway-this-sword-belonged-to-vikings-1000-years-ago-180984478
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Cool story.
I knew a guy who found an M1 Garand leaning against a tree on the Fort Polk grounds. There had been a fire sweep through since it was left there and the stock was charred and the metal had a good bit of surface rust.
He cleaned and refinished the metal, then bought a new stock and handguard. It doesn't drive tacks, but his grandson still shoots it occasionally.The rifle was found in the mid-70's. The last time the Garand was issued was in the mid-60's, so it probably was out n the piney woods for ten years or more.
Pretty neat, but sure not 132 years.
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Kind of a cool story. A cowboy (probably) left his 1882 winchester rifle leaning up against a tree. It remained there until it was discovered 132 years later in 2014. Lucky, too... since a wildfire would've destroyed it 2 years later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Winchester
I came across this story about places where humans have never been. Of course you have the standard list of places in Greenland, east Russia, Himalayas, the Amazon... but folks talked about common places where humans just haven't been in a while. Like when a Viking dropped his sword 1,000 years ago and it just remained there until a farmer came across it: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-on-a-farm-in-norway-this-sword-belonged-to-vikings-1000-years-ago-180984478
@89th Cool story.
Somewhat similar and maybe interesting to people who do geocaching. For you do don't know, it is a modern day "treasure" hunt. People will hide something (from the size of an ammo container to the size of a Q-tip), and publish the EXACT GPS coordinates. There is no prize, just the journey and search. Usually, the first find of a new geocache only takes a day or so.
Anyway, one geocache took 12 years to be found. Not quite the same as 100's or 1000's of years, but still kind of cool
