The alfalfa field where the mission was once located, fall 1993. Pink flags mark metal artifacts found with metal detectors. About a quarter of the metal artifacts were from the eighteenth century, things like musket balls, wrought iron nails, and brass objects. Most of the metal was modern: barbed wire staples, ring pulls, bottle caps, farm machinery parts, and ear tags from Judge Lyckman's goats, labeled "O. Lyckman." |