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Things found in the woods

Several flashlights, a pair of mittens, a partial brick of 22 shells, a grunt tube, an old plow point sitting in the crotch of a tree, and an old moonshine still deep in a holler in Stinking Creek. Oh, and up to four meth labs.


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Guess I was around 15yr old and was out walking the ridges with my grandfather as we had done since I could follow him. Stop and set down on a log to talk, was moving the leafs around with my walking stick when I saw something, picked it up and it was an old pocket watch. The face had moisture under it, was really heavy, and had a train engine across the face. If I remember correctly the fine print on the bottom below the train was a german name. Let it dry overnight next to the woodburning stove and the next day we tried it and it worked just fine. Put a loop of string on it and carried that watch for almost two years. Then me and a good friend took his bass boat out one night for some bass fishing. Had bibs on and had put my trusty pocket watch in the top chest pocket, yep, bent over to lip a bass and my pocket watch plopped right in the water. My buddy knew how I came about it and knew it was special to me and could tell I was mad at myself. So to change the mood he just laughed real loud and said "guess it ain't meant for anyone to keep that watch". I just stared at him for a minute and then laughing said "evidently not!" Had a good night that night and caught some good bass.
 
Chief44 said:
Several years ago (1999 I think) after the tornados hit Jackson TN, I found some papers scattered through the woods while turkey hunting in Houston Co. They were receipts and paperwork from a store in Jackson. A few years later after a tornado hit Dyersburg, I found some family pictures and a few pages from a Dyer County high school yearbook on another property in Houston Co. Amazing how far that kind of stuff can travel.
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At my place just south, in Humphreys County, I found all sorts of personal items from that tornado in Jackson: cancelled checks, pictures that had been hanging on walls, parts of roofs, newspapers, etc. There have actually been studies done on how far tornadic storms carry debris. They classified the debris by weight. Even fairly heavy objects can get transported a considerable distance. But light things, like paper, can go 150 miles.
 
I hunt mostly swamps and river bottoms. I like to keep an eye out for old glass bottles. Especially old whiskey bottles. I have several, just don't have pictures of them. This was my favorite from last year.

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bobbuck said:
I lost a GPS one year and found it a year or two later. Sent it to manufacturer and they fixed it for me. Used it for several years after it was repaired.
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This year I found a buttout in the snow I lost about 4 years ago. Crazy thing is it was on a tight trail I use 20-30 times a season. I just needed the white snow to make the orange plastic stand out.
 
Sunday, March 22, 2020- I had decided to go to our land and do some work. I had moved a ladder stand and cleared some brush out of a shooting lane at one of the shooting houses. I finished at around 3:00 pm and decided to go on a walk about and look for sign and hopefully find some morels. When I returned to my sxs, I was headed out to the truck, when I decided to check one more spot. As I was climbing the ridge to get on a shelf where I had found morels before, I spotted something blue on the side hill. I assumed it was something that the recent tornadoes had left and would carry it out when I left. As I got closer, I had a strange feeling come over me. I thought for a minute that someone was messing with me. It appeared to be a scarecrow , but as I got closer, I realized that it was a body. It had been there for a while. By this time, it was about 4:00 pm. I had to go to the top of the ridge to get cell reception and called 911. I spent the rest of the evening and into night with the sheriff's department and TBI investigators on the scene. It was later determined that he was a missing person from January that had become lost and died of exposure.
I can't describe the feeling of finding a body out like that. It was the last thing that I would have expected to run across at that location. The only good part of the situation is that the family could finally get closure. It was an experience that I hope to never have again. I was thankful that my son was not with me at the time, as he is usually with me when I go to the farm.
 

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