tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post4563409889737362990..comments2024-03-23T15:06:27.495-05:00Comments on The Lucas Countyan: So where is Pvt. John H. Stanley buried?Frank D. Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09553291415988366101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-39927056714708439662016-05-07T07:10:44.301-05:002016-05-07T07:10:44.301-05:00Excavating the grave really wouldn't be necess...Excavating the grave really wouldn't be necessary beyond taking the top off the grave shaft to see if a grave shaft exists. When you dig a hole and refill the hole in the ground, nothing goes back in the way it came out so there will be a rectangular stain of where the grave was dug showing in the undisturbed soil. You might be able to do this simply by using a coring probe and laying out the core and comparing it to one from undisturbed ground nearby. If the color isn't the same going down say two feet, it probably is a grave. If it stays the same, well then it is undisturbed and no grave exists there. Some believe if you go over a grave with two bent wires in your hands and the wires cross as you go over the shaft a burial exists. I have seen it done, but I have not been able to confirm that it is accurate. I watched a grave witch do this in Washington, Iowa in an old cemetery that should not have had room for a road. He walked over the roadway and his wires crossed methodically where there would have been graves and the stones were there but no space for a grave except for where the road was. I'd say go play with some bent wires and see what you get! Steve Hankenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700389388368080864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12631722.post-40570560667526729532016-05-07T07:05:18.631-05:002016-05-07T07:05:18.631-05:00Have someone dowse (witch) the supposed grave. The...Have someone dowse (witch) the supposed grave. Then you'll know if someone is there. Really. It works. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044864564071737858noreply@blogger.com