Sunday, March 11, 2012

Link to Wartime Indian Mules?


"Out metal detecting on his family’s croft recently, Donald Matheson of Inverasdale, and Wester Ross, came across some items which may hold the clue to a WWII mystery.

He unearthed a series of curved pieces of metal and one by one has pieced them together – and realized that they are in fact tiny horseshoes. Thinking they possibly belonged to Shetland ponies as they were so small, he took them to a local retired blacksmith who instantly referred to them as belonging to the ‘wartime Indian mules’.


When he was younger, Donald had heard stories of an Indian soldier’s camp being in the Loch Ewe area during the war – but no one seemed to be able to establish the truth. So, with his exciting metal find, he is beginning to piece the story together with the help of those in the area who lived through the war."


Read more HERE.

1 comment:

H.Charles Beil said...

Wow!
You have some fantastic finds. I've been at this as a profession for some 45 odd years and still get excited by the finds other guys are making. Stop by and check us out. I'd love to have you as a member and contributor to our forum. We are trying to build various databases that will serve as resources for metal detectorists. We have hundreds of ghost towns, battlefields, shipwrecks and other documented sites as well as free historic maps, books etc... Hope to see you soon!

H.Charles Beil
http://treasureillustrated.com/Forum/index.php