Brothers find buried treasures in Washington neighborhoods

2009-02-12 / Front Page


Tom Burroughs (left) and his brother Randy show Washington Historical Museum Curator Stephanie Macchia the collection of artifacts they have found in years of metal detecting in yards and residential properties in Washington. Gaining permission of property owners from East Robert Toombs to Greens Grove and Lexington Avenue, the Burroughs brothers have found a trove of Civil War-era bullets, belt buckles, gun parts, and brass decorative items which will be on display at the historical museum. "We'd rather they be displayed where folks can see them than hide them away somewhere," Tom said. The Civil War artifacts make a nice counterpart to the Kettle Creek artifacts also now on display at the museum. Tom Burroughs (left) and his brother Randy show Washington Historical Museum Curator Stephanie Macchia the collection of artifacts they have found in years of metal detecting in yards and residential properties in Washington. Gaining permission of property owners from East Robert Toombs to Greens Grove and Lexington Avenue, the Burroughs brothers have found a trove of Civil War-era bullets, belt buckles, gun parts, and brass decorative items which will be on display at the historical museum. "We'd rather they be displayed where folks can see them than hide them away somewhere," Tom said. The Civil War artifacts make a nice counterpart to the Kettle Creek artifacts also now on display at the museum.

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