Military Fox Hole

[smoke_jumper]

Correct. People have been digging in the pines for years to pay their bills or whatever. Today.... we question why.

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[pinelandpaddler]

Wondering about these as well, a little bit to the east.

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My hunch is that this upland area is gravel-rich, possibly with ironstone, which could have been excavated for a number of reasons

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[Teegate]

I visited the fox hole in Bob's first post. It is completely dug out with no evidence of the dirt still being there. I did see some stones in the hole so it may have been dug for those but I doubt it. That endeavor leaves mounds and there aren't any. I say the dirt may have been used at West Mill or Rockwood for the bogs or maybe for something else. So basically, it is a borrow pit.

Someone has been going there as they have a deer stand nearby. It originally was a wooden platform but burned in the fire. I believe the hunters that Miller allows down West Mill Road may be involved, but you can get there from Rockwood road if you drive around the plastic sign.

His line of fire to the food.

This one is a challenge.

Either he stores the food up there or he uses it to lean on.

Here is one for everyone to ponder. I am not saying where it is.

 

[bobpbx]

I have to wonder; why did they leave a mound in the center? Odd.

 

[bobpbx]

You did not go down to the stream where Gabe pointed out the stream may have been filled with the dirt for easier crossing?

 

[Teegate]

You did not go down to the stream where Gabe pointed out the stream may have been filled with the dirt for easier crossing?

I have been there many times. That place is washed out from all of the off-road vehicles. Nothing to see. You have been there as well.

 

[pinelandpaddler]

I visited the fox hole in Bob's first post. It is completely dug out with no evidence of the dirt still being there. I did see some stones in the hole so it may have been dug for those but I doubt it. That endeavor leaves mounds and there aren't any. I say the dirt may have been used at West Mill or Rockwood for the bogs or maybe for something else. So basically, it is a borrow pit.

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Guy, Rockwood had its own borrow pits here: https://boydsmaps.com/#18.00/39.696351/-74.720308/mbxterrain/0.00/0.00 ??

How large is the ironstone there?

 

[Teegate]

Guy, Rockwood had its own borrow pits here: https://boydsmaps.com/#18.00/39.696351/-74.720308/mbxterrain/0.00/0.00 ??

How large is the ironstone there?

I don't think they were even ironstone. They were small.

 

[bobpbx]

That photo with the arrows is interesting, I have to admit.

 

[Teegate]

I have to wonder; why did they leave a mound in the center? Odd.

Maybe the vehicle went around the edges pulling the dirt upwards. This would leave more of the center there.

 

[Teegate]

That photo with the arrows is interesting, I have to admit.

At full size it does look like ironstone but the top looks odd.

 

[Teegate]

I found another one about the same size with what appears to be digging. I will check it out in the future. A road went by it years ago. It is not in the same area as the foxhole.

 

[bobpbx]

Would be interesting if it were a meteroite that did that, right?

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[pinelandpaddler]

At full size it does look like ironstone but the top looks odd.

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Yep, that be ironstone. What looks odd exactly?

 

[stiltzkin]

Looking at some great past threads on geology on here, but a lot of old images are missing. It'd be great if Spung-Man weighed in on this one. I've seen ironstone/sandstone plenty of times but the silvery gray color is unusual.

 

[bobpbx]

Guy, do you have a closeup of this? My first thought was slag, but how?

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Looking at some great past threads on geology on here, but a lot of old images are missing. It'd be great if Spung-Man weighed in on this one. I've seen ironstone/sandstone plenty of times but the silvery gray color is unusual.

Can't tell for sure from the picture, but my first impression was that the color is owing to lichen

 

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[bobpbx]

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Thanks Guy. Looks suspicious to me, like it's foreign (maybe better said; alien).

 

[Teegate]

I will go back one day soon and spend more time there. I have other places nearby I have things to look for anyway.