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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JBK, post: 300630, member: 1101&quot;]My own 2 cents:</p><p><br /></p><p>Private or not, it may be illegal to dig in a cemetary.</p><p><br /></p><p>With all due respect to your grandmother (and I do support her apprehensions), I think that history needs to be recorded, especially if the town has been looking for these gravesites.&nbsp; There presumably must be some kind of deal that can be worked out (and if it is private property, no one can force you to open it up to the public, unless the town took it by eminant domain).</p><p><br /></p><p>It MIGHT be ethically acceptable to detect in the surrounding area (such as paths, as someone suggested), but to dig in the cemetary itself is in my opinion wrong and downright creepy.&nbsp; And by the way, I worked in a cemetary during summer breaks from college, and I dug my share of graves; I even held unidentified bones that turned up in a fresh grave we were digging, and discretely slipped them back in the hole next to the vault for the latest occupant.&nbsp; So, I don&#039;t get creeped out easily.&nbsp; But, to detect in a graveyard is just not right.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for how far down things are, you never know how erosion or shifting dirt will react.&nbsp; The ground might get deeper on top of what is left, or it might get shallower. Tree roots might have pushed some things near the surface.&nbsp; Once you start detecting you have no idea what you will find - and how will you know when to stop digging?&nbsp; Just a few inches more....a few more....voila! A finger bnone with a gold ring on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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