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BRAVO - Battlefield Restoration and Archaeological Volunteer Organization
Artifake Hunt

A hunt for reproduction musket balls by visitors to the 2004 Centennial Fair at Washington Crossing State Park, NJ.

Visitors to BRAVO's booth at the 2004 Centennial Fair got the chance to use BRAVO members' metal detectors to find "artifakes" (reproduction musket balls) on the designated battlefield area. After digging up their finds, they plotted the location of their artifake on a battlefield map, just like real battlefield archaeologists do. The end result was a map showing the lines of battle, which illustrates one way archaeologists can interpret historic battles. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Welcome to BRAVO's Artifake Hunt!
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BRAVO vice president Glen Gunther and visitors....
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....metal detecting for "artifakes".

BRAVO president Dan Sivilich and visitors....
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....digging up their "artifake" treasure!

All found "artifakes" were plotted onto a map....
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....revealing would-be battle lines.

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