Max Cane and Dodie Gearing will be presenting their discoveries while metal-detecting in New Concord and in the Town of Canaan as well as some of the research and mapping techniques that reveal home sites and cemeteries lost to time. Artifacts like militia buttons, fancy Georgian shoe buckles and counterfeit British halfpennies give a glimpse into the daily lives of these families and the social climate in early American History.

On September 23, 2022  Dodie Gearing and Max Cane found the Lea-Van Cott Cemetery in Canaan, New York using his metal detecting device.  The Pratts and Van Cotts were the families that left Canaan and eventually founded the Mormon faith.

The illustrated talk will be followed by savories and an opportunity to meet and question the speakers.

Max Cane holds a Master’s Degree in Geology/Earth Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is the president of Pro-Tec Recycling and consultant in Troy, New York

Dodie (Doris) Gearing holds a Master’s Degree in Advanced Classroom Teaching and History from the State University of New York at Albany.  Dodie has been the Town of Canaan Historian since 2017 and the Canaan Historical Society Museum Curator since 2020.  She is a charter member of the Society of New Concord.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS EVENT AND NO RSVP REQUIRED.