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Updates from the field, June 3, 1999

	Detector operator Ernie Humberger and excavator Melissa Spencer (a Heidelberg anthropology student) discovered a Civil War era button in the morning of the 6th day.
	Lead pistol shot, like this one found by Dave Boyd, has been one of the more common finds during the survey.
	Detector operator Keith Bailey and excavator Kevin Nolan display another of several Civil War era buttons found today.
	While the morning excavations occured in lanes between plots of corn, the afternoon efforts were focused on another of several tomato fields in the battlefield area.
	A key to the Buffington Island survey is the use of global positioning system equipment to record the locations of recovered artifacts. This information allows archaeologists to plot the finds on detailed maps. Kelly Hockersmith (a Heidelberg anthropology student) and Rich Green (Historic Archaeological Research, Inc.) located 115 GPS points on the battlefield today.
	The Ohio River and the north end of Buffington Island have been in full view of the survey crew several times this week. In July 1863, Morgan's Raiders were prevented by Union forces from crossing the river at this point.
	After spending the day in the field with a shovel, Heidelberg's director of college relations, Jamie Abel, spends his evenings preparing daily updates for the web site in the project's Ripley, W.Va., headquarters.

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