Posterous theme by Cory Watilo
Kacey Kuchenbecker

History Detectives: Analysis

The video from "History dectectives" was " A hero in Hawaii, Civil War Canon & Stuntman Pioneer. The first part of the episode was about mysterious pieces of metal believed to be engine parts from the Japanese Zero that attacked Pearl Harbor and crashed on Niihau. After investigating the pieces, visiting the crashing site, and having the pieces observed by mechanics that study the war craft of the Pearl Harbor attack, history detective Eduardo Pagan concludes that the fragment of metal are engine parts from the Japanese Zero. The second part of the episode was about a man named Robert who believed he have had the shavings of Old Secsession, that were the first fires of the Civil War. History detective Elyse Luray had Robert's shavings and the shavings from the museum tested by an XRF to determine what elements were present in the sample. The radiation from the XRF could tell if the shavings matched or not. After the shavings being tested, they were both very simular, but did not match which concluded that they were not fired from the same canon. They could not fine for sure if Robert's shavings were the first shots fired in the Civil war, but the shavings were from Old Secsession which was a very symbolic canon to the North and South during and after the Civil War. On the last part of the episode, saddle collector Terry had a sadle that he believed was once owned by stun man pioneer, Yakima Canut.The sadle was very well used and worn out. History detective Wes Cowan found a picture of Yakima Canut riding on a sadle that was VERY simular to the one Terry had owned. Dective Wes brought the sadle in to many collectors and rodeo specialists for more information about the sadle, and later discovered that the sadle was used by Yakima Canut in rodeo tournaments and was not a fake.

Artifact Inquiry

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