The Cannon of Gold

Metaldetector, Ms> When we bought the famous Christmas Place, the broker involved in the deal reminded us to keep a sharp lookout for the cannon barrel. According to legend, General Forrest had taken a large gold shipment from the Union Army in a daring raid. Under cover of dark nights and bad weather he made it to Lexington, then headed southwest and made his way to the Christmas Plantation before heading into Yazoo City. Hidden in the edge of the hills,his army regrouped and spent several days resting and preparing his cavalry to move.
The Union Army had moved up the Yazoo River by then and orders came to move as quickly as possible to offset the threat of the Union ironclads, by defending the river and the shipyard at Greenwood where the C.S.S Arkansas was being refitted to move into the Yazoo and then the Mississippi River. They had to move swiftly and all unnecessary supplies and gear was discarded. The gold was placed inside of a cannon barrel and sealed with hot lead. The cannon, along with many supplies were buried in the hills above the plantation home.
They could retrieve the gold and cannon later. Time and the war went on and they never returned. Rumors grew and stories spread. Years have come and gone but the gold is still here waiting to be discovered.