Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Clint McCraven figured he’d do a little prospecting on Friday, March 17, but what he found was a real treasure — a flintlock pistol that dates back to before Lewis and Clark.
McCraven, 43, of Sweet Home, had slipped out of the house early that morning, leaving behind his sleeping wife, and had spent a couple of hours with his White’s metal detector along the bank of Quartzville Creek…