My paternal grandfather was a combatant against in-coming invaders of the British South Africa Company during the 1896  uprisings,so-called. This phase of the struggle is what in Zimbabwe is  called 'Chimurenga I'. After the war the colonial authorities began to systematically apprehend and execute anyone they identified as having fought against them.So my grandfather fled his place of birth and settled somewhere else. I had heard about how he buried his home-made rifle in the ground and became eager to find it. I never did.