The home of Randall McCoy in rural Hardy, Kentucky, site of the deadly 1888 New Year's Day showdown between the Hatfields and McCoys, was identified on private property when investigators and archaeologists uncovered remains of the cabin and artifacts linked to the feud. Working with landowners, an archaeologist, and a local historian, the team found charred wooden boards, possible stove parts, nails, a plow blade fragment, window glass, wrought and machine-cut nails, and bullets said to have been fired by the McCoys in defense of their home. Kim McBride confirmed the find after excavation and recording with the Kentucky Office of State Archaeology, and researchers said the property lineage could be traced directly to Randall McCoy and his wife Sarah McCoy, providing physical evidence for long-held theories about the site and new clues about how the family lived and died during the feud.