METRO – A possible shoe repair tool and other iron items were found by volunteers scanning for artifacts at a ranch in Atascosa County, Sunday, April 15, 2012. Tejano historian and author, Dan Arellano and volunteers used the metal detectors in hopes of finding artifacts from the 1813 Battle of Medina. The battle was the bloodiest fought on Texas soil according to the Handbook of Texas. Out of the 1400 Texas Republicans, over one thousand were Tejanos and Native Americans and 300 Americans. After an ambush by a Spanish Army force of around 1830, only 100 of the Republicans survived, said Arellano. The site of the battle has never been located. In spite of spending the weekend scanning two area ranches, no artifacts from the battle were found. Jerry Lara/San Antonio Express-News Photo: JERRY LARA, San Antonio Express-News / © 2012 San Antonio Express-News