Pre/Post Civil War Camp

[lairmo]

Just got back online after a couple years hiatus....these finds are from an accidental find in the woods that I grew up in...My brother and I were searching a dried up creek bed when I got tired and crawled up the side of a nearby hill to rest while my brother continued walking upstream...long story short...i rested,turned on my detector,signal, dug an Indian Head, screamed, brother came running, dug until dusk and dug again the next day....seems we had stumbled onto an old camp not half a mile from my parents house in woods that i played in for years and years before...never knowing what I was walking on over and over again...

There should be six Indian heads, but for some reason i can't find them all....also, my brother found the oldest...an 1834 (oops 1835 edited) large cent with a hole in the top...oldest coin found in this area that i know of...didn't even become a county until 1842...

 

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[lairmo]

Here are some close-ups of the rings...

 

[EddieR]

Awesome digs!!

 

[RELICDUDE07]

Great detecting! Love the bell

 

[lairmo]

Here is a close-up of the bell...anyone know what it was used for?...it has a small numeral 2 on top...also found several pieces of metal (broken pot lid, maybe?) that has the numeral 2 on it as well...

 

[bigjohn835]

Nice find, love the pennies

 

[DigginThePast]

Nice finds. I bet theres a lot more waiting for you guys.

 

[DetectorJunkie]

SWEET BELL!
Also maybe the 2 is to represent the tone. Lile maybe there was 10 bells lined up all with diffrent tones.

 

[allen]

amazing bunch of finds !!
id still be on that site !!

 

[Sofaman36]

Simply amazing. Great finds. I would kill to come across a site like this!!!

 

[Aquila]

Very cool finds, congrats. Sweet bell .

 

[Bradley137]

Great finds!!

 

[FatCat]

Thats one great camp.

 

[GopherDaGold]

It's still a camp site cuz I'd be sleeping there!!
Sweet finds!

 

[dirty_digger]

Civil war stuff is always cool