10 foot circle, 3 hour hunt, 106 civil war finds!

[lovedigging]

We've had a lot of rain in VA lately, which I knew would help me pick up some good signals. I never dreamed it would turn out to where I felt like a hog in a trough! I got in the woods about 5pm and by 5:15 I hit my first signal which turned out to be a pistol bullet. When I stood back up and swept the area again, I immediately had another signal. From that moment on for 3 straight hours, I never got up off my knees. The place was loaded and it was all within a 10 foot circle. The problem was it was so wet I didn't need a shovel at all. Everytime I hit a signal I would grab a handful of "slop"; usually two handfuls and I'd have my relic. In 3 hours time, I came up with 20 bullets (12 various rifle bullets, 8 pistol bullets), 2 grapeshot, a sash buckle, 3 finials, 2 big back pack strap studs, 1 cuff button, and tons of melted lead. Total was 106 finds in this small area!

 

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[ModernMiner]

TC,
Simply amazing. A CW spill? Man, now that is what I call a great hunt!!!
I love that buckle.
Congrats to you and thanks for the post.
-MM-

 

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[goldencoin]

wow, thats alot of stuff for a campsite

HH
-GC

 

[Dman]

Awesome finds. Those look like a lot of nice bullets. With all that melted lead it had to be a camp site.
Dman

 

[dorkyguy]

Looks like you have some detector cleanin to do!
A fantastic site for sure,
Looks like you struck lead again!
I learn a great deal from your pics, please keep them coming.
It just goes to show that understory areas like you show are good spots to dig, looks great!

I am sure you and your brother will make a good detecting tag team on that spot.
Be sure to get some pics!

take it easy.

DG

 

[Ed-NH]

Awesome finds and the buckle is great!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Looks like you found a civil war era pistol range

 

[Old River]

Great finds, I really like the buckle. Good work.

 

[strike it rich]

Dig the lead

 

[rmptr]

That's quite a spot you found...

Congrats!

HH
rmptr

 

[bootybay]

beings as I am not in civil war territory... I just cannot even imagine something like this.. totally unreal.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Awesome civil war finds! Congratulations!!!

 

[panzermeyer]

Wow !!! Awesome finds.The buckle is over the top.hh...Panz

 

[Genool]

Great finds TC...Another great spot. Is that is the same general area as the plates you pulled out not to long ago..

Keep em comin...

Genool

 

[civilman1]

And you didn't bring the Pop-Up camper Awesome job.....Instant display case!!!

 

[Mike95inNJ]

Shazam !!! Man that must've felt great. Congrats. Probably more there. Dig down aways.
Take care, Mike in NJ

 

[Spirit]

Nice finds...Looks like a great day detectin..

 

[lovedigging]

Great finds TC...Another great spot. Is that is the same general area as the plates you pulled out not to long ago..

Keep em comin...

Genool

Thanks for your reply, The plates I've dug have been spread out between three different counties. My brother and I plan on hitting this spot pretty hard in the next couple day's so I'll keep you posted of any new find's. Again thanks....