Back From DIV (Diggin in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items; U.S. Plate, etc.

[{Sentinel}]

Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items; U.S. Plate, etc.

Hello to all my friends out there in TreasureNet land. These are my finds from DIV this past weekend and I got to tell you it was a great time and was a chance to meet up with old friends and make some new ones. Todd and Dave Cooper were two of those. Thanks guys for the hospitality! The belt plate was found at the LAST MINUTE almost literally. It was at about 5PM on the last day of the hunt! Besides that I got a nice early Large Cent, belt plate keeper, bayonet scabbard tip, button back, button with "Engineer" stamped on it with a locomotive below and several other goodies. Hope y'all like and keep your hands a diggin' for that next great find




The DIV headquarters tent


Me on the last day


Buddy Andes my friend (and relic hunting legend) and myself chatting it up on the 3rd day


Another buddy, TCooper, up there swinging right after diggin a nice plate!




And last but not least, Todd, Dave and myself doing alittle pheasant huntin'.

 

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[Detectingfreak]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

nice job on the U.S. Belt plate!

 

[seger98]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Congratulations on the awesome finds. Beautiful display. Real nice post & photos!

 

[pitdiggers]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Beautiful finds and the plate is just an incredible bonus for the whole trip. Great pictures also. HH-pitdiggers

 

[tymcmurray]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Glad to see you had a good time!!!
You know you have some great finds there!

 

[Hutch911]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Great finds

 

[collector01]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Awesome finds, what years the LC? I would give my left arm to go on a hunt like that, I need my right for swinging! Congrats on a beautiful display of relics!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Awesome once again. Anybody finding any old silver also?

 

[BuckleBoy]

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Excellent finds, my friend!

The belt plate and scabbard tip are superb.





What is the date on the Large Cent?

 

[cwdigger]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Excellent finds my friend, Nice haul on the lead, Beautiful plate and scabbord tip

Cw

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Thanks Ty, and Collectors01 and Buck, I believe that the date on the LC is 1804 or 1806 but further cleaning will be needed to verify for sure!

PitDiggers, thanks for the comments my friend, we all love those Civil War relics and have it on my list to visit many of my friends on here including BuckleBoy to do some digging together.

You guys have a great day and look forward to seeing your upcoming posts!

 

[{Sentinel}]

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Awesome once again. Anybody finding any old silver also?

OH YESS! There was a WHOLE Leather Change Purse dug from inside a hut floor on the ridge at about 6 inches that still had the leather attached but a big piece is missing and all you see is 8 NICE BIG silver coins and one copper staring back at you....Now the only dilemma that the guy has who found it as he said is whether or not he leaves it the way it is or risk destroying the purse to see what kind of coins they are. I image they are a few seated quarters, a seated dime and a large cent....There could be more but that's all that shows through the hole in the pouch....It was a SPECTACULAR find! I suggested to him to contact a professional preservation firm and have them professional open the pouch and remove the coins and also preserve the pouch in which they were found. It would make a AWESOME display with the coins in the pouch the way that it was found BUT I would want to know what kind of coins they are....and being that they were protected inside the pouch I would venture to guess that they are in spectacular condition. I would endorse you going over to myTreasureSpot.com and go to the Diggin' In Virginia forum and take a look at it for yourself because it is truely a once in a lifetime find and it will light up your eyes for sure!

Cordially,

Sentinel

 

[Tnmountains]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

Great post and pictures.You guys sure had a good hunt with great CW finds. Looks like an A-bolt stainless stalker was taking pheasants at 400 yrds,LOL Thank you for sharing your hunt.
TnMountains

 

[John (Ma)]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

You did real well. Excellent finds and love those relics!!!

 

[fortbball9]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

Looks like you-al had a great hunt.One of these days I am going to try one of them hunts.I have never been on one and I live in Va.
Congrats on your finds


fortbball9

 

[allen]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

looks like you had a great hunt
with all of those good looking finds....

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: Back From DIV and here's the FINDS

Show me the Pheasant ...

Here's the pheasant by popular demand, cleaned and ready for the oven

 

[CRUSADER]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

Sweet

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

Spectacular finds on all of the cool relics and bullets. Looks like you all had a great time shooting pheasants with a rifle

 

[HolyDiver]

Re: Back From DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) and LOTS of CIV WAR items: here's the FINDS!

Great haul.