Back to the Civil War Camp 22 Bullets, 4 Buttons, and more.

[bonepicker]

Went back to the Union camp area this morning and had a pretty good day, despite driving 1.5hrs to get stood up.
Ended up with 22 bullets, 4 buttons, 8 Percussion caps, and 3 tent/poncho Grommets. (Broke my record on Minnie balls today)
Still no buckle/breastplate, but had a blast digging a lot of deep faint tones with the XP Deus using 12Khz.
Sometimes the deep faint tones tend to be shallow tiny pieces of trash, but not today. They were mostly all bullets and buttons.
Ended up with 2 complete General Service 2 piece buttons, one round button missing the shank, and one unidentifiable button front.
I know ive seen these round buttons before, it kind of looks like a small acorn. (any help on id appreciated)
The other button is a bit crusty, tried to clean a little, but so far all I can make out is a p on the bottom.

 

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[etex]

Ball button, could be from a cadet or Zouave

 

[Scrappy]

You've got some balls posting this!! Minnie balls that is!

You weren't kiddo when you mentioned having a good day! You find more Minnie balls today then I've ever found. Those buttons are phenomenal! Congrats!!

 

[DirtStalker]

BP good hunt brother. I believe you're on the right track. Its still there waiting on you to dig it

 

[bonepicker]

Ball button, could be from a cadet or Zouave

Thanks for stopping in to take a look Etex, and also thanks for the help with the ID.

You've got some balls posting this!! Minnie balls that is!

You weren't kiddo when you mentioned having a good day! You find more Minnie balls today then I've ever found. Those buttons are phenomenal! Congrats!!

Ha Ha!! Thanks for taking a look and the complements Scrappy.
Those bullets definitely added some weight to my pouch. Darn thing was about to pull my shorts down.
I love the buttons too... Now I need to find a confederate camp, and a new huntin buddy, lol.

 

[bonepicker]

BP good hunt brother. I believe you're on the right track. Its still there waiting on you to dig it

Thanks TBD, had a blast today, and topped some personal records while doing such.
Im definitely not finished there, but it was getting hot and surprisingly the bugs were real bad, and I didn't think to bring any insect repellant.
Until next time..........

 

[RJ55]

Nice CW relics.

 

[bonepicker]

Nice CW relics.

Thanks RJ55.

 

[cjon455]

Absolutely amazing site, I'd take ONE of those minnie balls over most coins anyday, great digs!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Looks like someone found them a sweet spot.

 

[bonepicker]

Absolutely amazing site, I'd take ONE of those minnie balls over most coi s anyday, great digs!

Thanks Cjon. Cant wait to go back.
Its funny you mention that, because I was thinking how it would be nice to find just one silver coin today... CW era of course.

Looks like someone found them a sweet spot.

Sure did CoilyGirl. Keep thinking I should hit a buckle or breastplate in there, or something else besides buttons and bullets.
Not that im complaining, but id sure like to have/find something like what you have as your avatar.

 

[sutphin]

HEY PICKER SEEMS THE CAMP SITE GETTING BETTER . DANG ALOT OF LEAD THERE , COOL BUTTON FINDS AND I SAY YO HAD A DANG GOOD DAY.

 

[Vino]

Great hunt BP! Now thats alot of lead! You must of had your ears on to hear them percussion caps? Lol

 

[bonepicker]

HEY PICKER SEEMS THE CAMP SITE GETTING BETTER . DANG ALOT OF LEAD THERE , COOL BUTTON FINDS AND I SAY YO HAD A DANG GOOD DAY.

Thanks Sutphin. I actually got into an area that I hadn't previously hunted. The targets were all deep and faint. They may have been out of reach of some other machines.
Im getting sloppy seconds on a site my buddy has already hit, but still producing many finds with the XP.

Great hunt BP! Now thats alot of lead! You must of had your ears on to hear them percussion caps? Lol

Thanks Vino. Found most of the caps in a small area, and they weren't as deep as some of the bullets and buttons were. Most caps ive ever found.
I normally don't run 12Khz very often, but it worked well today.

 

[against the wind]

I don't usually do this but since you had such a great day of collecting lead,, I 'm going to introduce you to a friend of mine who is an alchemist.
He can turn lead into gold,, now for a small introductory fee,,,,

 

[against the wind]

I don't usually do this but since you had such a great day of collecting lead,, I'm going to introduce you to a friend of mine who's name is Al Kemmist.
He can turn lead into gold,, now for a small introductory fee,,,,

 

[Digging Deeper]

Alright BP I'm gonna go with you in a few weeks.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[bonepicker]

I don't usually do this but since you had such a great day of collecting lead,, I'm going to introduce you to a friend of mine who's name is Al Kemmist.
He can turn lead into gold,, now for a small introductory fee,,,,

Sounds good to me ATW. Can he also turn water into wine...?

Alright BP I'm gonna go with you in a few weeks.

I might be able to get you in, since you took me to your CW Spot and let me find my first minnies earlier this year.
Its not my site, so I gota talk to the guys that turned me on to it..
Long story, but they have actually hunted a site years ago, that you mentioned to me, and they found some good stuff there.
Cant disclose anymore info here, call me and we can talk.
Hit me up when you are ready.

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Thanks Casper.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Hey man, you did great. I can't imagine how cool it would be to find a civil war relic, and you found a bunch!

You mentioned the 12kh finding shallow bits of foil, yet sound like possible good deep targets. I have found this to be frustrating, I dug a lot of shallow foil today. I guess I can deal with it knowing that the Deus in 12kh/full tones will outperform all my other machines.