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Whats up all my friends! 
I have been away for a few weeks due to my position at work. I wanted to post this hunt sooner but have not had the time until now. Last weekend, I decided to hit some of those 'areas' in my hunting spots that were in the back of my mind and I knew that I needed to hit. I had scanned through these areas but wanted to go back and thoroughly scan them. I took a buddy with me as well. The first hour was slow as I was hunting 'grounds' that I had already hunted and we only came up with a couple pieces of melted lead. I finally told my bud that we needed to scoot on to the spot that I had intended for us to hit. This spot was a small Confederate campsite and I had as said above, briefly scanned the far side of it but on this day I wanted to concentrate on the other side and top plateau of this site. As soon as we got there, I got a +55 hit on the MXT and pulled out a 3 ringer then a +76 and out came a musketball. I got those back to back within 5 minutes and was digging another signal when my buddy yells "Hey Hey Hey Hey Josh Josh JOSH JOSH" which at first had me like "WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG" but when I saw that he was down on the ground staring into a hole I knew that he had something good!!! I rushed over to see a rare beauty come out of the ground: a BAYONET!!! 
My bud was ecstatic as was I. It was really awesome to see such a rare Civil War relic come out of the ground and I was happy that my friend was the one who dug it. The look on his face was PRICELESS 
... There were alot of signals in the area and out came a rifled musket band. Then came a pot hanger, an era fork, a couple hand forged spikes/nails, and a couple of chunks of cannonball which is not rare for this area of Virginia and some whatsits. Then, as the day progressed, I scouted 2 other places but they were not that great so I went back to my original spot but this time to a different section. Before Long, I heard my huntin buddy say, "Hey A BUTTON" It was a beauty and had 80 to 90% of the Gold Gilt STILL on it. It was an early 1820s era button. In addition, another piece of a larger button and several three ringers and musketballs were found. To top it off, I went back to this spot the next day as I had a "dropped" minie ball fall out of my bag during the hunt the day before when I slide down a mud bank and I wanted to see if I could find it quickly as it was on Christmas Eve and I HAD to be at my girl's family's house that evening. Well, the minie was EXACTLY where I thought it would be and when I turned the coil on all I had to do was put it to the ground and there was the dropped minie!!! With this found, I figured I had some time to kill so I went back to my spot next to the water and where we had found the bayonet the day before and I found a NICE Civil War Bayonet Finial along with a few more three-ringers and musketballs! A PERFECT finish to a great hunt! We had a blast and my buddy did really well for his first time to the spot!!!
P.S. I have MORE pictures to add of the rest of the objects, bullets, and finial which I will do when I get home later. Hope you all enjoy and thanks to all my friends on TNet for taking a look As you can see, relics are in a pre-cleaned condition. So, when they are cleaned up I will post some better pics!
Zoy, KirkPA.....Near the water my friends
CivilMan, Will, KFB, TyMcMurray, MM: I know guys like you will get a kick from these things!!
Hope y'all had a Great Christmas and a Happy New Years Eve tomorrow HEHEHE
I have been away for a few weeks due to my position at work. I wanted to post this hunt sooner but have not had the time until now. Last weekend, I decided to hit some of those 'areas' in my hunting spots that were in the back of my mind and I knew that I needed to hit. I had scanned through these areas but wanted to go back and thoroughly scan them. I took a buddy with me as well. The first hour was slow as I was hunting 'grounds' that I had already hunted and we only came up with a couple pieces of melted lead. I finally told my bud that we needed to scoot on to the spot that I had intended for us to hit. This spot was a small Confederate campsite and I had as said above, briefly scanned the far side of it but on this day I wanted to concentrate on the other side and top plateau of this site. As soon as we got there, I got a +55 hit on the MXT and pulled out a 3 ringer then a +76 and out came a musketball. I got those back to back within 5 minutes and was digging another signal when my buddy yells "Hey Hey Hey Hey Josh Josh JOSH JOSH" which at first had me like "WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG" but when I saw that he was down on the ground staring into a hole I knew that he had something good!!! I rushed over to see a rare beauty come out of the ground: a BAYONET!!! My bud was ecstatic as was I. It was really awesome to see such a rare Civil War relic come out of the ground and I was happy that my friend was the one who dug it. The look on his face was PRICELESS ... There were alot of signals in the area and out came a rifled musket band. Then came a pot hanger, an era fork, a couple hand forged spikes/nails, and a couple of chunks of cannonball which is not rare for this area of Virginia and some whatsits. Then, as the day progressed, I scouted 2 other places but they were not that great so I went back to my original spot but this time to a different section. Before Long, I heard my huntin buddy say, "Hey A BUTTON" It was a beauty and had 80 to 90% of the Gold Gilt STILL on it. It was an early 1820s era button. In addition, another piece of a larger button and several three ringers and musketballs were found. To top it off, I went back to this spot the next day as I had a "dropped" minie ball fall out of my bag during the hunt the day before when I slide down a mud bank and I wanted to see if I could find it quickly as it was on Christmas Eve and I HAD to be at my girl's family's house that evening. Well, the minie was EXACTLY where I thought it would be and when I turned the coil on all I had to do was put it to the ground and there was the dropped minie!!! With this found, I figured I had some time to kill so I went back to my spot next to the water and where we had found the bayonet the day before and I found a NICE Civil War Bayonet Finial along with a few more three-ringers and musketballs! A PERFECT finish to a great hunt! We had a blast and my buddy did really well for his first time to the spot!!! P.S. I have MORE pictures to add of the rest of the objects, bullets, and finial which I will do when I get home later. Hope you all enjoy and thanks to all my friends on TNet for taking a look
As you can see, relics are in a pre-cleaned condition. So, when they are cleaned up I will post some better pics! Zoy, KirkPA.....Near the water my friends
CivilMan, Will, KFB, TyMcMurray, MM: I know guys like you will get a kick from these things!!
Hope y'all had a Great Christmas and a Happy New Years Eve tomorrow HEHEHE
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Best of Luck to ya and have a Happy New Year.Excellent's find's....did you get my PM?
