Carved Bullet, Canteen Stopper & Spout, 3 Eagle buttons, & More on Trio Hunt Today

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Carved Bullet, Canteen Stopper & Spout, 3 Eagle buttons, & More on Trio Hunt Today

It was a frosty 27 degrees when Dman and I arrived at the 1862 Union camp to hunt for a few more relics to add to the Trio total of 603 that we have recovered there so far. Josh was on the way. Thanks to our friend and veteran hunter Tennessee Digger who helped us locate the camp and understand the history of the site.
Josh’s best find this morning was a carved bullet and that makes 5 or 6 (at least) that I recall he has dug there. Doug showed out again by digging an iron canteen stopper and a nice pewter spout for a canteen. Those are good finds. He also dug his 4th straight eagle button in our last 4 hunts. My best finds today were the Infantry Officer’s eagle “I” eagle coat button and a coat size GS button. Both had shanks. This was my 5th straight eagle button in the last 5 hunts including a solo scouting trip last week. All of us recovered the usual bullet assortment. For F75 users: we increased our sens. setting to “85” today and dug all solid signals from “8” and higher. We dug a lot of square nails along with the relics.
It was in the low 50s when we left about noon. Doug saw his shadow and that means 6 more good weather weeks to dig relics-LOL. Listen to Buckleboy on American Digger Magazine’s Relic Roundup internet show from 8-9 pm Central time tonight-see their website for details. If you can’t listen tonight, the shows are archived and you can listen to the show later. HH from the Trio, Quindy.


 

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Very nice guys!!!Tearin' it up as usual!!
 

Cool finds...are you sure that is a stopper made from a bullet? It looks quite large. Post up some other pictures of it.

You guys did great!!

Thanks

Dan
 

I thought you all said that place was about played out, all kinds of goodies coming out of the ground.:icon_thumright:
 

Very nice stuff Vol1266 - Looks like you got a good site there
 

"BOOM BABY!!!"
Way to go guys. You never let us down. Over 600+ CW relics is not too shabby. Congrats on today's hunt.
That "Relic Rag" makes them look even better. :-)

Quindy,
Does your hat over hat help you find more relics?
You are a true nut!

-DUHg-
 

What can I say about you guys? For a short term camp, it is hard to believe that many relics have been found there by you guys. I know a lot of the stuff in there is deep and with your F-75s you are really tearing it up! Glad Doug saw his shadow, that means 6 more weeks of opening and closing gates:tongue3:. You need to hunt a L-O-N-G term camp with those 2 guys, I would bet that you and DMan and Josh could dig thousands of relics with your hunting skills. Thanks for the credit but really, you are the ones that deserve most of it for staying with it. I'll talk to you tomorrow. TD
 

Great stuff, Quindy!

Nice to pull two buttons out of the ground. I am about ready to chew my arm off to get to go diggin. Been WAY too long!!!

Regards,

Buck
 

Nice stuff as usual Quindy! Glad to see your Artical in W&E too. Keep up the good finds down there.
 

Thanks Cody (kuger) . We're trying to hunt between snow, cold, & rain. Save a nugget for me my friend, Q.

Dan, Doug took the stopper and spout home with him so I had to use the field pic. The iron stopper ring looks like it's attached to the pewter spout in the pic. Obviously, they are separate finds. Thanks, Quindy.

Bird, it is hunted out by our standards. We may get in a few more hunts there later on. HH, Q.

MSD, it was fun about this time last year. Digging bullets was like picking up ,Easter eggs-LOL. HH, Q.

MM, my two caps act like an antenna-LOL. Older folks ears get cold without headphones-LOL. HH, Q.

Donnie, without your research and help, we would have never found that camp. Call me tomorrow afternoon. HH, Q.

Looking forward to hearing you on the AD Relic Roundup tonight Will. Maybe Doug will call in & tell some jokes-NOT-LOL. I hope your schedule permits you to get out soon. HH, Q.
 

Oh, and you did a great job in giving the history of that camp. However, you failed to give the exact location???. On February 31st, I'll go ahead and post a map to it. TD
 

Oh, and you did a great job in giving the history of that camp. However, you failed to give the exact location???. On February 31st, I'll go ahead and post a map to it. TD

You do and I'll send the ground hog over to live with you and tell you that joke over & over-LOL. Q.
 

Boy I tell ya what yaw boys are tearing it up there.sounds like yaw had a great time.keep up the great work buddy.congratulations.
 

Nice finds tennessee boys, loved the video and you sure know the history of your area. Thats what helps folks locate some good camps. Research and knowing where to look, congrats fella's . Im looking forward to your next hunt already!

The Hun
 

ha ha I completely misread the post...thought you said carved bullet into a canteen spout...duhhhh. Nice spout and stopper.

Dan
 

Quindy, what joke? That was TRUE about DMan going to the doctor:laughing9:. See you in Gallatin!!!!!!!!!!




You do and I'll send the ground hog over to live with you and tell you that joke over & over-LOL. Q.
 

Glad to see you guys had another good hunt! The only shovel tha't been in my hands lately is a snow shovel!
 

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