Chantilly Bayonet (As Promised)

[archmjr]

There was a cellar hole that sat on top of the hill where 50 and the Fair Oaks Parkway met. This spot was littered with trash but if I went in there with my 5900 in SAT mode I could usually find some brash and lead. The iron was just sick in a good 1/4 acre around the house. You know when you get that wierd feeling to dig, even though its iron.

Well I got one. just an inch or two in the dirt. I almost passed out when I found it. I was simply amazed at the luck of just deciding to dig one of a million big iron signals....

Down closer to the road I dug around 15 dropped gardners and a few round balls. The old timers told me it used to a great spot back in the day, Missisippi's and Louisiana's coming out of here.

Enjoy

Lots more relics and lots more stories if you all don't mind...let me know. I have one heck of a plate story...my only buckle actually!

 

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[Digginman]

This is an awesome find!!!! Great work. I drive down route 50 everyday to work, but don't go as far as that. I've never found a bayonet. I'd love to.

Congrats archmjr. Best find I have seen in awhile.

 

[nitro]

Awesome find, and it looks to be fully intact. Congrats. Happy Hunting, Joe

 

[Born2Dtect]

archmjr,

Great find. Keep posting and I'll keep looking.

Ed

 

[AU79]

From what i understand there was a very large Union encampment in Centerville. I used to live in Centerville in a apartment complex called Summer Pond, right next door there were some nice big open fields but I never got a chance to detect them. It?s probably a shopping mall now

 

[rvbvetter]

Great find!! Most definitly keep posting. I'd really like to see the plate. WTG! HH

 

[pepperpump]

Sweet find, have you found anything else recently there Do you know if it is worth hunting around Plesant Valley Rd. in Chantilly? Good luck!!!
Pepperpump

 

[archmjr]

I moved away from that area a long time ago. There is quite a bit along PVR. You have to go slow and look for pockets that may not have been hit yet. Good Luck.

Arch