parsonwalker
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This is the SECOND time I've missed my chance to hit the good field at the Union camp between crops. Beans were cut while I was out of the country, and when I got back . . . cover crop was already in. So I hit the briar thickets and fought brush and overgrowth all day. A scattering of bullets, camp lead, a broken button and an iron buckle frame was all I had to show for the scratches until about 3:30.
Then I found an Eagle cuff button, then 5 feet away I got a signal, kicked the leaves aside and the signal moved. Normally I would walk away, assuming it was a .22 casing or shotgun shell under the leaves. But it was so loud, I followed it. This 1861 half-dime was on TOP of the ground, just under the leaves. Amazing to me. Thick woods, never cultivated, 150 years later, on TOP of the ground. Wow. Funny thing - in three years of hunting this camp, I've found only 3 coins. All have been this type (Is this what's called a "seated"??), all have been dimes or half dimes, and all have been 1861. Weird.
Three feet from THAT I dug a 3-ring bullet and found this bottle neck while digging. A few more feet and out pops an Eagle coat button.
You better believe I SCOURED that area, but I never got another signal. Good day for me . . . Happy Thanksgiving everybody . . .
Then I found an Eagle cuff button, then 5 feet away I got a signal, kicked the leaves aside and the signal moved. Normally I would walk away, assuming it was a .22 casing or shotgun shell under the leaves. But it was so loud, I followed it. This 1861 half-dime was on TOP of the ground, just under the leaves. Amazing to me. Thick woods, never cultivated, 150 years later, on TOP of the ground. Wow. Funny thing - in three years of hunting this camp, I've found only 3 coins. All have been this type (Is this what's called a "seated"??), all have been dimes or half dimes, and all have been 1861. Weird.
Three feet from THAT I dug a 3-ring bullet and found this bottle neck while digging. A few more feet and out pops an Eagle coat button.
You better believe I SCOURED that area, but I never got another signal. Good day for me . . . Happy Thanksgiving everybody . . .
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