Dug some CS lead this weekend

[Steve in PA]

I try to get down to the eastern panhandle of West Virginia to dig Civil War relics once or twice a year. I usually head down there when I am snowed in up here in western Pennsylvania

. This year I got in touch with my buddy George Sempeles to let him know we were coming down. George and I have been comparing notes at DIV hunts for a several years now and talking about getting together for a hunt some day. After a couple phone calls plans were made for my buddy Tom and I to meet George on Saturday. Saturday turned out to be a perfect day for relic hunting. We decided to try and get permission on a small Confederate camp that George had hunted many years ago. After some smooth talking by George, permission was granted and we were in the woods. We spent 4 to 5 hours hunting the camp finding what others had missed over the years. We dug nice variety of Confederate bullets including .58 and .54 caliber Gardners, Richmond Lab Sharps, a Georgia Teat that George dug, and a Picket (or Cosmopoliton) that Tom dug, along with some captured Yankee ammo the Rebs lost. George also dug a beautiful eagle A, a silver tipped mechanical pencil, and a nice 1867 Shield Nickel. Even though we didn't get any CS buttons, it was a fun hunt on a beautiful day.

I didn't get a group shot of everyone's finds, but I did get a pic of George's button. The pic doesn't do it justice though. It has about 90% gilt on it.

 

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[HutSiteDigger]

Greeeeat finds!!!! That is what i'm talking about... You ever hit up Ansted, WV? Have found some awesome Ohio relics near Hawks Nest Dam in Ansted. Sweeet finds, get back to that spot you found and hit that place HARD!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Greeeeat finds!!!! That is what i'm talking about... You ever hit up Ansted, WV? Have found some awesome Ohio relics near Hawks Nest Dam in Ansted. Sweeet finds, get back to that spot you found and hit that place HARD!!

Thanks. I'd rather dig a few nice Confederate drops than a bunch of fired Yankee bullets. Never made it as far south as Ansted. I have been focusing on the eastern panhandle south of Martinsburg. It is the closest CW activity to where I live in PA.

 

[John Boy]

Nice finds.Sounds like yaw had a great time Saturday.

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That's a nice bunch of lead Steve. Looks like you guys had fun. BTW - did you play around with the settings on your F75 and try hunting in 99/0/JE??

 

[birdman]

A confederate camp hunt would be a dream! Great saves!!

 

[VOL1266-X]

I just knew that a veteran hunter like you would bring home the bacon Steve!! You guys had a terrific hunt. I have never dug a Richmond Lab Sharps. WTG my friend, Q.

 

[matt092079]

Nice CS lead, Steve! That eagle "A" sure is a nice one! I've dug a "C" and several "I's" but no other ones!

 

[matt092079]

By the way, what's the iron piece? I've dug a ton of them on a property in Boyce, VA.

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a nice bunch of lead Steve. Looks like you guys had fun. BTW - did you play around with the settings on your F75 and try hunting in 99/0/JE??

Saturday at the CW site, I hunted in JS mode with 96 Sensitivity and 4 Discrimination. There was no interference where we were hunting, and my machine ran very smooth. Sunday I got out to a colonial site and found a few flat buttons. The JS mode didn't bring anything to light that I had missed in DE mode in my opinion, but I did switch back and forth on some signals. I could hear the signals in both JE and DE, but I do think they were a little louder and clearer in JE. I will continue to experiment....

 

[Steve in PA]

By the way, what's the iron piece? I've dug a ton of them on a property in Boyce, VA.

That is a soldier's straight razor. They turn up quite often in CW camps.

 

[matt092079]

That is a soldier's straight razor. They turn up quite often in CW camps.

Okay, cool. Thanks!

 

[Gunrunner61]

A great hunt Steve, As all know one confederate bullet equals ten Yankees..............HH

 

[Lanny in AB]

Fantastic finds! Nicely done!!

All the best,

Lanny

 

[JmCraz8]

Greeeeat finds!!!! That is what i'm talking about... You ever hit up Ansted, WV? Have found some awesome Ohio relics near Hawks Nest Dam in Ansted. Sweeet finds, get back to that spot you found and hit that place HARD!!

Sweet finds!!! Isn't the Hawks Nest area where the confederate camp was a golf course now? Do you hunt any in Fayette, County, lot of civil war movement, I've found a few .69 cal Minnie balls.

 

[materdigger1]

Awsome finds Steve - keep up the good work