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Exploring the Monkey's Bottom
Well, I got up this morning and decided to do alittle detecting at a local spot in the city close to the house as I had to work today and didn't have the time to drive to my normal spots. This spot, called "Monkey's Bottom" was a Confederate Battery and the site of a Union amphibious landing in which the troops stormed the shores of Norfolk with Lincoln stepping onto the beaches not far behind. Now this spot has been hit hard in the past and I was not expecting a whole lot from this site even though it has produced Civil War finds for me in the past, the few times I hunted here, including some nice minies and lead poker chip.
I started in the park section that sees alot of human traffic and came up with some clad and a spot that yielded 3 Wheaties. Wanting to redirect my hunt to some older property, I actually wondered down to an adjacent property that is not part of the park but which I have permission to hunt on. This spot is where I had found my minies at. This property has been established since the 1600s so it definitely had the age. I immediately went back to the vicinity where I had found the 3 Ringers and started from there. After about 3-4 minutes I got a nice signal +65 on the MXT. It was a very clean signal but it turned out to be a grommet![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
In a way, that wasn't so bad though because it let me know that I was in the right era again. I was sure hoping it would have been a copper but no such luck.
I then continued hunting and went down the old road bed to a slight depression off to the right and decided to detect around the rim. I got a nice Penny signal on the MXT and it WAS a penny, a 1888 Indian Head with a nice green patina. Mind you there was iron strewn all across this property and I didn't have time to dig it all as per work this afternoon. DIRECTLY after the penny, maybe a minute elapsed near this, what looked to me to be a firepit, and I got another VERY NICE signal at +55-+65. I was just HOPING that it wasn't another GROMMET :P :P :P So I dug out the plug and proceeded to dismantle it. I narrowed the dirt clob down and when I broke it open, there was a very nice General Service Eagle inside!! Now folks, this was a very exciting yet unexpected find, even more so than the Eagle "I" from Sunday because this property had been pounded so hard over the years. I never expect alot from it and is only a backup spot of mine so to speak. It takes VERY LITTLE effort to get to and therefore MANY people have hunted it over the years. Luckily though, the piece I was on was private so had seen a little less of that traffic.
Afterwards I continued on with mostly with iron and a piece of a buckle. I then had to break away to head home to get cleaned up for work. :P :P BUT, it is always VERY pleasant to find a good find in a spot you don't expect it and just goes to prove that old adage once more that "no matter how hard a place has been hit, it is NEVER hunted out!" 
HH
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Well, I got up this morning and decided to do alittle detecting at a local spot in the city close to the house as I had to work today and didn't have the time to drive to my normal spots. This spot, called "Monkey's Bottom" was a Confederate Battery and the site of a Union amphibious landing in which the troops stormed the shores of Norfolk with Lincoln stepping onto the beaches not far behind. Now this spot has been hit hard in the past and I was not expecting a whole lot from this site even though it has produced Civil War finds for me in the past, the few times I hunted here, including some nice minies and lead poker chip.
I started in the park section that sees alot of human traffic and came up with some clad and a spot that yielded 3 Wheaties. Wanting to redirect my hunt to some older property, I actually wondered down to an adjacent property that is not part of the park but which I have permission to hunt on. This spot is where I had found my minies at. This property has been established since the 1600s so it definitely had the age. I immediately went back to the vicinity where I had found the 3 Ringers and started from there. After about 3-4 minutes I got a nice signal +65 on the MXT. It was a very clean signal but it turned out to be a grommet
In a way, that wasn't so bad though because it let me know that I was in the right era again. I was sure hoping it would have been a copper but no such luck.I then continued hunting and went down the old road bed to a slight depression off to the right and decided to detect around the rim. I got a nice Penny signal on the MXT and it WAS a penny, a 1888 Indian Head with a nice green patina. Mind you there was iron strewn all across this property and I didn't have time to dig it all as per work this afternoon. DIRECTLY after the penny, maybe a minute elapsed near this, what looked to me to be a firepit, and I got another VERY NICE signal at +55-+65. I was just HOPING that it wasn't another GROMMET :P :P :P So I dug out the plug and proceeded to dismantle it. I narrowed the dirt clob down and when I broke it open, there was a very nice General Service Eagle inside!! Now folks, this was a very exciting yet unexpected find, even more so than the Eagle "I" from Sunday because this property had been pounded so hard over the years. I never expect alot from it and is only a backup spot of mine so to speak. It takes VERY LITTLE effort to get to and therefore MANY people have hunted it over the years. Luckily though, the piece I was on was private so had seen a little less of that traffic.
Afterwards I continued on with mostly with iron and a piece of a buckle. I then had to break away to head home to get cleaned up for work. :P :P
BUT, it is always VERY pleasant to find a good find in a spot you don't expect it and just goes to prove that old adage once more that "no matter how hard a place has been hit, it is NEVER hunted out!" HH
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Congrats on the IH & Eagle button. 
