EXPLOSIVE find by my 11 year old and a date with a dead President! (PICS)

[pitdiggers]

Just got out to a new spot that we have wanted to hunt for many years. It was one awesome day. As we left the car and headed down to a creek bottom we started to find shrapnel and sabot lead but that soon stopped. So we walked upstream and the creek bent around a small hill. My son went to the top of the hill and immediately started to pull different types of bullets and indian head pennies.

At the bottom of the hill my other son and I started finding horseshoes everywhere and the occasional piece of shrapnel. As soon as we started up the hill the signals started to ring out everywhere. All of a sudden as we reached the top of the hill my 11 year old son was bent over digging a huge signal. 8 inches down lay a perfectly intact Parrot shell! Watching him do the dance was awesome.

I did not really think it could get any better but a few minutes after all the excitement died down I popped a coin/token. Major General Zachary Taylor 1848 was staring back at me from the ground. Going to be hard to top this day. Having a hard time finding anything out about this find so a little help would be appreciated!

 

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[pwcguy]

I voted for these finds to be banner but then I noticed it was an old post.

Still a great find.

 

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[Skelly607]

This also rates high on my Kewl beans scale!!!

 

[FortBedfordbob]

Excellent Bunch of Finds. Congrats Big Time to your Son !

 

[Wldbil]

Great Hunt and Congrats on the finds... I bet the kids are hooked just like dad

 

[{Sentinel}]

great spot you found. It's alot of fun diggin those Parrott shells isn't it? I also love finding those Enfields with the Rosewood plugs still in them, that's always a treat!

 

[REALESALVAGE]

That is a verrrry cool dig you have there...

 

[hunterV3]

What was the purpose of the wood plug in the bullet?

 

[Ifoundit69]

You must have been doing the Route 20 trip with all those finds , awesome digs ! Zachary Taylor its either rt 20 or rt 522 that is named after the man ..... but way to go on the digs !

 

[PressedTrousers]

Sweet

 

[september]

Nice finds!!!

 

[kuger]

Great day! I bet the little box made your heart skip a beat!

I was thinking the same thing!!Why couldnt that have been full of gold coins!!!

You are into some good ground,I only find those locks in 1850 ish sites!!

 

[allen]

you got that right, that will
be a hard day to beat !!

 

[kuger]

Not quite sure what the box thing is but it was found down by the creek. It may not be as old as the civil war because i swear the mark on the bottom says chile.

Dont be fooled there were Chileans on the west coast in the early 1850's