First relic with my son and we scored nice Civil War

[Wes-N-VA]

Got out on Saturday with my oldest son on his first offical relic hunt and we had a blast. We hunted from 0900-1800 and he was a trooper, as it was cold with snow flurries and wind. We headed up to a spot in Hanover County with my good friend and fellow Mid Alantic Relic & Coin Hunter digger, Harvey. We started out along the road and got into several pockets of bullets. My sons very first bullet ever was a .54 Carbine 1861 pattern. I thought it was a cleaner bullet in the field until we got home and inspected things closer. He ended up digging 10 bullets but gave one to his grandpa, a nice flat button, a pocket watch key, and a handful of camp lead droppings. He used my T2 SE and tho difficult for him, he managed one heck of a day for his first relic hunt. I managed a decent day with my E-trac and scored over 20 bullets, 2 J-Hooks, couple of nice revolver bullets, and a pound of camp lead myself. Harery scored a very nice rossete, 15 bullets and lots of camp lead also. Enjoy the photos and the video will be on youtube under Wes-N-VA. Thanks and HH to all!

Gage (my son)

Gage's First Bullet!

My stuff and our total haul together

Local relics from last Thursdays 2 hour hunt

Harvey's finds from Saturday

 

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[JmCraz8]

Awesome job Wes-N-VA and your son did amazing for his first relic hunt nothing better than preserving history with your son, congrats big time!!!

 

[hamiddetecting]

Nice

 

[Wes-N-VA]

Thank you very much! I am a proud dad. He did great and now he is hooked. Nothing like quality time with my boy. Now his sister and younger brother want in on the action lol momma going to go crazy now lol.

Awesome job Wes-N-VA and your son did amazing for his first relic hunt nothing better than preserving history with your son, congrats big time!!!

 

[JmCraz8]

Haha that's awesome

 

[John Boy]

Great hunt there.looks like ya got a great hunting partner.congrats.

 

[tennessee digger]

That is a great story with some great pictures. Congrats to your son and the rosette that your friend found is awesome!!!!! Tennessee digger

 

[materdigger1]

Very nice hunt and so awsome to get out with your son - Congrats to him on his first bullet finds

 

[CSA2K]

WTG!!! Cheers to you for introducing your son to the hobby and to him for appreciating it!

 

[sierrakev]

WTG!

 

[StormSurge]

Nice hunt Wes,

Looks like Gage has your MoJo! All of that lead that y'all found there's gotta be some nice relics left on that site. Looking forward to hunting together again.We'll have to get Nate to call in "sick" and head out. I like your idea of sifting the Colonial field that we last hunted together. We should make that happen.... Regards & Best of Luck to You & Gage.

 

[BobinSouthVA]

That looks like a great father son day out in the field. Before too long all your kids will be posting their finds here outdoing Dad

 

[metalev4]

Nice finds and quality time w your son, can't wait till my sons old enough to dig with me.
Evan

 

[sfenner]

My son just turned thirteen today. I was talking to him about going digging and he seems interested. Time to buy a new detector!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Great job,your son looked really excited!