RustyRelics
Gold Member
- Apr 5, 2019
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- Detector(s) used
- Equinox 600/Ancient Whites MXT
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
All March long, going through the first week of April, I took tim off of work to go to a couple organized digs and a private site to search for Civil War relics. And while brass likes to hide from me, I found a couple keepers. What I found out for sure however, is I am very accustomed to the sound of lead on a rented GPX!
Kelly's Ford
The Kelly's Ford hunts were held all March long, and were tough to say the least. Most of the surface finds had been picked up by relic hunters over the last 40 odd years the farm had been hunted, leaving most relics in deep pits that were dug by folks with an excavator. I was a determined lil' bugger however, and with a GPX rented through Fort Bedford metal detectors, hacked my way through the underbrush and scored a few good targets.
Right off the bat, I had found a couple three ringers, one of which was pulled, and the other being my first Washington Arsenal star base!
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However the next target was the find of the hunt, and unexpected Civil War Marine Corps button! I have no idea what it was doing here, but I won't complain about it. Unfortunately, it's quite rough, having been eaten away by the highly mineralized Virginia soil. It still displays nicely.
A couple of three ringers later, I FINALLY found a yankee eagle button! It's a cuff though, so seven years of detecting, and I'm still without a yankee Eagle coat.
All in all, not a bad couple of days.
Kelly's Ford
The Kelly's Ford hunts were held all March long, and were tough to say the least. Most of the surface finds had been picked up by relic hunters over the last 40 odd years the farm had been hunted, leaving most relics in deep pits that were dug by folks with an excavator. I was a determined lil' bugger however, and with a GPX rented through Fort Bedford metal detectors, hacked my way through the underbrush and scored a few good targets.
Right off the bat, I had found a couple three ringers, one of which was pulled, and the other being my first Washington Arsenal star base!
However the next target was the find of the hunt, and unexpected Civil War Marine Corps button! I have no idea what it was doing here, but I won't complain about it. Unfortunately, it's quite rough, having been eaten away by the highly mineralized Virginia soil. It still displays nicely.
A couple of three ringers later, I FINALLY found a yankee eagle button! It's a cuff though, so seven years of detecting, and I'm still without a yankee Eagle coat.
All in all, not a bad couple of days.
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