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- Jan 10, 2007
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REVISED 12-26-Best Find EVER, 5 Best CW in 2011 & Big Silver Coin This Year!!
This was another good year for the Tennessee Trio and me personally. Unfortunately two separate injuries prevented Dman from several months of hunting but he made some very good finds when he could hunt and Josh was a button digging machine in 2011.
I am not through digging in 2011 but here are my best finds to date:
1. I consider this note that I found while clipping pastures on my farm that was rolled up and tied to the remains of a helium balloon as my best find EVER. “Austin” apparently sent this letter to heaven to his recently deceased grandfather. Relationships between children and their grandparents are very special. No digging required!!!
2. Acorn carved from a .69 cal. 3 ring “Big Boy” bullet that I dug in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan Fall 1862 C.S.A. Cavalry camp in middle Tennessee in September. It was awarded "Banner" and thanks to all those who made it so.
3. CS Block “I” infantry button from Col. R.D. Allison’s C.S.A. Cavalry Squadron camp. Although Dman, Tenn. Josh, and I have dug several eagle and flat buttons there, this is the only CS button that we (or anyone we know who has also hunted that camp) knows of to have been recovered from that early 1863 camp.
4. Recovered from the same camp as the Bock “I” button, this Gomez and Mills patent “Baby Multi-Ring Sharps bullet in approximately .38 cal. was used in a Sharps Sporting rifle probably brought from home by a Confederate Cavalry Soldier. These are rare to find in Tennessee in that small caliber.
5. Heart Rosette -I was hunting with Dman the day before he broke his leg in late Oct. and found this rosette from a bridle in an area where I dug a CS Militia plate authenticated by Larry Hicklen about 12 years ago. The recovery site was the route used by Morgan's Raiders as they left the Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee on Dec. 7, 1862 with their 1,400+ Union prisoners and headed to cross the nearby Cumberland River. These rosettes were civilian made and are rarely dug in CS cavalry camps here in this area.
My Biggest Silver Coin Find
In the same area as #3 & #4, I dug this 1900 Barber half dollar which was my best coin recovery during 2011. This was a surprise as I was hunting for CW relics at the time.
REVISED and UPDATED with 5th BEST CW Artifact
6. Kentucky button-While hunting with Tenn. Josh on 12-23, I dug the top portion of a 3 pc. Kentucky Staff Officer's button in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan camp. We had 30 total CSA relics that day. The button looked like a folded up bottle cap when I dug it but had the reverse of the button face on the underside with bright gilding. I will send this one to have it professionally cleaned and restored as that one is the ONLY KY button known to have been recovered from that camp and only the second state button dug there. Gen. Morgan was from KY and had regiments of KY, TN, and Texas CSA Cavalry camped there.
Honorable Mention
I also dug the bottom portion of a 3" Hotchkiss base fired from a U.S. artillery position and a fairly rare .44 cal. Frank Wesson rimfire bullet from a CSA Cavalry camp.
I was honored to have one article published in American Digger Magazine, four articles published in Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine, and two articles published in North South Trader’s Civil War Magazine in 2011. I assisted Bill Jones (Sekypaleo) with a W & E article and Rob Taylor (RTDE 3) with an article published in American Digger. I was also a guest on the American Digger-Our History Project “Relic Roundup” internet show in November. I was also honored to have my picture on the cover of the November issue of Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine for the second time in 13 months.
The A.V.C. button that I recovered in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan C.S.A. cavalry 1863 winter camp in Oct. 2010 was featured on the cover of American Digger Magazine, pictured in their “Just Dug” section, and also pictured in “Recent Field Recoveries” of North South Trader. A Confederate Block “I” button that I recovered in February from a CS cavalry camp was pictured in American Digger and a rare Gomez and Mills “Baby” Sharps multi-ring bullet that I dug in the same CS camp was pictured in North South Trader in 2011.
We are looking forward to getting Dman back in the saddle in 2012 and discovering new sites for the Trio and our friends to hunt. Thanks for taking your time to look and reply to our many posts in 2011 and may you have a Banner year in 2012. HH, Quindy.
Final CW Relic Count for 2011=371 + 13 Colonial Relics
(I do not count campfire lead pieces, horseshoes, pieces of nondescript iron that can't be asttributed directly to CW era use, on non CW period coins).
This was another good year for the Tennessee Trio and me personally. Unfortunately two separate injuries prevented Dman from several months of hunting but he made some very good finds when he could hunt and Josh was a button digging machine in 2011.
I am not through digging in 2011 but here are my best finds to date:
1. I consider this note that I found while clipping pastures on my farm that was rolled up and tied to the remains of a helium balloon as my best find EVER. “Austin” apparently sent this letter to heaven to his recently deceased grandfather. Relationships between children and their grandparents are very special. No digging required!!!
2. Acorn carved from a .69 cal. 3 ring “Big Boy” bullet that I dug in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan Fall 1862 C.S.A. Cavalry camp in middle Tennessee in September. It was awarded "Banner" and thanks to all those who made it so.
3. CS Block “I” infantry button from Col. R.D. Allison’s C.S.A. Cavalry Squadron camp. Although Dman, Tenn. Josh, and I have dug several eagle and flat buttons there, this is the only CS button that we (or anyone we know who has also hunted that camp) knows of to have been recovered from that early 1863 camp.
4. Recovered from the same camp as the Bock “I” button, this Gomez and Mills patent “Baby Multi-Ring Sharps bullet in approximately .38 cal. was used in a Sharps Sporting rifle probably brought from home by a Confederate Cavalry Soldier. These are rare to find in Tennessee in that small caliber.
5. Heart Rosette -I was hunting with Dman the day before he broke his leg in late Oct. and found this rosette from a bridle in an area where I dug a CS Militia plate authenticated by Larry Hicklen about 12 years ago. The recovery site was the route used by Morgan's Raiders as they left the Battle of Hartsville, Tennessee on Dec. 7, 1862 with their 1,400+ Union prisoners and headed to cross the nearby Cumberland River. These rosettes were civilian made and are rarely dug in CS cavalry camps here in this area.
My Biggest Silver Coin Find
In the same area as #3 & #4, I dug this 1900 Barber half dollar which was my best coin recovery during 2011. This was a surprise as I was hunting for CW relics at the time.
REVISED and UPDATED with 5th BEST CW Artifact
6. Kentucky button-While hunting with Tenn. Josh on 12-23, I dug the top portion of a 3 pc. Kentucky Staff Officer's button in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan camp. We had 30 total CSA relics that day. The button looked like a folded up bottle cap when I dug it but had the reverse of the button face on the underside with bright gilding. I will send this one to have it professionally cleaned and restored as that one is the ONLY KY button known to have been recovered from that camp and only the second state button dug there. Gen. Morgan was from KY and had regiments of KY, TN, and Texas CSA Cavalry camped there.
Honorable Mention
I also dug the bottom portion of a 3" Hotchkiss base fired from a U.S. artillery position and a fairly rare .44 cal. Frank Wesson rimfire bullet from a CSA Cavalry camp.
I was honored to have one article published in American Digger Magazine, four articles published in Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine, and two articles published in North South Trader’s Civil War Magazine in 2011. I assisted Bill Jones (Sekypaleo) with a W & E article and Rob Taylor (RTDE 3) with an article published in American Digger. I was also a guest on the American Digger-Our History Project “Relic Roundup” internet show in November. I was also honored to have my picture on the cover of the November issue of Western & Eastern Treasures Magazine for the second time in 13 months.
The A.V.C. button that I recovered in a Gen. John Hunt Morgan C.S.A. cavalry 1863 winter camp in Oct. 2010 was featured on the cover of American Digger Magazine, pictured in their “Just Dug” section, and also pictured in “Recent Field Recoveries” of North South Trader. A Confederate Block “I” button that I recovered in February from a CS cavalry camp was pictured in American Digger and a rare Gomez and Mills “Baby” Sharps multi-ring bullet that I dug in the same CS camp was pictured in North South Trader in 2011.
We are looking forward to getting Dman back in the saddle in 2012 and discovering new sites for the Trio and our friends to hunt. Thanks for taking your time to look and reply to our many posts in 2011 and may you have a Banner year in 2012. HH, Quindy.
Final CW Relic Count for 2011=371 + 13 Colonial Relics
(I do not count campfire lead pieces, horseshoes, pieces of nondescript iron that can't be asttributed directly to CW era use, on non CW period coins).
Way to go, Breezie
I still can't get over that acorn bullet. BEAUTY!
Hurry and get well Burt!
Thanks for taking the time to write up all the valuable articles for others to learn from. AND a big thanks for all the help you offer others in getting published as well. Maybe one day I'll get to hunt with the famous trio. 
and hope you have a great New Year! HH!
