VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
- 5,589
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- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
It was overcast, damp, and a cold feeling 35 degrees in Tennessee today and it didn't get any warmer. I fed some cattle on my farm and left just after daylight to meet Josh and hunt Col. Allison's C.S.A. Cavalry Camp and East picket post. Dman is still on i.r. (injured reserve) and chomping at the bit to go hunting-especially after today-LOL.
We started in the woods at the picket post that a friend of ours discovered in the 1970s. We immediately started digging percussion caps and soon got bored with them. Some clumsy Confederate Soldier apparently dropped his cap tin or cap box there. We recovered a few round balls and moved back to the camp hill where we found the iron items and carbine bullets on Monday. We dug a few more iron pieces including the nice bridle bit that Josh found and decided to split up and scout the camp perimeter. I bet we dug 30 full horseshoes or pieces today as they are abundant there. Josh dug a couple of fired Enfields and I ventured over to another hill overlooking a large pond. I got a "92" reading on the F75 display and thought it may be a can. It had a very sweet tone and was 5 inches deep . I was pleasantly surprised to see a large silver coin in the clod and hoped it was CW period. It turned out to be the 1900 Barber Half Dollar in the last pic.
I caught up with Josh who drooled all over my coin and remarked how Dman would love that one. We returned to the picket post hill and Josh discovered a few spots with campfire lead where he dug more bullets including a triangle base. He dug the world record cotter pin that he is holding with his bridle bit in the 2nd pic. It's 6 inches long. Attn. Nana-Here's a pic of me holding the half dollar in the third pic.
We hunted about 5 hours in total but were thankful we could get this hunt in before tomorrow's snow. I gave my CW relics to Josh for his display and kept the Barber Half-LOL. Thanks for looking and HH from Dman, Josh, and myself in Tennessee.
We started in the woods at the picket post that a friend of ours discovered in the 1970s. We immediately started digging percussion caps and soon got bored with them. Some clumsy Confederate Soldier apparently dropped his cap tin or cap box there. We recovered a few round balls and moved back to the camp hill where we found the iron items and carbine bullets on Monday. We dug a few more iron pieces including the nice bridle bit that Josh found and decided to split up and scout the camp perimeter. I bet we dug 30 full horseshoes or pieces today as they are abundant there. Josh dug a couple of fired Enfields and I ventured over to another hill overlooking a large pond. I got a "92" reading on the F75 display and thought it may be a can. It had a very sweet tone and was 5 inches deep . I was pleasantly surprised to see a large silver coin in the clod and hoped it was CW period. It turned out to be the 1900 Barber Half Dollar in the last pic.
I caught up with Josh who drooled all over my coin and remarked how Dman would love that one. We returned to the picket post hill and Josh discovered a few spots with campfire lead where he dug more bullets including a triangle base. He dug the world record cotter pin that he is holding with his bridle bit in the 2nd pic. It's 6 inches long. Attn. Nana-Here's a pic of me holding the half dollar in the third pic.
We hunted about 5 hours in total but were thankful we could get this hunt in before tomorrow's snow. I gave my CW relics to Josh for his display and kept the Barber Half-LOL. Thanks for looking and HH from Dman, Josh, and myself in Tennessee.
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Always nice to get a big chunk of silver to go along with the relics 
Get well Dman!!! 
