BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
Shanegalang and I lucked out with some time off work, so we planned a three day digging marathon. Nothing earth shattering was dug, but we were very thankful for the dry ground and 90 degree heat...as opposed to the sucking, muddy soup and 110 degree heat! At any rate, I got a nice silver, and another old coin, and Shane dug a military button (c.1808 Regt. Artillery cuff--which he has not yet sent me a photo of for this post).
Anyhow, here is the video. Photos of the finds appear below too.
Nature made its presence known on all three days. I saw two dead gators hit by cars on the way to the sites. I dug into an armadillo curled up in its hole underground. Also saw a frog curled up in a crawfish hole beating the heat. Shane dug into a nest of ground hornets, narrowly escaping without stings. And of course we had mosquitos, fire ants, and other bugs. Here are some shots I took: a demonic grasshopper, and a bird nest in a weed at the edge of a field.
L to R: a French honey colored gun flint, 1700s. a Burnside carbine (solid base). Below: a cloak clasp
L to R: a musketball with the sprue carved to function as a fishing sinker (cool find!), a mystery piece that is a gilded brass skin with lead backing (rosette? religious?) and below is a tiny ball button with the boxwood back still surviving after 160+ years in the ground.
My first Standing Liberty with a date
and a V nickel. Not what I was after, but a welcome find anyhow. Thank you for the gift, Depression-Era farmers! 
And a photo of all my finds. Looks like a good bit, but these were the keepers from three 8 hour days in the field.
Best Wishes,
Buck
Shanegalang and I lucked out with some time off work, so we planned a three day digging marathon. Nothing earth shattering was dug, but we were very thankful for the dry ground and 90 degree heat...as opposed to the sucking, muddy soup and 110 degree heat! At any rate, I got a nice silver, and another old coin, and Shane dug a military button (c.1808 Regt. Artillery cuff--which he has not yet sent me a photo of for this post).
Anyhow, here is the video. Photos of the finds appear below too.
Nature made its presence known on all three days. I saw two dead gators hit by cars on the way to the sites. I dug into an armadillo curled up in its hole underground. Also saw a frog curled up in a crawfish hole beating the heat. Shane dug into a nest of ground hornets, narrowly escaping without stings. And of course we had mosquitos, fire ants, and other bugs. Here are some shots I took: a demonic grasshopper, and a bird nest in a weed at the edge of a field.
L to R: a French honey colored gun flint, 1700s. a Burnside carbine (solid base). Below: a cloak clasp
L to R: a musketball with the sprue carved to function as a fishing sinker (cool find!), a mystery piece that is a gilded brass skin with lead backing (rosette? religious?) and below is a tiny ball button with the boxwood back still surviving after 160+ years in the ground.
My first Standing Liberty with a date
and a V nickel. Not what I was after, but a welcome find anyhow. Thank you for the gift, Depression-Era farmers! And a photo of all my finds. Looks like a good bit, but these were the keepers from three 8 hour days in the field.
Best Wishes,
Buck
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And the studing of each piece reminds me of myself.Now if I can only remember everything I've read about I could start a new profesion I'm bad in that department things just have a hard time sticking in my head.Nice finds & post.
