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Got out yesterday to hunt up in Petersburg/Dinwiddie with my buddy Manganos. His house is literally surrounded by battle sites of the Appomattox campaign...White Oak battlefield fought on March 31, 1865, little over a week before Lee's surrender is situated at the end of his road. This area is a jewel. So I left work at midnight got home and was out the door at 3:30AM with about 15 minutes of sleep (I will loose food & sleep for tectin' or as Grubby/Kirk say: "Only the tough get the stuff") Got their at about 6:30AM and we went straight to it. It was a tough day as Mother Earth did not yield much up to us however we both did get a good find that I guess made the day worth all the driving and diggin. Manganos, my bud, has found quite a bit of lead and buttons in the last spot we hit but today it yielded no buttons but a NICE FIRST for Chris, a beautiful Confederate 2 ring Gardner still in the wood. We cut it open to reveal that baby in flawless condition. I think it hit the wood pretty spent as the bullet was not at all dented or smashed. It will make a beautiful display as it is a double rarity i.e. it is a Confederate 2 ringer AND it is still in the wood. I also made a first find for myself. At a different site, I got this really good iron signal REALLY good. Any yall all know how iron usually gives a scruffy and broken signal. This signal was as steady and repeatable as a coin is...only it was iron and was down at about 8-9 inches. I dug out a plug and out popped a beautiful Cannister shot! So, I think this made it worth the day. You have to be willing to put in the time and go that extra mile to find the good stuff. The other items I found were a 3 ringer, a nice piece of lead ingot that was used by the soldiers to melt down into minies and muskets, and a odd little piece of lead that looks like a fishing weight but much smaller and was found nowhere near water. It looks like a bead. Anyway, ya'll Civil War buffs like me will appreciate the grape shot. I will try to get a picture of Manganos's 2 ringer in the wood too! 
What do ya'll think?? Not alot of "stuff" and doesnt look like much, but it was "tough" recovering it. 
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What do ya'll think?? Not alot of "stuff" and doesnt look like much, but it was "tough" recovering it. (MORE PICS at Bottom of thread)
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