UPDATE: VIDEOS ADDED What have we got here??

{Sentinel}

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That is what I thought when I saw that solid +80 on the TID screen of my MXT. ;D Let me tell you, up until this point, for the past two or three weeks, I had hit a few new sites including a house site with little luck. I have been doing ALOT of marking off my "potential Sites" list so to speak ;D ;D :wink:

. So to get back to the plus 80 signal........It was a SOLID +80 and was in an area where I had found a few colonial items before in the past, including the 1600s nipple button that I dug awhile back. When I popped it out of the hole, there was this beautiful Georgian shoe buckle (mid to late 1700s). I had to dig around in the dirt alittle bit to find the iron piece that fits in the buckle but luckily I did. I found several muskets and minies to on this outing and feel like I am on the upswing again.

P.S.--I took video of this outing and have me digging these relics and the woods. I will post them when I get alittle more time tomorrow. :wink:
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Here are some videos that I took. I wasn't able to get every single find on vid because my batteries died out on me but here is what I was able to record:

[video=google;725446921184291245]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=725446921184291245&hl=en[/video]

[video=google;505843641051697995]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=505843641051697995&hl=en[/video]

[video=google;-6786768346919624120]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6786768346919624120&hl=en[/video]

[video=google;6246160855734281438]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6246160855734281438&hl=en[/video]
 

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Sentinel,

Awesome job!!!! I would return to that area time and time again after the weather and water table changes and see what other goodies pop up. You rock bro!!

Baldingboy
 

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Baldingboy said:
Sentinel,

Awesome job!!!! I would return to that area time and time again after the weather and water table changes and see what other goodies pop up. You rock bro!!

Baldingboy

Yes, there are still some nice things to be had. 3,204 Eagle Buttons were taken from the past 3 DIV Hunts soo...That is a great number and 2 of those hunts were the same field. Dont worry BaldingBoy, there will still be stuff for you when you get back :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

Cool video, and great finds! Lets me relic hunt from my desk at work!!! :coffee2: :icon_study:
 

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Colonial KirkPA said:
Crocop said:
Looks like one of those early IUD's to prevent pregnancies

Oh, you are back. ::)

Kirk

P.S. Josh, nice buckle!!! You truly are a great hunter!

Kirk,

LMAO at above ::) ::)

Also, it takes a great hunter to know one! :wink: :wink: Hope you and Kyle have been 'hittin it hard'
 

Thanks for the video, handsome. :wink: Love that southern drawl. ;D

Nana
 

I loved the videos, Josh! You and your buddies are great Civil War relic hunters.

Keep the videos coming, bud! :thumbsup:

Kyle
 

Nana40 said:
Thanks for the video, handsome. :wink: Love that southern drawl. ;D

Nana

You are more than welcome Alabama sweety :wink: :wink:
 

Colonial Zoyboy said:
I loved the videos, Josh! You and your buddies are great Civil War relic hunters.

Keep the videos coming, bud! :thumbsup:

Kyle

My good friend Kyle....thanks bud, I am glad you liked the videos. I know you yourself are working on making some FUTURE sites BONE DRY :wink:
 

JC dig's said:
Thanks for posting the videos, what county are you hunting in?

I hunt all over....Hopewell, Chester, Suffolk, Norfolk, Peninsula, even hunted up your way in Culpeper etc.
 

Never get tired of seeing History being saved Josh,especailly CW.Good stuff....keep em' comin' :thumbsup:
 

Josh,
I was finally able to watch the vids you added to your post. Love em'!!! :thumbsup:
Some day I'm hoping to learn how to do that high tech stuff. ;D :wink:
Congrats on the finds Buddy.
-MM-
 

civilman1 said:
Never get tired of seeing History being saved Josh,especailly CW.Good stuff....keep em' comin' :thumbsup:


Its always good to hear from you. You know there are very few places that haven't been BEATIN to death except for a very few places, like the one that tcooper found and like the ones I have found in the past. You know I love to see the stuff come out of the ground just as much as you guys. I love to see bullet pullers and buttons and bullets still coming from Antietam via you... and Artillery buttons, bullets, and relics coming from MM North Carolina way.......and nice colonial coppers coming from PA way via Kirk & Kyle. This shows that the stuff is still out there though it is MUCH tougher to get these days. Devotion is the key with us and that is what it takes to find the good stuff. :wink: :wink: :wink:
 

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nice finds. what the heck is a nipple button? ???
aimee

{Sentinel} said:
BuckleBoy said:
Sounds like you're close to a colonial housesite! Crusader nailed the buckle ID. Widen out from where you're hunting and try to find the hotspot. It's there somewhere--close by.


-Buck

Indeed, there is a house site within 300 yards of this spot. I have found King George coppers, boss bits, drawer pulls, the nipple button, lead, iron, etc. You can actually tell where the old house sites are in these woods because grass and daffodils grow where the foundations use to exist. Not 100 yards away is an old foundation but it looks to be from the early 1900s BUT it may be older.....I am going to check it out on my next outing. It is a cool spot where you can find civil war and colonial relics all in one. Here is another buckle that I found a while back in that area:
 

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nice finds. what the heck is a nipple button? ???
aimee


Aimee, HAHA that was funny "What is a nipple button".....I guess it does sound odd when you here someone say 'nipple' button. Anyway, it was a button used during the 1600s. In the picture below, you will see where it got its name from. At the top, you will see a button with a, for lack of a better word, a "nipple"... hence the name. Hope this helps ;D :D :wink:

P.S.--Dont mind the lead poker chip that I DECKED.....EWWW thats ugly! :P :wink:
 

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