War of 1812 finds

[VTSwinger]

Went to a spot I've spent well over 40 hours detecting for several years. It's produced lots of buttons and a few coins (1905 - 1835) all within an iron patch that's full of square nails that all sound amazing. Today I went there as a back up when my 1st choice of locations fell through and I told myself that I couldn't go to the iron patch (like I always end up doing) and I had to try and find a new hot spot. I succeeded at this goal for a while, turned up a few flat buttons here and there, but as I got closer to the iron patch I noticed that whomever had recently hayed took a corner a bit wide. For me this was the the best mistake they could make. An area fortified by 2 inch wide trees and dense shrubs now completely smashed and splintered to bits. They had cleared an extra 30 sq yards or so all directly off of the most productive part of the iron patch. I pulled a few spoon bowls right off the bat and then the 1812 infantry button immediately followed by the 1812 navy cuff link. Neither of these sounded great by any means so I proceeded to dig everything and anything. A few hours later, not willing to accept that my back to back 1812 finds were all there was to offer I looked at what was left of the thick brush area that had been spared. I pulled the bottom half of my deus II off the handle, tucked the receiver in my pocket, and got on my hands a knees and crawled around as best I could while trying to swing out in front of me. Several sticks to the face and a body covered in prickers later I managed to get over the Hibernia with this "technique" but it was really hard going, I'm sure there is stuff in there I missed but that'll have to be for another day.

 

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[Bamasteve]

Awesome finds, congrats!

 

[fishstick]

Stellar stuff!!!!

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Fantastic finds - well done !

 

[Whynotnow?]

Great buttons, nice work!

 

[CAgem]

Oh to be young again and be able to crawl around on hads and knees! (84 year old female)

 

[robertk]

Oh to be young again and be able to crawl around on hads and knees! (84 year old female)

You don't have to be young to crawl. Just persistent. . I regularly include "movement on the ground", including crawling, as part of my exercise regimen, and I'm not young (60-ish).

 

[Digger RJ]

Went to a spot I've spent well over 40 hours detecting for several years. It's produced lots of buttons and a few coins (1905 - 1835) all within an iron patch that's full of square nails that all sound amazing. Today I went there as a back up when my 1st choice of locations fell through and I told myself that I couldn't go to the iron patch (like I always end up doing) and I had to try and find a new hot spot. I succeeded at this goal for a while, turned up a few flat buttons here and there, but as I got closer to the iron patch I noticed that whomever had recently hayed took a corner a bit wide. For me this was the the best mistake they could make. An area fortified by 2 inch wide trees and dense shrubs now completely smashed and splintered to bits. They had cleared an extra 30 sq yards or so all directly off of the most productive part of the iron patch. I pulled a few spoon bowls right off the bat and then the 1812 infantry button immediately followed by the 1812 navy cuff link. Neither of these sounded great by any means so I proceeded to dig everything and anything. A few hours later, not willing to accept that my back to back 1812 finds were all there was to offer I looked at what was left of the thick brush area that had been spared. I pulled the bottom half of my deus II off the handle, tucked the receiver in my pocket, and got on my hands a knees and crawled around as best I could while trying to swing out in front of me. Several sticks to the face and a body covered in prickers later I managed to get over the Hibernia with this "technique" but it was really hard going, I'm sure there is stuff in there I missed but that'll have to be for another day.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!! Like the Button!!

 

[grasshopper]

Love the button and cufflink!!

 

[scruggs]

Beautiful finds!

 

[oldmxrat]

Awesome hunt there, congrats!

 

[ArfieBoy]

That is a beauty! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on some great military finds.

 

[cajundetector]

Went to a spot I've spent well over 40 hours detecting for several years. It's produced lots of buttons and a few coins (1905 - 1835) all within an iron patch that's full of square nails that all sound amazing. Today I went there as a back up when my 1st choice of locations fell through and I told myself that I couldn't go to the iron patch (like I always end up doing) and I had to try and find a new hot spot. I succeeded at this goal for a while, turned up a few flat buttons here and there, but as I got closer to the iron patch I noticed that whomever had recently hayed took a corner a bit wide. For me this was the the best mistake they could make. An area fortified by 2 inch wide trees and dense shrubs now completely smashed and splintered to bits. They had cleared an extra 30 sq yards or so all directly off of the most productive part of the iron patch. I pulled a few spoon bowls right off the bat and then the 1812 infantry button immediately followed by the 1812 navy cuff link. Neither of these sounded great by any means so I proceeded to dig everything and anything. A few hours later, not willing to accept that my back to back 1812 finds were all there was to offer I looked at what was left of the thick brush area that had been spared. I pulled the bottom half of my deus II off the handle, tucked the receiver in my pocket, and got on my hands a knees and crawled around as best I could while trying to swing out in front of me. Several sticks to the face and a body covered in prickers later I managed to get over the Hibernia with this "technique" but it was really hard going, I'm sure there is stuff in there I missed but that'll have to be for another day.

Congrats!!