Last day of digging for awhile (19 replies)
Dirk invited me out to his place for a belated commemoration of the Battle of Cumberland Church. We couldn't have asked for better weather. There were a couple bullets that we'd missed earlier even in...
View ArticleBeautiful day to dig relics (3 replies)
I got back out to an old camp site today and had a great time.For the most part over the last year and a half i have been digging mostlyconfederate stuff but i have been finding a little more...
View ArticleOk what is this??? Several told me at DIV that it was a rosette..... (6 replies)
I found it at the Wisconsin camp at DIV XXX. I thought it was a breast plate when it was in the hole but when I got it out I found out it was something different. It is a little under 3" in diameter...
View ArticleAny ideas on this? scabbard or the design ? (4 replies)
ive looked and looked in books and such and cant find anything on this it came from caamp weve hunted for years so im sure its CW era right ? but the design.please help if you can thanks guys
View ArticleThis find still has me doing the Rebel Yell... (13 replies)
I haven't hardly put this down yet or taken my eyes off it. I try not to thump my chest over relics and usually try to keep it humble and low key, but this really has got me going! Tongue dug at DIV...
View Articlesome colonial knee and shoe buckles and an unidentified lock cover with fancy...
These are finds from my last 2 digs. All of these were found at the same house site where the continental soldier spur and gold winding key came from. I really like the miniature knee and shoe...
View ArticleHelp with find (2 replies)
Found this vintage piece in an old yard. Not sure what it is. Lead over metal with two places for what looks like screw holes.
View ArticleSilver! (2 replies)
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View ArticleFound a gold ring in a Union Civil War camp today. (7 replies)
With all the recent rain the soil was just right for digging. Dug a gold ring with a script A on the front! It looks period and I have found artillery friction primers at this site years ago. I also...
View ArticleMinelab GPZ 7000 (2 replies)
Watching the video and WOW the 5000 isnt even hearing the targets that the 7000 is hearing,,anyone with any experience yet using one ??? THANKS
View ArticleRelic Digging With Butch Holcombe and Friends - American Digger Magazine!...
I went metal detecting yesterday on a very special trip with Butch Holcombe of American Digger Magazine, Mike, Bobby, Scott, and Heath Jones of Treasure Mountain Detectors. I had a chance to try many...
View ArticleBig iron hut floor recovery needs an I.D for finds list (5 replies)
Thanks for looking and thanks if you can help.
View ArticleSome of my recent fire-pits and huts I found with the GPR (14 replies)
Things of note was the really nice clay inkwell with the pen still inside and a nice little gun oil bottle that I can't figure out the maker of. It says NEW YORK on 1 side and " MOC." on the other.
View ArticleI found a $1000.00 large cent penny and some Calvary Juice (8 replies)
Kim and I got out the last three hunts into some new spots and hit some nice finds. I got many coins old and new with two Large cents. The nice 1800 stamp over 1799 large cent is the neatest and some...
View ArticleCouple more bottles (8 replies)
Got out with Dale and Marc this past Sunday back to a spot we had last been to in January. You could not have asked for much better weather, up until about 4 when it decided to start raining. I opened...
View ArticleYesterday's scratchin's from an hour dig with my diggin buddy. you just never...
1806 tiny Reale and a piece of an 1820ish plate.
View ArticleWOULD BE $1000.00 LARGE CENT PICS (4 replies)
Some better pics of the potentially rare penny
View ArticleCivil War brass mouthpiece (6 replies)
I finally got out again for some detecting fun with my buddy Dustin. The rain held off, and the woods weren't too overgrown quite yet, so that was nice. Overall a great escape from life for the...
View ArticleWednesdays pulls from another Southwestern VA Battlefield. (4 replies)
It's been hit hard for many years but there's still some deep relic.
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