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    Latest Tennessee CW Relic Box

    Dman and I went relic hunting on Dec.18th to a spot that I had actually forgotten about and had not hunted in 8 or 10 years. After that hunt, I made 5 or 6 more trips there. Here are the best finds from there. Happy hunting, Quindy.
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    Our Mission: Locate and Recover CW Artillery Relics-Done

    Dman and I returned to the US CW site where I found the TENN PIN yesterday with rain on the way. One day last week, we hunted the site and Dman was playing with the settings on his SE about 30 minutes before we had to leave. He dug an iron canister ball. We had not dug but one of these before. I...
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    CW Canister Shell Reconstructed-Seen One?

    Recently, Dman and I have dug numerous pieces of lead from canister shells near a US CW Artillery Site. We have both dug a half pint jar full of lead chunks each in the last year. Before Dman started relic hunting, I had found the base of a canister shell and several pieces of the lead chunks. I...
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    Tennessee CW Finds Last Week and 11 Lbs. of CW Lead

    We had several rain showers last week but I slipped in 4 hunts. I hunted twice with Dman, made a solo hunt, and hunted Friday with Tim G. Two different U.S. CW camps were hunted. The first pic shows the finds from the two camps. The first two rows of bullets are from a camp where the soldiers...
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    More Tennessee CW Relics and a whatsit!!!

    Dman and I planned to return to the U.S. CW site where I found the Tennessee Veterans Pin on Friday. We had to postpone due to a rare Tennessee snow day. We had heavy rain last week and we wanted to see if we could dig deep targets. We finally got in a 3 hour hunt early Sunday Morning. I found 4...
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    Back To US CW Site where the Tennessee Veterans Pin was found

    Yesterday, Dman and I returned to the US CW site that we discovered last April and I found the Tennessee Veterans Pin two weeks ago. I found a bayonet scabbard tip, knapsack hook minus the button, back from an Eagle button, 3 bullets, and 2 more pieces of canister lead. Dman found some bullets...
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    FOUND: Tennessee CW Union Veterans Pin

    Dman and I went to a local U.S. CW site today. We both found a few bullets. Dman found a large brass pack or belt stud and a mint eagle "I" button. It was the coat size high convex style. we thought he had the find of the day. On the way back to the truck, I got an "iffy' signal and dug it. To...
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    Tenn. CSA Cavalry Camp Finds

    Dman and I hit a CSA Cavalry Camp last week where a brigade of Confederates spent several weeks. This is a new site for us so it took a while to figure out the camp layout. Dman found 5 .44 cal. Colt pistol bullets practically in one hole. The soldier emptied his cylinder and reloaded. We could...
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    Dman & VOL1266-X's CW Finds 10-22-08

    Dman and I officially opened the Fall Tennessee relic hunting season last Wednesday. We returned to the US Camp area that we hunted last spring until the grass grew too high. We found that the soil was extremely dry and targets were hard to dig. The bullets were mostly dropped .54 cal. 3 ringers...
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    Tennessee Artillery Site Relics & 8 Reale

    Near a large CW US Camp with Artillery and Infantry, Dman and I had good luck in the last few years. Before Dman began hunting with me, I found some relics from that area as shown in the attached pics. Near a spring, I got a good signal under a large rock. It was a 1832 Mexican 8 Reales. I...
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    What Relic Hunting Boots Are Best???

    As you can see from my posts, I hunt a variety of conditions. I bought a new pair of hunting boots last Fall and the right one already leaks and the right sole is broken. I was always a big believer in a certain brand but they are all now made outside the USA and the quality is gone. Using my...
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    1862 CSA Cavalry Camp Relics

    A few years ago, I hunted a CSA Cavalry Camp in Middle Tennessee occupied in the fall of 1862 before the Colonel and his troops were ordered to Murfreesboro, TN. I have hunted it each year since then. Dman got into the action also when he began hunting with me. Best finds in this box are the...
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    Middle Tennessee US Picket Post relics

    In December 2005, I found the relics in the pic on a heavily wooded ridge above a US Camp about 6 miles from home. In January of 2006, Dman started relic hunting with me. He has since recovered several bullets and nice relics from that site and was hooked. The best finds are the Indiana Veterans...
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    4-12-08 CW Finds- New Site Day 2

    I talked Dman out of attending an antique auction today to hunt CW relics. It did not take much effort. Together, we got 21 items out of the Thursday new site in 2 hours. It was apparent that this site was not a camp but a patrol site near water since we found no brass except for the Hotchkiss...
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    4-10-08 CW Finds near US Camp

    Hi all! Today, Dman and I found an area near a large US Camp in Middle Tennessee. Apparently, the soldiers in that regiment were equipped with .54 cal. rifles. The pic shows my finds including a Hotchkiss fuse and 1937 Buffalo nickel that the farmer lost. Dman found 10 .54 cal. 3 ringers, 2 .54...
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    Virgin CW US Infantry Camp In Middle TN

    In 2003, I was lucky enough to locate a US Camp about 16 miles from home. By the number of bullets, it had not been touched. My friend who owns the 200+ acres thought something was there but had no clue where. I located some fired .69s mushroomed out big on a hill in a pattern that resembled...
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    More Fisher 1266-X Relics from Tennessee

    Here are a few more relics that I have recovered in my 13 years of detecting Northern Middle Tennessee. This box contains relics found only 6 miles from home. They were found on a battlefield on private land and a US Cavalry Camp near the Cumberland River. Oddly, the 4 Richmond Arsenal spur ends...
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    US Breastplate from 1863 CSA Cavalry Camp

    Last February, I was hunting a CSA Cavalry Camp where Col. R.D. Allison's Cavalry Squadron camped from March-June 1863. We found several bullets from the camp proper but it had been searched by others previously. In trying to find the camp pickets, I recovered a US Breastplate on a hill above...
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    CW picket Post/Camp in Tennessee

    About 2 years ago, I was fortunate to locate a picket location in a 10 acre patch of dense woods on a high ridge near a large US Camp in Middle Tennessee. The attached pic shows the relics that I found before June 2007. Since then, I have located 10-15 more bullets not shown. The best finds are...
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    CW Carved Bullets from Tennessee

    Hello from Tennessee!!! These are some of my CW carved and shaped bullets that I have recovered from CW sites in Middle Tennessee during my 13 years of detecting. All these were found using the same Fisher 1266-X that I use today. Note the little Scottie Dog, chess pieces, and poker chip...
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