Civil War And Silver

[Sooper Dave]

Got out to a spot that a buddy got permission for. It has a spring running through that soldiers camped and fought around. The owners said we would be wasting our time as it had been hunted out by professional detectorist and their kids for over 20 years and the last guy that hunted there looked around for 8 hours and didn't find a thing. So I fired up the Etrac and my first signal was a fired Enfield bullet. We looked around for about 4 hours and I found over 12 bullets with a nice mix of Union and Confederate lead along with a nice Staff Officer's button. It was nice to see the spot wasn't hunted out and we showed them what we had found and even shared a few bullets with them. Unfortunately for us the property owners decided to let the grand kids get a chance to save history and we lost the permission. I was looking forward to going back there because it's a huge property and we only covered a small area. That's how it goes some times, just glad we got a chance to look around.
I got out Saturday and was hoping to luck up on some silver so I went to an old church that had a nice area beside it perfect for picnics. I made a line right to a big oak tree and got a nice 12-44 signal and flipped out a nice 1913 Barber dime. I went on to find several wheats, two Mercs, an Indian and a 1916 Barber dime. Turned out to be a very productive spot and a lot of fun to hunt. It's turning dry here so it may be time to focus on some creeks. HH-David

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[oneguy]

excellent as usual dave.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cz70pro]

Awesome finds Dave! That certainly was a great spot you had there. Who knows maybe they will let you back on there some day. Congrats on the two Barbers but especially on that staff button. I haven't found one of those yet. HH

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds! No spot is ever hunted out proof positive! etrac proves that!

 

[diggervance]

Great hunts Dave.

I love when spots are hunted out. lol

Nice call on the oak tree!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Great job as usual Dave!
Congrats on all the civil war bullets and barber.

 

[Mark in S.E. IA]

You just never know just how good a place has been picked over until you try it for yourself. Congrat's n the great CW finds and the silver too.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on another great haul Dave !

 

[Sooper Dave]

excellent as usual dave.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks oneguy!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Awesome finds Dave! That certainly was a great spot you had there. Who knows maybe they will let you back on there some day. Congrats on the two Barbers but especially on that staff button. I haven't found one of those yet. HH

Thanks! Yeah it's a nice spot and we may luck back up to get to hunt another day. Hope you get a Staff Officer's soon!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Nice finds! No spot is ever hunted out proof positive! etrac proves that!

Thanks! And you're right it's hard to get it all.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Great hunts Dave.

I love when spots are hunted out. lol

Nice call on the oak tree!

Thanks bud! Yeah seems to be at least one nice keeper left on every hunted out spot. And those old trees are text book perfect sometimes to have an old coin under them.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Great job as usual Dave!
Congrats on all the civil war bullets and barber.

Thanks FPD!

 

[Sooper Dave]

You just never know just how good a place has been picked over until you try it for yourself. Congrat's n the great CW finds and the silver too.

Thanks Mark! You're right. You don't know until ya go!

 

[Sooper Dave]

Congrats on another great haul Dave !

Thanks bud!