Sooper Dave
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The first two hunts of the new year have been very productive. I hunted a new site that is soon to be developed. It is in an area that saw a lot of action during the Civil War. I started out on the lower part of the property without much luck. I worked my way up to the highest point and the first good signal was a Confederate Droop Wing Officers Button. Excited is an under statement as I don't dig CS buttons often. I haven't been able to find another example of one like it online. I was told it is a local made button. It does not have a backmark. I slowly worked my way around that area and dug a few dropped Enfields and a Gardner bullet. It was dark and so I ended the first hunt on a high note.
I was able to get back the next day and I dug a few more bullets and a very nice Union Eagle I button. The relics started to slow down on the hill so I went back down to the lower areas. I got a high tone on the old Etrac and flipped out a dime. I could make out that it was a thin Seated dime, a very worn 1878 and I was thrilled to see it. I continued on and targets were few and far between. After digging some trash I dug what looked to be a good luck piece, but it is a watch fob from The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. the attachment loop is broken. The back reads "Compliments Of The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. Manufacturers Of Horse & Mule Shoes" info online says it's from 1910. I always enjoy digging those fobs. I went on to dig a few more bullets but not much more. I was making my way out when I got a great sounding high tone coming in as a silver quarter on the detector. I cut a big plug and the signal was still down in the hole. Sure enough I scooped out a silver coin and it's a 1902 Barber Quarter from the old New Orleans mint. I was not expecting that but I am very happy to have dug it. I hunted until dark and lucked up on two more pulled Enfields. For some reason I didn't get a group shot of all the bullets from both hunts but I dug a total of ten. Five Enfields and one Gardner and the other five were .58 Minies . I am hoping I can luck up on some more nice relics from this location before it is lost forever.
I was able to get back the next day and I dug a few more bullets and a very nice Union Eagle I button. The relics started to slow down on the hill so I went back down to the lower areas. I got a high tone on the old Etrac and flipped out a dime. I could make out that it was a thin Seated dime, a very worn 1878 and I was thrilled to see it. I continued on and targets were few and far between. After digging some trash I dug what looked to be a good luck piece, but it is a watch fob from The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. the attachment loop is broken. The back reads "Compliments Of The Cincinnati Horse Shoe & Iron Co. Manufacturers Of Horse & Mule Shoes" info online says it's from 1910. I always enjoy digging those fobs. I went on to dig a few more bullets but not much more. I was making my way out when I got a great sounding high tone coming in as a silver quarter on the detector. I cut a big plug and the signal was still down in the hole. Sure enough I scooped out a silver coin and it's a 1902 Barber Quarter from the old New Orleans mint. I was not expecting that but I am very happy to have dug it. I hunted until dark and lucked up on two more pulled Enfields. For some reason I didn't get a group shot of all the bullets from both hunts but I dug a total of ten. Five Enfields and one Gardner and the other five were .58 Minies . I am hoping I can luck up on some more nice relics from this location before it is lost forever.
