Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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[size=large]Went back to my new place, not so much to seriously detect but more so to scout out the quite a bit of land that's there and to do some sampling to find out where other relics are. Fortunately, every hilltop I tried I found Civil War relics on (bullets). I must have walked 2 1/2 miles. There was a decent cloud cover, but it was still extremely hot. By the time I got to my truck, I was out of water and plodding along.
Above is a picture of one of the many HUGE oak trees in and around the pasture. This photo doesn't do it justice because there's nothing to compare the size to, but I can assure you if I were to pull a car over to that tree, it would look like one of those cars that toddlers get in and peddle. Found a flat button just to the left of that tree, and some bullets where I'm standing taking the picture. Lots of good high ground to detect on.[/size]
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[size=large]Got five Spencers out of one hole. This was the closest I got to a whole one. They are very fragile, and I'm told the black powder (which you can see in the photo) eats the brass and the lead.[/size]
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[size=large]Here's the digs from my scouting trip yesterday. Mountain Man and I will go back Sunday to see what we can stir up.[/size]
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[size=large]Ok, here's the bird... no, not the hand gesture bird, well, its really not a bird, its a bug that looks like a humming bird. Have any of you ever seen these before? This is only the second one I've seen. Its a hummingbird moth and looks like a small hummingbird. Its really wild looking. I took these two pictures of it just before I went detecting yesterday, my camera's not the greatest on motion. The last one is one I pulled off the Internet to give a better shot of it; its about 2 1/4" long... cool.
Vernon [/size]
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[size=large]Went back to my new place, not so much to seriously detect but more so to scout out the quite a bit of land that's there and to do some sampling to find out where other relics are. Fortunately, every hilltop I tried I found Civil War relics on (bullets). I must have walked 2 1/2 miles. There was a decent cloud cover, but it was still extremely hot. By the time I got to my truck, I was out of water and plodding along.
Above is a picture of one of the many HUGE oak trees in and around the pasture. This photo doesn't do it justice because there's nothing to compare the size to, but I can assure you if I were to pull a car over to that tree, it would look like one of those cars that toddlers get in and peddle. Found a flat button just to the left of that tree, and some bullets where I'm standing taking the picture. Lots of good high ground to detect on.[/size]
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[size=large]Got five Spencers out of one hole. This was the closest I got to a whole one. They are very fragile, and I'm told the black powder (which you can see in the photo) eats the brass and the lead.[/size]
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[size=large]Here's the digs from my scouting trip yesterday. Mountain Man and I will go back Sunday to see what we can stir up.[/size]
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[size=large]Ok, here's the bird... no, not the hand gesture bird, well, its really not a bird, its a bug that looks like a humming bird. Have any of you ever seen these before? This is only the second one I've seen. Its a hummingbird moth and looks like a small hummingbird. Its really wild looking. I took these two pictures of it just before I went detecting yesterday, my camera's not the greatest on motion. The last one is one I pulled off the Internet to give a better shot of it; its about 2 1/4" long... cool.
Vernon [/size]
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