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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

[size=large]Went out to a new field this evening. Wasn't too large, mostly consisted of a hilltop. Started picking up a lot of old house trash. Everything from flat buttons to twisted, mashed cans. The closer I got to the hilltop, the more trash there was. Definitely an old house sat up there at one time. I didn't have my small coil with me, so I moved away from the solid blanket of trash to where the backyard might have been. Was disappointed in the number of mangled cans, old as well as cans from this century. They were giving real good signals, but disappointing to dig. [/size]

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[size=large]Then I got another good "can" reading, VDI 85. Cut a plug, turned it over, and said to myself "Rats, another can... hmmm, this one looks like its got an eagle on it... that ain't no can, that's a bent Civil War belt plate!" [/size]

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[size=large]After taking a picture of it in the ground, I pulled it out and examined it. Hit by a plow and nearly bent into a U shape, but it is all there; even the attachments on the back are intact. [/size]

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[size=large]Here it is with most of the dirt washed off of it. Not exactly drop dead gorgeous, but I'll sure take it. I'm going to send it off to one of those guys that repairs Civil War artifacts, and have him straighten it. I know if I try to straighten it it'll crack, and I don't want to use a torch on it. I'll let the professional do it. Bottom picture is back of plate with the attachment hooks.

Thanks for looking y'all

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I Am Sure Your Breaking Craigs Heart With All The Good Things That You Seem To Know Just Where To Look---I Have Been Thinking Of Driving Back To Iowa And Illinois Next Spring To See Again Where We Lived A Hundred And Forty Two Years Ago Before My Great Grandfather And His Brothers Came West By Wagon Train And Sailing Ship---On My Mothers Side They Arrived 30-40 Years Before That Settling In Illinois---What I Was Wondering Would You Be Able To Tell Me By E Mail A Few Areas That Are Open To Any One To Hunt Around Where You Live If I Did Decide To Go Farther East---There Must Be Some Mostly Hunted Out Areas I Could Give A Shot---If Gas Is Down Some Next Year It would Not Be Much Of A Problem To Travel As I Hardly Ever Stay In Motels I Just Sleep In The Front Seat Of My Pickup---I Went To Mont. 3 weeks Ago And Only Got A Motel 3 Times In 15 Days---Its The Darn Motels That Eat Up your Money As Its Hard To Find One Under $60---Gas Is Cheaper Than Motels And If You Have 4-5 People With You They Take Your Money And Your Soul To Stay In One Every Night---Only ELSON Has Enough Money To Travel OH I Forget About ED And CRAIG As Those 3 Have Enough Money To Fill A Couple Of Hip Boots To The Top With $1000 Bills---Oh I Do Have One More Question Vern; Do You Use A Ouija Board To Find Where The Dead Left Every Thing ? ? ?

 

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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