PLAN "C"

[Tony (NC)]

I started out last night heading to VA. I was spending the night at Dad's house (Frank VA) and then we were heading up to Spotsylvania to the spot Bob S. posted below. Well the rain was coming down in buckets and the forecast was ugly. They were showing rain/snow and wind gusts to 60MPH between us and Spotsylvania. That was a pretty big chance to take driving that far. So we swithced to plan "C" at 6:00am this morning. We went back to the 1820 site and got a few more keepers. The place is still producing. We both got silver again and couple more Indians. There's more there, but there are two oak trees about the size of Rhode Island laying in the yard We also got another hand full of wheaties. Heres the keepers: Hey Bob....Can we get a RAIN/SNOW/WIND Check?

 

[wcowboy]

Very Nice finds Tony!!!!Ernie

 

[Bavaria Mike]

n/t

 

[Hawkeye Jim]

Plan C looked like a darn nice plan - WTG Tony - those are some nice Indians - giving me the FEVER!!!!!!!!!!!! Hawkeye Jim.

 

[Bob Szabo]

Tony,

Glad you got out anyhow and found some stuff to boot! I dont want to disappoint you but it really wasnt such a bad weekend here. Weather didnt bother us a bit. A litle cold but too bad.

Sorry I dont have pictures to back all the stuff below up. We didnt bother to put it all in a pile and take pictures. We all did about equal on Sunday but hunting in an area overloaded with Iron on Saturday I didnt do good at all. Out of all the great stuff below I only pulled out a few of the colonial flat buttons and misc, brass items.

We hit the colonial site on Saturday and between 3 of us we recovered:

- about 25 various colonial buttons
-riflemans buckle hook (the one that holds the knap sack hook)
-a Virginia Half Cent in fair condition the dates not readable but the back is nice (1783 the only year they made them)
-2 Large cents (1816 and 1857 I think)
-1 indian head
-Some kind of brass tool. look too large to be a gun tool bt looks like one
-Womens sash buckle
-A seal used for stamping wax on a letter, its small has a hook to run a string though I guess. Has some kind of figured carved into blue stone. This piece kind of looks like something off a charm bracelet.
-lots of misc. brass junk
- LOTS of iron junk and few more modern coins

I was using my C$, one guy had a CZ7A, and I hate to say it but the guy who really cleaned up used a Minelab Explorer. The place is loaded with Iron. I really didnt have a good day here. I really need more time with the machine in iron.

On Sunday we hit the battlefield area I was going to take you to and the wind was fierce but it really didnt bother us at all in the woods.

We found maybe 25 bullets between 3 of us, fired CS and dropped 3 ringers. I got a Sharps bullet with the skin still attached to it.

Call me when you want to come up.

Bob

 

[Tony (NC)]

That was just too big of a chance to take driving that far. I think the worst weather was between us and Spotsylvania. We saw a good bit of snow coming down where we were. I'm headed to San Antonio for the rest of the week, but we are definitely planning on making a run up there. Maybe the weekend of the 28th. I still need to "work" a day up in Ashland I'm glad you guys were able to get out. That must be quite a site you got there!

 

[Anonymous]

Seems like both parties fared well....
Maybe we can all get together again soon for another hunt??.....
My ground is now an ice block again!