GRAY GHOST
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hey everybody! i walked into the woods near the house here, and started hitting yankee three ringers right away. the ground is kinda swampy, and the bullets came out looking like black easter eggs, with a thick encrustation all over them. i ended up finding 11 of them in about an hour and a half. i got a good hit about 6" down underneath a 3" thick tree root and recovered this 3/4" x 1" gold looking monogrammed plate - it took a while to get it out, too. it might be upside down in the big pic, and came out the ground just as shiny as you see it. there are no markings on it, and looks like it came off of something. the two old flat buttons were a nice bonus too.
i also found some lead melt and an old oil lamp mantle, a cannonball frag, and some flattened railroad pennies. the story has it that both armies basically camped on the small battleground the night of the battle, being too exhausted to move. i may be onto a small plot where a couple of soldiers might have slept for the night. no old coinage has shown up yet, but i'm looking. not bad for an hour and a half hunt! thanks for reading, and hh!
i also found some lead melt and an old oil lamp mantle, a cannonball frag, and some flattened railroad pennies. the story has it that both armies basically camped on the small battleground the night of the battle, being too exhausted to move. i may be onto a small plot where a couple of soldiers might have slept for the night. no old coinage has shown up yet, but i'm looking. not bad for an hour and a half hunt! thanks for reading, and hh!
Great hunt!!