Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
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He loaned me a like-new pair of Gray Ghost headphones to use, so I wouldn't look like a nerd detecting with him.
I had got permission to detect at a new place, 50 wooded acres near the battle of Sailer's Creek. But after a preliminary search of about an hour, we turned up nothing but a couple of shotgun shells and dead air... so we went to one of Mountain Man's sites.
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Had only been there a few minutes when Mountain Man dug this front half of a Confederate block A button (artillary button). Not in the greatest shape, but sure beats a jab in the eye with a sharp stick!
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A few minutes later, I found a flat button, and then got a deep bullet signal. You can see the bullet sitting on top (actually that would be the bottom of the plug).
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Dug this broken knapsack hook.
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And then just before we left, dug this Indian head "fatty", 1863.
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Here are my finds for the day (already lost a flat button, must be out in the truck).
Vernon
I had got permission to detect at a new place, 50 wooded acres near the battle of Sailer's Creek. But after a preliminary search of about an hour, we turned up nothing but a couple of shotgun shells and dead air... so we went to one of Mountain Man's sites.
[attachment 52178 1.jpg]
Had only been there a few minutes when Mountain Man dug this front half of a Confederate block A button (artillary button). Not in the greatest shape, but sure beats a jab in the eye with a sharp stick!
[attachment 52179 2.jpg]
A few minutes later, I found a flat button, and then got a deep bullet signal. You can see the bullet sitting on top (actually that would be the bottom of the plug).
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Dug this broken knapsack hook.
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And then just before we left, dug this Indian head "fatty", 1863.
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Here are my finds for the day (already lost a flat button, must be out in the truck).
Vernon