Adventures With Nana & DiggerBug CW Pic Heavy

[Nana40]

OH, wow, ya'll! This was such an exciting hunt for me, but I didn't expect all the sweet comments, phone calls and banner votes!! Thanks a bunch! Makes the hunt and finds extra special! ...Especially when you all tell me what it is we've found. :P When I dug the Mississippi button, I had no clue that even was a button. Looked like any other big blob of dirt, so I threw it into my pocket. Later that evening we emptied our pockets onto a paper plate and was picking thru the dirt. Lisa noticed it and started cleaning it up a bit. She said she thought it was a button? As the dirt came off she let me in on the fact that it had letters on it and it looked like Mississippi. I had never seen a button with this particular shape. The SC button, when I dug it, I knew it was a button, as I could see the back, but the front was loaded with a blob of crust and I didn't know what it was till I got home that night. I stayed up till 3AM picking the dirt off it. Needless to say, I was pleased as peaches when I saw what it was! More cleaning needs to be done on them, but I've just been so busy.


Thanks Q! We had a great time! And thanks for the quick response to my email Friday night!!

George.... hahahaha!!!!

Thanks, Ugolf! I was thinking the silver item was a match box. I looked all over that area for the other piece to it, but not to be this time I guess.

Thanks, WSD! No telling what all is around there. Two days was not enough time! But I don't know if I could have dug one more hole. We were exhausted! But with a good nights sleep last night, I bet I could get back out there and start all over. Thanks for the ID!

Thanks a bunch, Senti! We were excited to give this site a try and it was well worth the wait.

Aww..thanks, Mike!!

Thanks Leese! I'm ready to go back.

Thanks, Ky!

Thank you, Hispan!

Judie...thanks for the research on the button! I can't seem to find much of anything on it either. Bruce and Charlie went fishing while Lisa and I dug up the farm.

Thanks, Bob!!

HCW...Yes! We were! My body is still asking me what the heck happened.

Thanks, Senti and Mini!

Thanks, Palmetto, Mainer, 55, Hound and Burt!

Dave...I surely would have if not for my baby girls B'day. I knew better than to miss that event. :P

Rob! You know the second Lisa mentioned Mississippi, I had to think about that little southern boy chugging along on his tractor.

MM! Thanks! Q called and offered to rent me one of those mules, but I figured by the time he rode down here, I'd already be home.

Thanks, Civil & Nutri! We had fun for sure!

TATH....This site was found by Lisa and I was lucky enough that she shared it with me. I've said it before and I'll say it again...I've got the best huntin' buddy ever! Thanks!!

Thanks, Bird! I don't know if we'll ever top this site, but would love to! haha!!!

Thanks, DD! I don't think I've ever dug so much iron! I had told Lisa before we got there that we really needed to, being that it was a possible CW site.

MM...sure is! I remember you posting that! Too kewl!!

Thanks a bunch, WWW!!

Thanks Kuger...and thanks for the ID!

Thanks, Shooter! Ain't that the truth!

Thank you, Jim!

Kent...there is a lot of truth to that! I know I have skipped right over many overload signals on my MXT over the years. :P Wonder what I missed? Thanks!!

Thanks, Caveman!

And thanks again for the ID, Kuger.

Nana

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[Aquila]

Congrats. Very nice finds. Banner

[Baldingboy]

Steller hunt you and your friend had. Just outstanding finds. Congratulations!!!

[JerV3]

Great story and great finds.

I would hunt the heck out of that field. Yes, People who don't understand or appreciate history have no idea how important that plate is. Did he let her keep it by the way. Daffodils are a great giveaway for a site.

Jer

[Breezie]

Woooooooo Hoooooooo Nana! Ya'll scored MAJOR BIG TIME!!! Breezie

[Burdie]

I am so happy for you guys. All the finds are GREAT!! I am not happy that you made me slobber all over my computer looking at those buttons.

Burdie

[civilman1]

Just Cuz it's cool!! 8)

[au4me1]

WOW

[jgas]

Dang Nana now that is a whole lotta digging and a whole lotta great finds. That CSA is just fantastic. The entire hunt was just a splendid read! jgas

[Noodle]

Now, Nana, you and your friend are just getting ridiculous... really! We're all tired of being shown up by you! You should be ashamed!

That silver thingy y'all are calling a match safe is almost identical to one I have that my grandmother gave to her "Papa" back in 1912 or so. Family told me it was a snuff keeper. But mine is only filled with a note from my grandmother that says, "To Papa." Whatever it was supposed to be filled with, it never was.

Dang, Nana, you beat all! Congrats!!!! And to your partner!!! - Noodle

[Mr Tuff]

Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MR TUFF

[Monty]

So, tell me. Is our non-hunter now hooked? That's beginner's luck for sure. Same thing happened to me two years ago. I introduced a newby to the fine art of detecting and he found a platinum ring right off! Great stuff Nana and that sure looks like a lot of digging! Monty

[bookfisher]

Awesome buckle that belongs in the banner!

[steelheadwill]

WOW, Outstanding Post.
Great Finds Photos and Story !
don't know how I missed this for so long.
Thanks for the best posting I've read
Here's my Vote

[Nana40]

Thanks, Aquila, BB and Breezie!

Thanks, Jer. Absolutely she's keeping it! And I think after finding out a little history on it, he's putting on a big smile over finding it....right, Lisa?

Thank you, Sweet Burdie.

Thanks, Civil.

Thanks you AU and JG!

Thanks, Noodle. Well...I've never looked it up for myself. :P I just assumed that's what it was. I did take a little time to look over some sites and I think that's actually what it is. Looks like the snuff boxes are a tad bigger than the match box....
http://www.silvercollection.it/dictionaryvestacase.html

Thanks, Mr. T.

Monty.....Nope. :P But I bet if Lisa asked him to go huntin' with her, he would.

Thanks, Fisher!

Thanks a bunch, Will!

[Hill Billy]

Great post Nana, love the finds.
Great plate, and some sweet buttons.
Congrats to you and your crew.

HB

[Tnmountains]

Great finds Nana I just saw these finds. Go figure the new guy would get a CSA plate. Looks like you all did well. He did something I have never been able to do and that is hunt with a watch on. But then the brass rivets on my boots set off my machine
Nice job all around

[CheathamHill]

dream find for me ..congrats!


In a related question..what about 'daffies' makes it a probable home site...
Not a horticulture expert...did these have to be 'planted' at some point>?

I see lots with the flowers quite often

[BuckleBoy]

Wow, wow, WOW!

When you folks are finding, you are finding BIG!!!

First off, those button backs indicate that the whole jacket was tossed out there. The buttons look like 3-piece button backs, and I assume that the button that fits that is either the Staff button or the Mississippi one. So get back there and find the fronts of those buttons!

Second, I think you may have a brass spur rowel there in your photo (brass amoeba-like piece with a hole in the center).

This is all Top Notch Stuff! Congratulations!! Got a photo of the back of the CSA plate?


-Buck

[Nana40]

Thanks, HB & TN!

CHill....Thanks! The daffodils are bulbs and not seeds, so they are not eaten by critters and strewn around. They can however be transplanted...say if the soil is moved around.

Thanks, BB!! Extra thank ya for all the info and ID!! 8) We'll get back out there soon and see what those button backs belong to. Here's a pic of the back of the buckle for ya.