tlh2865
Jr. Member
- Jan 4, 2017
- 64
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- Detector(s) used
- Garret AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Good evening everybody. I was detecting an area in central Virginia that had a lot of civil war activity. No fighting occurred to my knowledge, but during Lee's retreat to Appomattox, a large portion of his army split at this very spot, each taking a different road, one heading west, the other north, and a sizable union force did the same in pursuit. I was detecting at the intersection of these two roads, and although the area has been well combed over for the past 50 years, I hit places people in the past did not. I found a piece of a union belt buckle and beside that, a large piece of brass that, through research, I found was a piece from a saw made in England between 1807 and 1816. My question is that likely to be civil war related? Or is it more likely from the farm that has resided there since the 1880s.
Thanks in advance everybody!
Thanks in advance everybody!