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My good friends Art, Donnie and Barry drove down from Toronto for a weekend of swinging Southern style. They left Wednesday night, drove 12 hours, stopping only for gas, arrived Thursday morning in Frenchburg at 8:30 am! I must mentioned that Barry bought a brand new Jeep Patriot from a dealership Wednesday night...two hours later, the boys are packed tight in it and heading South! Sorry 'bout the boogies on the headliner! They should warsh right out.
Within an hour of their arrival, we're swinging and digging at the once famous Olympian Springs resort in Bath County. Initially we spread out on the many acres but after two Civil War era finds were located just inches apart, we decided to concentrate on that piece of ground. A thorough search revealed more relics and confirmed what I believe to be one of two Civil War camps located on the Springs. It was a sloppy hunt due to recent rain so we retired from their and came back to my home in Frenchburg for some rest then a late afternoon/early night hunt in the fields on my farm. The short hunt resulted in some finds that were a complete surprise to me.
On Friday, we located and secured permission to hunt a large tract of land in Montgomery County. My 1879 Beers & Lanigan map showed three homesites that existed on that site, two of which we found. A pleasant surprise on this parcel was an apparent camp of some sort. We found several small and one medium size round balls as well as some very nice buttons (none of which that we are able to identify). No "ringer" bullets were found but the relics that we found were all concentrated in a 100 x 50 foot piece of dirt. None of us are bullet/button experts and as a result, we are not able to "date" this "camp" at this time. We were not able to hunt outside of the 100 x 50 perimeter due to standing water and cow dung. Can't wait to get back!
We hunted a few more sites today (Saturday) in Bath & Montgomery but late this afternoon, our bodies are aching so we decide to lay the detectors down and go for a eyeball and sift dig for Indian relics in Menifee County (private land). We found some incomplete but interesting pieces. It was nice to continue our pursuit of treasure without the back breaking effort of digging in the dirt, sand is sooooo much better!
The boys have to rise early and head back to Canada at sunrise. I wish them a safe return to their homeland and hope that they can return soon. It is a pleasure hunting with each of them. Again, I have learned volumes swinging beside these guys.
Collectively, all of us are requesting ID assistance in regard to the buttons and bullets pictured.
Respectfully;
Jamie
Within an hour of their arrival, we're swinging and digging at the once famous Olympian Springs resort in Bath County. Initially we spread out on the many acres but after two Civil War era finds were located just inches apart, we decided to concentrate on that piece of ground. A thorough search revealed more relics and confirmed what I believe to be one of two Civil War camps located on the Springs. It was a sloppy hunt due to recent rain so we retired from their and came back to my home in Frenchburg for some rest then a late afternoon/early night hunt in the fields on my farm. The short hunt resulted in some finds that were a complete surprise to me.
On Friday, we located and secured permission to hunt a large tract of land in Montgomery County. My 1879 Beers & Lanigan map showed three homesites that existed on that site, two of which we found. A pleasant surprise on this parcel was an apparent camp of some sort. We found several small and one medium size round balls as well as some very nice buttons (none of which that we are able to identify). No "ringer" bullets were found but the relics that we found were all concentrated in a 100 x 50 foot piece of dirt. None of us are bullet/button experts and as a result, we are not able to "date" this "camp" at this time. We were not able to hunt outside of the 100 x 50 perimeter due to standing water and cow dung. Can't wait to get back!
We hunted a few more sites today (Saturday) in Bath & Montgomery but late this afternoon, our bodies are aching so we decide to lay the detectors down and go for a eyeball and sift dig for Indian relics in Menifee County (private land). We found some incomplete but interesting pieces. It was nice to continue our pursuit of treasure without the back breaking effort of digging in the dirt, sand is sooooo much better!
The boys have to rise early and head back to Canada at sunrise. I wish them a safe return to their homeland and hope that they can return soon. It is a pleasure hunting with each of them. Again, I have learned volumes swinging beside these guys.
Collectively, all of us are requesting ID assistance in regard to the buttons and bullets pictured.
Respectfully;
Jamie