finds and pics fort donellson cw relic hunt

[scrounger d detector collector]

what a great excuse to visit a beautiful area. i had heard of the land betw the lakes.only been there once b4.in winter.really pretty in the fall.great fall leaves !

arrived early and was able to go for a non planted hunt on friday.got 3 pistol balls, and was able to view some old earthwork ramparts. fri nite we had the free dinner and met a lot of nice folks.

sat the hunt was quite chilly but sunnny. just warm enuf. wife stay in car. hunting these giant fields for targets .coins bullets prize tokens and even some cannonballs. break for lunch then another 2hr hunt. very sore when finished.

i havent taken pix of my non hunt non seeded finds.that will be a later post. hotel table pic shows hunt finds. e trac realy not a relic machine.used the tesoro in all metal. 50 larger prize tokens were planted. i was happy to get 2. only 1 other fellow had 3. and another had 2 as well. so i came in second or third depending on how u score it. with 200 people hunting this means 153 didnt get any big prize tokens. of course there were a few more valuable hits in the field like cannonballs to help even things out.

for my 85 dollar entry i got:
free ice cream sundae
free dinner for 2
assorted water/soda
eagle button $8
officer sleeve button $3
30 3 ringer bullets @$2 = $60
1 larger cal bullet $4
1 fusee thing $3
prize #12 md headphones retail $20
prize #47 bullet in wood from cw relic store priced retail $35.i guess very hard to find as wood almost always rotted away after 140 years ago.
entry ticket prize minelab coffee mug $2?

great fun

[Burdie]

Good detecting hope to see you in Florida. Congrats on your finds.

Burdie

[Mental Granny]

Looks like you had a great time !

[Tin Nugget]

Sounds like a great time and great finds!

[Nana40]

Hey Mr and Mrs SC! Good to see ya! Is that a new boggin I see you wearing,Sc? 8)

Awesome relics and great pictures!!!

Nana

[warsawdaddy]

Hey scroung,great pics and good finds,congrats on the two tokens.Appears ya had a terrific time.

[scrounger d detector collector]

thanks all. hope i wasnt being too avarcious in listing the finds by price. its just that every time someone else goes and i dont get to, first question is .how did u do ? so explanitory.
cant wait to get to fl. HEY WHO TURNED OFF THE HEAT. BURRRR

[Mental Granny]

Scrounger I think that same guy after leaving you came here and shut the heat off here today and turned on a big fan! Brrrr too!

[maxmoney]

Oh wow man looks like you had a great time. . THANKS FOR SHARING THE PICS

[Bridge End Farm]

Man how old was that bowling ball found

THat bad boy would knock down a few pins

Looks like a wonderful hunt

[mastereagle22]

Looks like you had a good time. Wanted to go but couldn't maybe next year.

[relichunters]

Very nice finds, tell that guy to not drop that cannonball, it may explode