Entire US Cartridge Box!! Both plates bullets *UPDATE* the rest from the hole!!

MonkeyBoy

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Still working my good spot... approached it from a different angle... I didn't have as much time to dig as I would have liked ended up talking to the landowner for a while... so... 1/3 of the way in with nothing to show for it except a couple new bullets and one flat button.. I get a power hit.. jumping all over... really good and crappy iron mixed in. Getting close to dark... and past my time to be home... I almost left it for next time but decided to make it the last hole and then head out... I dug down about 6" or so and then switch to the pinpointer... mainly for the light and it was a constant tone all over the bottom of the hole... so now.. I'm thinking big chunk of iron!! well.. the next deep scoop was loaded with 3 ringers!! I start widening the hole.. and pulling up two hands of dirt at a time and piling it up.. ended up being the remains of a dropped/tossed cartridge box!! Dug the Box Plate, Eagle Plate, a couple of rivets and 17 3 ringers!!! I cleaned out the hole and there was a massive piece of iron below it... I'll go back and just dig the whole area out now, trash pit maybe??? The ironic part is I dug a bunch of relics within 100' of this 3 years ago but this area was so over grown it was not huntable... It's late... I'm starving.. so I'll post cleaned up pics later...



Enjoy!!

MonkeyBoy



April 8th - I had a little time to go back out and dig out somemore of the hole.. I did get a few more 3 ringers deeper and a little off to the right of the rest. I pulled as much of the iron out as I could.. seems like trashpit iron to me but??? No idea what it is.. I've seen the circle piece of iron before.. the rest was pretty rotted so any ideas please post them!!! I circled out into the woods and dug a nice eagle button and one lone dropped 3 ringer before the rain got to heavy!
 

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HISPAN

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CONGRATS ON THE BANNER !!
 

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MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy

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Thanks again everyone for all the compliments!!! This is really a great community we have here...

Happy Hunting to everyone!! ;D

MonkeyBoy
 

vayank54

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civilman1 said:
I think you got piece's of both the tin box and ration can's.Nice clean up Mark.
I agree. The circular piece is no doubt part of a ration can. The ring is filled with lead and lots of time those things will read like plates.
Again congrats on a great find.
 

kuger

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vayank54 said:
civilman1 said:
I think you got piece's of both the tin box and ration can's.Nice clean up Mark.
I agree. The circular piece is no doubt part of a ration can. The ring is filled with lead and lots of time those things will read like plates.
Again congrats on a great find.
Amen to that!!Especially when they over do the solder!!!
 

HEAVYMETALNUT

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damn! that's amazing! banner! :thumbsup:
 

kuger

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what ever happened to Monkeyboy....he was on a roll then disappeared?
 

flatbuttonman

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MonkeyBoy said:
Still working my good spot... approached it from a different angle... I didn't have as much time to dig as I would have liked ended up talking to the landowner for a while... so... 1/3 of the way in with nothing to show for it except a couple new bullets and one flat button.. I get a power hit.. jumping all over... really good and crappy iron mixed in. Getting close to dark... and past my time to be home... I almost left it for next time but decided to make it the last hole and then head out... I dug down about 6" or so and then switch to the pinpointer... mainly for the light and it was a constant tone all over the bottom of the hole... so now.. I'm thinking big chunk of iron!! well.. the next deep scoop was loaded with 3 ringers!! I start widening the hole.. and pulling up two hands of dirt at a time and piling it up.. ended up being the remains of a dropped/tossed cartridge box!! Dug the Box Plate, Eagle Plate, a couple of rivets and 17 3 ringers!!! I cleaned out the hole and there was a massive piece of iron below it... I'll go back and just dig the whole area out now, trash pit maybe??? The ironic part is I dug a bunch of relics within 100' of this 3 years ago but this area was so over grown it was not huntable... It's late... I'm starving.. so I'll post cleaned up pics later... Wow!! that is a find or a life time, great job.Good luck in your new spot
flatbuttonman



Enjoy!!

MonkeyBoy



April 8th - I had a little time to go back out and dig out somemore of the hole.. I did get a few more 3 ringers deeper and a little off to the right of the rest. I pulled as much of the iron out as I could.. seems like trashpit iron to me but??? No idea what it is.. I've seen the circle piece of iron before.. the rest was pretty rotted so any ideas please post them!!! I circled out into the woods and dug a nice eagle button and one lone dropped 3 ringer before the rain got to heavy!
 

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MonkeyBoy

MonkeyBoy

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I'm here!! ;-) Lurking.. have not been posting much but still out digging as much as possible. Have not had any sites like this one, but we will be back in there this winter when it is huntable again.. this time with the TDIs..

MB
 

okerraine

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Congrats on an outstanding recovery!
 

birdman

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Man that is a home run for sure! :notworthy:
 

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