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War of 1812 Crumpton Artillery Corps Button, 1895-S Barber Half Dollar & more!
Hey Guys, well I got back out to one of my new field sites this past weekend and was planning on trying to find some hot spots around it. This field sits not far from the
Battle of Burnt Chimneys and was all part of the Peninsular/Seven Days Campaigns. My first good signal turned out to be a Confederate Gardner (2-Ringer) which made me
happy as it was the first Civil War relic of the site. I was happy with it and just settling into the hunt when I was suddenly overtaken by a MASSIVE storm. The wind
started blowing 40-50 mph snapping tree limbs, sending a TON of this Sandy SE Virginia soil into the air and generally Downpouring on top of me! I hauled tail back to the
truck to wait it out and as ominous as it was, it literally passed in about 15 minutes and with no more storms in site according to the weather radar on my phone, I hopped
back out of the truck to blue skies and sunshine. As I walked back onto the field, there hanging gloriously above me
was one of the coolest rainbows I’ve ever seen stretching all the way across the field!
I Quickly ran over there and detected but No Joy, NO POT OF GOLD!?
But it was very cool and I took it as a sign of some good things to come.
In front of this field is an 1850s era house that I’ve also got permission to hunt and had produced the Barber Half on my last hunt . I ended up digging a Largie out
of the yard and between the housesite and the field, I ended the day with a nice full pouch including my last find of the day, which was a Beautiful Early 1800’s Crumpton
Artillery Corps Button! Here’s my finds:
Some of the days Bullets:
Finds fresh from the Pouch:
1895-S Barber Half Dollar (Dirty):
1895-S Barber Half Dollar(Cleaned):
Early 1800's Crumpton Artillery Corps Button
1840s Braided Hair LC
Some Group Shots (Spencer, Gardner, Percussion Caps, a strange "Wrench" made from lead (maybe a homemade "nipple" wrench), solid silver ring, '65, '73,'76 '83, & '88 Injuns as well as other things are in the mix):
Hey Guys, well I got back out to one of my new field sites this past weekend and was planning on trying to find some hot spots around it. This field sits not far from the
Battle of Burnt Chimneys and was all part of the Peninsular/Seven Days Campaigns. My first good signal turned out to be a Confederate Gardner (2-Ringer) which made me
happy as it was the first Civil War relic of the site. I was happy with it and just settling into the hunt when I was suddenly overtaken by a MASSIVE storm. The wind
started blowing 40-50 mph snapping tree limbs, sending a TON of this Sandy SE Virginia soil into the air and generally Downpouring on top of me! I hauled tail back to the
truck to wait it out and as ominous as it was, it literally passed in about 15 minutes and with no more storms in site according to the weather radar on my phone, I hopped
back out of the truck to blue skies and sunshine. As I walked back onto the field, there hanging gloriously above me
was one of the coolest rainbows I’ve ever seen stretching all the way across the field!
I Quickly ran over there and detected but No Joy, NO POT OF GOLD!?
But it was very cool and I took it as a sign of some good things to come.In front of this field is an 1850s era house that I’ve also got permission to hunt and had produced the Barber Half on my last hunt . I ended up digging a Largie out
of the yard and between the housesite and the field, I ended the day with a nice full pouch including my last find of the day, which was a Beautiful Early 1800’s Crumpton
Artillery Corps Button! Here’s my finds:
Some of the days Bullets:
Finds fresh from the Pouch:
1895-S Barber Half Dollar (Dirty):
1895-S Barber Half Dollar(Cleaned):
Early 1800's Crumpton Artillery Corps Button
1840s Braided Hair LC
Some Group Shots (Spencer, Gardner, Percussion Caps, a strange "Wrench" made from lead (maybe a homemade "nipple" wrench), solid silver ring, '65, '73,'76 '83, & '88 Injuns as well as other things are in the mix):
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