Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkins Ferry

VOL1266-X

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Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

One great advantage to writing articles for the treasure/relic hunting magazines and participating in related activities is the good friends that you make along the way. Three friends from Oklahoma (John, J.J., and Terry) invited Dman and myself to meet them in Arkansas and hunt near the Jenkins Ferry Battlefield. That battle occurred in April 1864 and was the last major Civil War engagement in Arkansas. Every recovered nice relics and we enjoyed excellent weather.
The first pic is my finds from the hunt. Dman will post his finds later and he has some interesting finds and firsts also. I fully expected to find a variety of bullets but the first 6 that I dug were all different. My favorite is the Enfield with a ring carved around it by a CW Soldier. The flattened .58 3 ringer was likely used as a poker chip. I had never dug a Starr carbine bullet and few Tie Ring Sharps bullets. The little brass brads are from knapsacks and there is a knapsack hook and a square attachment for a 1851 sword belt rig. Lots of harness and a bridle ring. I also dug an unreadable IH and 1913 wheatie.
John unseated Dman for Best Find of the hunt award on Saturday afternoon with the sword guard (looks like it came from a 1840 wristbreaker) as John shows it to J.J. in the second pic He also won the bullet master award with a total of 50 (he doubled up with more than one in a hole a few times). Just before we left after hunting a couple of hours on Sunday morning, he dug a fuse plug that appears to have come from a Hotchkiss shell. He has many years of experience hunting CW relics and is pretty good with a detector too-LOL.
The third pic is of the hunting party (Terry, J.J., John, and Dman). John’s son J.J. (a.k.a. “Honey Bun”) is shown coming out of the pine woods in the next picture. He was the self appointed hunt coordinator. We could have used some lawn chairs J.J.-LOL.
I came home with enough relics for a small wooden display case and actually recovered more than I expected that I would. We definitely plan to go back there. Good friends, good weather, and excellent relic hunting in a very historic CW site-what’s not to like? HH, Quindy.
 

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umrgolf

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Great finds Quindy :thumbsup: There is definitely a lot of neat lead that far West!
 

Nana40

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Well ya'll sure cleaned up in Arkansas! 8) Looks like a great time diggin'. :icon_pirat: Burt must have had driving duty since you've got enough energy to make a post after that trip. :D

Way to go, ya'll!!

Nana :wink:
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Nice finds, nice photos, and nice new friends=Trifecta :occasion14: Nice haul of bullets and those brass finds have a very pretty green patina to them too. How long of a drive was it down there from Middle Tennessee?
 

KyFreeBird

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

:icon_thumright: Great finds !!!!! You know there's a plate waiting for ya' to find there !!!!
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Great finds!! Whats the guy doing with his hand? The guy with the mustache all the way on the right? ;D
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

That was a Great Day ! Looks like you all had a Blast !
HH
BB
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Definitely Looks like a Great Day of digging and Friendship :thumbsup:.


Bill
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

What!!!....... No brewsky's at the tailgate party? ;D That's a great day of diggin' there Quindy.The sword guard is awesome!! :icon_thumright:
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Looks like a great day for all !
Congrats on your finds :thumbsup:
I'm guessing the man on the right is showing off his dug ring :laughing7:
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

that is what it is all about!!! nice day there!
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Lucky Ducky...what an awesome invite to hunt so close to where the action took place. Its great that you guys shared your story with us, the pics are awesome and your finds are a detectors dream of a great day relic hunting.
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

umrgolf said:
Great finds Quindy :thumbsup: There is definitely a lot of neat lead that far West!
Thanks Jeff. I was pleased with the variety there. I was hoping for a musketoon or Mississippi Rifle but maybe next time. HH, Quindy.

Nana40 said:
Well ya'll sure cleaned up in Arkansas! 8) Looks like a great time diggin'. :icon_pirat: Burt must have had driving duty since you've got enough energy to make a post after that trip. :D

Way to go, ya'll!!

Nana :wink:
We split the driving Nana. Dman (Burt) snoozed during his time as a passenger-LOL. Hh, Q.
{Sentinel} said:
Nice finds, nice photos, and nice new friends=Trifecta :occasion14: Nice haul of bullets and those brass finds have a very pretty green patina to them too. How long of a drive was it down there from Middle Tennessee?
Thanks Josh. It was about 7 hours driving time but just to get to see our friends again and hunt with them was great even if we didn't find relics. HH, Q.
KyFreeBird said:
:icon_thumright: Great finds !!!!! You know there's a plate waiting for ya' to find there !!!!
Check Dman's post later. There was Ky and thanks, Quindy.
fmrUSMC_0844 said:
Great finds!! Whats the guy doing with his hand? The guy with the mustache all the way on the right? ;D
Marine, that's Dman and he's clowning around as usual. HH.
Bedfordbob said:
That was a Great Day ! Looks like you all had a Blast !
HH
BB
We did Bob. We hunted Friday, Saturday, and a couple of hours Sunday. Well worth the trip. Thanks for looking, Quindy.
nova treasure said:
Definitely Looks like a Great Day of digging and Friendship :thumbsup:.


Bill
It sure was Bill and looks like you and HB tore it up there in the Blugrass state. HH, Quindy.
civilman1 said:
What!!!....... No brewsky's at the tailgate party? ;D That's a great day of diggin' there Quindy.The sword guard is awesome!! :icon_thumright:
Hey Joe, there WERE brewskys in the cooler. That was lunch. The brewskys came later-LOL. thanks Bud, Quindy.
rtde3 said:
Looks to me like you all had a great trip!
Good looking display Q!
Thanks for showing us some pictures.
Good hunt! :thumbsup:
You are welcome Rob. No banner finds for me but a few bullets that would be hard to dig here. HH, Quindy.
steelheadwill said:
Looks like a great day for all !
Congrats on your finds :thumbsup:
I'm guessing the man on the right is showing off his dug ring :laughing7:
Herbie, he's just showing off as usual-LOL. Thanks, Q.
cntrydncr1 said:
that is what it is all about!!! nice day there!
It was two days and 2 hours of great days Country. Thanks for looking and your reply, Quindy.
tymcmurray said:
Great hunt Q!!
plenty of fine relics.
I just got 2 button backs Ty. John dug a cuff eagle"I" and Dman recovered a button. I was happy anyway. Thamks and HH, Q.
Charlene said:
Lucky Ducky...what an awesome invite to hunt so close to where the action took place. Its great that you guys shared your story with us, the pics are awesome and your finds are a detectors dream of a great day relic hunting.
It was a fun hunt Charlene. Been back to hunt near DC? HH, Q.
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

steelheadwill said:
Looks like a great day for all !
Congrats on your finds :thumbsup:
I'm guessing the man on the right is showing off his dug ring :laughing7:

Or he's just not feeling that photogenic...lol

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

the guy on the right is telling us he is #1....LOL
super great finds!!
TTH
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Great hunt Qunidy, how come Dman is shooting everyone a bird? LOL
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Good finds and great pics Quindy. I dug one of those knapsack hooks myself the other day. First one I have ever dug up here. :thumbsup:
 

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Re: Arkansas CW Relic Hunt With Dman & Okie Relic Friends Near Jenkin's Ferry

Great Hunt Quindy! Glad you had a good time down there!
Thanks for that set up you gave me for my F-75, It works great!
Seabiscuit
 

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