Finds from the Dover hunt

[ramjet2187]

Hey everybody. Been a busy weekend. Yesterday, my friends John and Nikki Walsh hosted a hunt near Dover, TN. Some T-Netters, and a couple other diggers stayed at my house and went to the hunt with me. I'll let them tell their stories..........

I am not a 'fast' competition hunter, but choose to be methodical about my search, which is shown by my relative lack of finds, compared to others (one hunter boasted of finding 200 bullets............)

At any rate, I dug about 26 bullets, (dropped and fired); a few buttons, and assorted other goodies; a half-dozen artillery shell fragments; and a round, lead backed copper/brass thingy.....enjoy.

Roger

PS, I dug the breast plate less then 20 feet off the starting line, after all around me had dashed off, swinging their detectors wildly..........

 

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[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome CW finds, thanks for the pics and post! HH, Mike

 

[birdman]

Lack of finds? Man,you cleaned house! Amazing digs,I hope for one of those breast plates one day!!

 

[Jason in TN]

Roger
thanks for having us I got home late last night. Great Job on the breast plate. Where is the Picture of that bullet mold it was awesome.
My goodies still need to be cleaned up will try to post them some time soon. Thanks again.

 

[Green1]

sweet finds there !!! i'm headed to south carolina in jan,, hope to find something like these ...

 

[ramjet2187]

Jason, You and your friends are always welcome. I almost forgot about the bullet mold..........I won it in a 'after hunt raffle'.........the tag identifies it as about a .32 caliber. It makes a round and 'tear drop' bullet at one time. There were two bullets in it when I got it, but they are dug, and in there for show. Once again, Ft. Donelson relics puts on a quality hunt.

Roger

PS, The Mercury dime is in there for size comparison.

 

[bcs123]

great digs...i wanted to go but couldnt get away this weekend congrats on the finds and winning the bullet mold

 

[River Rat]

Roger,

Sounds like y'all had a blast. Awesome finds for you. Congratulations on winning the bullet mold.

Can't wait to see the other's finds.

RR

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Very nice finds...looks like you really had a fantastic day at that hunt!

 

[j.d. in the usa]

Thanks for the hospitality Roger, I had a great time and cant wait to do it again... I will post my finds tomorrow Im just too wiped out from the weekend!! Joel it was great meeting you guys!! hope we get to do it again!! jd

 

[Nana40]

Dang Roger!!! 8) You did good!

Love all of those finds! And I bet they were all dug with that nice new handy dandy shovel!

So glad to hear that you all had a great time! Wish I had been there too!

Nana

 

[Postalrevnant]

Great civil war finds. I would be exactly like you. I like to try to concentrate on a smaller area and work it. I don't know how well it payes off sometimes, but I am happy with going slow and making sure I cover it as well as I can.

Congratulations on your finds.

Did you say this was a competition hunt? Dover Tennessee. Hmm I might have to look that up. I don't have anyone very close to me here in Pineville Kentucky.

So do you have a MDing club in Dover?

Postalrevnant

 

[goldencoin]

very cool!

HH
-GC

 

[ramjet2187]

Thanks B Mike, birdman, Green1, bcs, RR, gypsy, and golden.

j. d, You're welcome.

Nana, You're right, new shovel. That thing is so sharp, it could cut a breast plate in half, if you don't pinpoint carefully..........(note to self, learn to pinpoint carefully). No I didn't hit it, but I almost did

Postal, It's a great hunt, this was their second one. It isn't part of a club, a relic shop put's it on. I live in Clarksville, TN, near Ft. Campbell, KY, home of the 101st Airborne Division, and numerous other units (cue patriotic music). The nearest club I know of is in Nashville, but they meet Friday evenings, and I work 2d shift, so it's impossible for me to attend. Wow, is that enough information for ya

They'll have another one next year.............ya'll come, ya hear?

Roger

 

[dugupfinds]

The brass thingy (bottom of picture 2) is a book clasp. Normally from late medieval/tudor books, although some were slightly later. So a really early find for the US??

See similar - http://www.artlex.com/delahunt/bookclasp.html


dugupfinds

 

[Monty]

Nice finds Roger much like what I expected to find at Sedalia but it was not to be. I especially like the percusion rifle hammer. That metal vial shaped object to the left of the hammer, does it have a cork in the end of it? Very interesting finds. Excellent! Monty

 

[Night Stalker]

I would LOVE to have lack of finds that looked like that!

 

[DigDugNY]

Very kool digs

 

[Gribnitz]

Thanks for having us Roger. That was a great time. BTW, nice mercury dime you got there !

 

[trk5capt]

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