parsonwalker
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I only dug ONE hole today, but it was a whopper. My digging buddies and I are calling this "blind hunting" on the battlefield. Pick a spot, dig down a foot and start listening for signals.
My hole ended up about 5' long and 2 or 3 feet wide. Here's what came out . . .
Regular digging buddy came up with this, digging the same way:
Guest-Digging buddy did well, too -
(Cap box finial beside the buckle)
But my find of the day was a thrill - simply because it survived in the ground. I found a package of percussion caps still wrapped in the original paper!
Here are pictures as I tried to remove the dirt later, without destroying the paper.
I've heard of packages being found, but never found one myself. Really made my hunt. I've dipped the whole thing in polyurethane to hopefully keep them from falling apart.
By the way, the package of caps was only about 18" deep. Some of the bullets were at 3 feet! Never would have found them without stripping off the top layer. Stuff's still down there boys . . . (and girls!)
My hole ended up about 5' long and 2 or 3 feet wide. Here's what came out . . .
Regular digging buddy came up with this, digging the same way:
Guest-Digging buddy did well, too -
(Cap box finial beside the buckle)
But my find of the day was a thrill - simply because it survived in the ground. I found a package of percussion caps still wrapped in the original paper!
Here are pictures as I tried to remove the dirt later, without destroying the paper.
I've heard of packages being found, but never found one myself. Really made my hunt. I've dipped the whole thing in polyurethane to hopefully keep them from falling apart.
By the way, the package of caps was only about 18" deep. Some of the bullets were at 3 feet! Never would have found them without stripping off the top layer. Stuff's still down there boys . . . (and girls!)
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