Silver and Civil War!

NoThisIsPatrick

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Jan 8, 2015
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Minelab Equinox 800, Garrett AT Pro
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Went out to an older town near Seattle with Eric (Washingtonian) yesterday. We talked with one of the property owners of several old houses and being a history buff herself, she gave us permission to hit a couple old houses.

At one old house, I got a deep 60s signal on the AT. Neither Eric nor myself were getting a ton of signals, so I decided just to dig it. Boy was that a good choice.

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Finding anything pre-1900 in the Pacific Northwest is extremely hard, let alone a civil war artillery button that dates back to the 1850s/1860s. I didn’t realize just how incredible this find was at the time, but it hit me later and I couldn’t stop showing my buddies back home.

Also pulled up 2 rosies, 3 wheats and an Indian. All in all, a great day!! ImageUploadedByTreasureNet.com1582499899.134735.jpg
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Upvote 21
Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,424
Massachusetts
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1
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1
Detector(s) used
Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Very productive hunt, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

smallfoot

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May 29, 2019
1,970
4,144
Flawda
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Garrett AT Pro, Bounty Hunter Tracker IV
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All Treasure Hunting
Is the top left in the last pic also a button...noticed the 13 stars...nice hunt, congrats!
 

MidMoTreasure

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Jul 2, 2012
335
713
Mid-Missouri
Detector(s) used
Minelab CTX 3030, Minelab E-Trac, Garrett Super Sluice, Banjo Pan
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All Treasure Hunting
Wow, that has a bunch of gilt still on it. Congrats.
 

pganjon

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Nov 6, 2008
572
425
South Central Pa.
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Garrett Master Hunter 5, Ace 250
The button with the stars looks like a world war 2 era US fatigue button. My father in law still had his and I remember the buttons on it:icon_thumleft: Paul :coffee2:
 

A2coins

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Dec 20, 2015
33,807
42,606
Ann Arbor
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3
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Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thats a great button and coins permissions seem to pay off well
 

RVRoamer73

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Apr 19, 2016
4,283
8,064
Georgia
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1
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1
Detector(s) used
CTX 3030 Nox 800
Stealth 720i ,RTG 6"
Lesche GS 36
Predator Raptor
TRX pp
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Excellent save on that button. :hello2: Congrats!
 

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