Pile of Civil War Relics! Man Was "I" Lucky!!

[pitdiggers]

Hey TNet!

Today my family and I figured what better to do on a windy 30 degree winter day than metal detect. So we decided to dig for the last two or three hours till dark, at once again one of our favorite spots. We threw on plenty of clothes hoping to find a few relics to come home with. We really weren't anticipating much more than a couple of bullets but that's not what we ended up with. We found another pocket of relics and the bullets started pouring in.. but my best find for the day was the third thing I dug! As we were digging bullets I got a faint hit that meant it was going to be good. At about 10 inches I saw the button pop out and immediately called my son over saying its a "big button." We were anticipating another union state seal button, but I soon realized it wasn't a state button.... IT WAS A BLOCK I! This is only my SECOND confederate button and is my SECOND block I. So we kept hunting until the sun had set and walked away with our pouches full. Here some pictures to help share the excitement with you!! Enjoy.

~pitdiggers

[MonkeyBoy]

Wow! Outstanding button!!! Way to go on that one!

MB

[kuger]

Wow!!Congrats on a great bunch of finds!!I like your Springfield musket barrel band too!

[peanut]

Man looks like you guys had a great day. I hope to dig a confederate button someday. Is that a barrel band off a springfield?
congrats, peanut

[tymcmurray]

Outstanding recoveries!!!!!!!!!

Ty

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[Tnmountains]

Boy I got fired up just reading the story. Nice button and piles of lead. You guys did good.
Happy New Year
TnMtns

[peanut]

Wow!!Congrats on a great bunch of finds!!I like your Springfield musket barrel band too!

Sorry kuger, I quess I was typeing when I ask if that was a barrel band.

[vayank54]

Wow You all did great. I tried a spot today and all I got was trash.

[pepperj]

The soil was pretty kind to the big I button. Really nice find

[collector01]

congrats on a awesome button and all the lead!

[kuger]

[quote=peanut ]

Wow!!Congrats on a great bunch of finds!!I like your Springfield musket barrel band too!

Sorry kuger, I quess I was typeing when I ask if that was a barrel band.
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No problem,I have to be honest,I dont always read all of the replies!!

[rjw4law]

Very lucky Congrats

[Dman]

Awesome find. Congrats on the block I. I posted some badges. Do you have any idea if they are civil war period?
Dman

[Dixiedigger]

Great finds, what detector were you using?

[cwdigger]

Outstanding That is a beautiful Block I, congrats on the saves.

Cw

[Nana40]

Not only did you dig up some fantastic finds...you were fortunate enough to have your family share in the experience too!

Congrats!! Nana

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Wow what a haul, congrats on a ton of finds Love the buttons, your 'I' button is great

[Rebel82]

NICE

[pitdiggers]

Great finds, what detector were you using?

Well I was personally using the Whites TDI which has been a terribly long learning process.. if there is any iron around. But today it paid off. While my eldest son was using the Whites MXT with the D2 head for depth. Between these two machines we have been doing pretty good if i may say so.

[pitdiggers]

Awesome find. Congrats on the block I. I posted some badges. Do you have any idea if they are civil war period?
Dman

I looked at your badges, personally I believe that they are some sort of public community event badges such as a fair. Since they were all found near one another, they were most likely discarded by an individual who could have been in charge of said event. My guess as to the age of the badges would be 1930s to 1950s. Hope this helped. And thanks for looking at the posting.