Devonrex
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- Jan 6, 2012
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- Detector(s) used
- XP DEUS, Nautilus DMC IIB
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Well everyone, it's been a rough 3 months of steady work for me but I have managed to get out and swing my Nautilus a few times during that time. Nothing spectacular since finding that isolated South Carolina Pit back a few months ago. Well that all changed last week. I went out for a day of scouring for a new site and after 4 hours all I had was 2 musket balls and a Eagle I coat button. Well I knew I needed to do something drastic so I totally took off in a new direction and walked back into a site I had hunted way back in 2003. It was getting dark and I didn't have much time but just as I got to an area that had produced a few goodies before my detector rang out. A short while later I was holding a perfect dropped Georgia Teat Bullet. That made my trip and home I went. Once I got home I cleaned up my Eagle I button which surprisingly turned out to be silver washed! (This is the 4th of these I have found this year). Well it should be no surprise I made a mental note to go back to the area where the Georgia Teat came from ASAP. Well on Sunday, 12-27-15 I finally had a few hours to go swing again. I immediately went back to where I found the Confederate dropped bullet but after an hour I had found nothing. Like I had said I had been here before back in 2003 and I had pounded this site! Well suddenly I had a signal which turned out to be an awesome brass suspender clip followed by a 58 caliber musket ball 10 inches from it. I thought to myself "Hey things are looking up! ". Well then again nothing for about a half an hour and then a piece of solid green brass surfaced which looked like a broken end of a Confederate spur. This was on one side of a big beech tree, Well I have always had
for some reason around beech trees so I circled it very carefully. Exactly on the other side I got another whisper of a reading. I carefully dug down about eight inches and out popped a perfect two-piece button with the shank. Now this area has great soil with a mixture of about 30 percent sand so I could immediately see the design on the face of the button. It was A STAR WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL LETTER "I" IN THE CENTER!!! Well I immediately knew what I had and I could see the gilt shining through. It had been since 2012 since I had dug my last coat Mississippi "I" button but now I had another one! Well I hunted a little longer but found pretty much nothing so I decided it was time to go home. I usually show all my dug finds to my Dad but because he has been so sick lately he couldn't see it that day. So I kept it in its dug condition until the next day so he could see it. Then I gently went home and began the cleaning process. The finished result was mind blowing. Again ALL I COULD SAY WAS OMG!!! The Mississippi Infantry button had 90 percent gold!!! There entire star, which usually has no gold on these when dug except in the recess of the I, was totally covered in gold! The shank was intact and the backmark was Hyde and Goodrich N. O. (New Orleans). What an awesome button with the best backmark you could hope for! This is the type of button that was dug back in the early 70's folks and I couldn't believe this one had come out of the ground looking like this in the year 2015, exactly 153 years since these Rebs had been here! Well what a way to end my 2015 relic hunting year!!! This was my 6th Confederate button of the year amongst many other awesome relics. 2015 has certainly been good to me!! Its been great seeing everyone's finds over the year and I hope you keep that passion going! Relic hunting is a part of my life that has always brought me happiness. I cannot imagine a life without digging. Hope everyone has a great New Year's Eve and a Happy New Year! May 2016 bring you that relic of your dreams! Devonrex
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Always nice to squeeze a few more things from some pounded soil.
