Bucket Lister Find... Civil War 12th Corps Badge!!

[FoxHound0985]

It's been a rough week, so I decided to get out for a while to clear my head. I went to a site that we've pounded to death in the last few years, but we almost always manage to find at least one three-ringer there. In fact, we call it "One Minie Ball Hill". Today was no exception, my first non-trash find was a three-ringer at about 10". It was a junk signal on my AT Max. I only dug it because I could tell it was really deep. Fast forward about 3 hours, all I had managed to find was a bunch of nails and some other typical camp type junk. I'm on my way out and go through a spot we've been over a thousand times. This time I get a small but deep signal that I decide to dig. It turned out to be a Civil War 12th Corps badge!! It appears to have been made out of a smashed and carved bullet! Unfortunately the ground was not very nice to it and any inscriptions that were once on it are now illegible. Regardless, it's still an amazing find and I'm super excited to have found it! Thanks for looking everyone, and HH!

PF

 

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[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[A2coins]

Cool finds tha max is an awesome machine slams on deep targets Keep up the good finds

 

[OreElse]

Nice finds!

 

[civilman1]

A Bucket lister for sure!! Still waiting on mine. WTG

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice!

 

[Yak1366]

Great finds, congrats!!!

 

[Whyme]

Great find! Congrats!

 

[dirtlooter]

very cool

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice! The AT MAX got it? Does it like lead deep?

 

[Inspector]

That's a cool looking badge, congrats on the save

 

[Brendan75]

Hi, nice finds. Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Outstanding find!

 

[Relicific]

I like it

 

[FoxHound0985]

Thanks everyone! This is actually the third such badge to have been found at this site. The other two were found 30+ years ago. One was gold and ID'd to the soldier. I'm not sure about the other one because I've only ever heard of it being found. I'm still really excited over this one!

 

[FoxHound0985]

Nice! The AT MAX got it? Does it like lead deep?

It's alright on deep targets, but not necessarily on lead. The three-ringer was a signal that I would normally not dig. It gave an iron signal with an occasional high tone. I turned on the all metal mode and the signal was very clear, but still reading like iron. It was hitting at 10+ on the depth meter, so I decided to dig it. The badge was only about 6", but still read pretty low. I'm thinking it was a 40s signal with an occasional high tone.

 

[Davers]

Very Nice .
Congratz on your 3rd Badge "from that site" Shows finding even a bullet is still exciting , & these days ( the Badge ) a Banner Find.

I'd love to see your collection.

 

[Davers]

It's alright on deep targets, but not necessarily on lead. The three-ringer was a signal that I would normally not dig. It gave an iron signal with an occasional high tone. I turned on the all metal mode and the signal was very clear, but still reading like iron. It was hitting at 10+ on the depth meter, so I decided to dig it. The badge was only about 6", but still read pretty low. I'm thinking it was a 40s signal with an occasional high tone.

Whats your strait razor look like , I found one with out a handle & wonder if it Civil War Period .? Thanks.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Now that is really cool, love that Corps badge!! Just got a Max a few months ago and still learning what it is trying to tell me.