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...or at least part of one. 
Howdy all my Tnetter friends. Well, I just got back home from Northern Virgina and the "DIV Diggin In Virginia" Hunt and let me tell you it was an unbelievably awesome time. This hunt was very well organized from top to bottom and put us on some pretty good ground right on Brandy Rock where the Battle of Brandy Station was fought. The mountains and scenery were great and it was like metal detecting in the clouds. The ground was TOUGH though. It was very heavily mineralized and therefore HOT as fire! Almost all the brass that I dug came up as Iron on the MXT and this was common to all the relic hunters in the field. I had a guy right next to me dig a US Buckle and he said that he was just about to walk past it because it gave him a trashy "iron" signal. That goes to show...DIG EVERYTHING
The finds were pretty good including some Confederate buttons, some plates, etc. This is a portion of my takes below:
-Spencer lock plate and hammer w/ guts- This was my centerpiece find and I tell you it was a thrill digging it up. To my knowledge there were no others dug on this hunt so it was nice to find. The photographer saw me pull it out and asked right away if he could take a picture of it...so it might end up in a magazine. I haven't cleaned it up yet but if you look, it has either a shield or "U.S." stamped in the center. This and the Sharps, were the most favored and used carbines of the Civil War.
-Belt Keeper--This was a really great signal and the guy in front of me just walked right over it with his detector. It has a really nice green patina on it.
-Ring Tail Sharps--This was found on a hill where alot of the Confederate relics came from. It is in really good shape as it is a dropped bullet.
-J Hook This find was dug out of a trash/fire pit. 5 of these along with 3 Eagle Buttons, a New York Button, and several Pewter pants buttons were dug out of this hole.
-Iron Buckles--These are common on most Civil War sights. Since we were hunting the sight of the biggest cavalry battle in the western hemisphere as well as a winter camp, you would expect to find alot of these..And we did
-Saber Hilt--The round piece all the way to the right is solid brass and after observation by myself and some other old timers it was said by quite a few and I have to say I think it the case, that this is the end of a saber. If you look on the other side that isnt pictured, you will see where it connected to the main shaft of the hilt and on the side, it would have connected to the guard.
I have some more cool relics than this to post but my batteries died so I will have to get to them tomorrow. I hope ya'll like the trigger assembly as much as I did and look forward to sharing the rest of the finds with you tomorrow! HH
Howdy all my Tnetter friends. Well, I just got back home from Northern Virgina and the "DIV Diggin In Virginia" Hunt and let me tell you it was an unbelievably awesome time. This hunt was very well organized from top to bottom and put us on some pretty good ground right on Brandy Rock where the Battle of Brandy Station was fought. The mountains and scenery were great and it was like metal detecting in the clouds. The ground was TOUGH though. It was very heavily mineralized and therefore HOT as fire! Almost all the brass that I dug came up as Iron on the MXT and this was common to all the relic hunters in the field. I had a guy right next to me dig a US Buckle and he said that he was just about to walk past it because it gave him a trashy "iron" signal. That goes to show...DIG EVERYTHING
The finds were pretty good including some Confederate buttons, some plates, etc. This is a portion of my takes below:
-Spencer lock plate and hammer w/ guts- This was my centerpiece find and I tell you it was a thrill digging it up. To my knowledge there were no others dug on this hunt so it was nice to find. The photographer saw me pull it out and asked right away if he could take a picture of it...so it might end up in a magazine. I haven't cleaned it up yet but if you look, it has either a shield or "U.S." stamped in the center. This and the Sharps, were the most favored and used carbines of the Civil War.
-Belt Keeper--This was a really great signal and the guy in front of me just walked right over it with his detector. It has a really nice green patina on it.
-Ring Tail Sharps--This was found on a hill where alot of the Confederate relics came from. It is in really good shape as it is a dropped bullet.
-J Hook This find was dug out of a trash/fire pit. 5 of these along with 3 Eagle Buttons, a New York Button, and several Pewter pants buttons were dug out of this hole.
-Iron Buckles--These are common on most Civil War sights. Since we were hunting the sight of the biggest cavalry battle in the western hemisphere as well as a winter camp, you would expect to find alot of these..And we did
-Saber Hilt--The round piece all the way to the right is solid brass and after observation by myself and some other old timers it was said by quite a few and I have to say I think it the case, that this is the end of a saber. If you look on the other side that isnt pictured, you will see where it connected to the main shaft of the hilt and on the side, it would have connected to the guard.
I have some more cool relics than this to post but my batteries died so I will have to get to them tomorrow. I hope ya'll like the trigger assembly as much as I did and look forward to sharing the rest of the finds with you tomorrow! HH
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