Civil War hunt on New Years Day

[treasurehound]

Couldn't think of a better way to spend New Years Day than go relic hunting. Only partner Bob could make it as Sham and Frank were unable to go. We decided to go back to our CS Artillery site that was also the site of a college that burned down in the 1850's. We have found many nice finds there but nothing Confederate....yet. I know they are there and may be masking under the extremely amount of trash left over from the college. The old red bricks are everywhere which makes the soil extremely hot. I got a couple buttons. One nice Eagle button and one cuff button that I can make out the arrows on the bottom right and one wing on the left (wing is up so it is just a normal General Service Eagle cuff button). Also got a percussion cap, brass shell, camp lead, button back, couple pistol bullets, round ball, couple decorative pieces from the college and two shell frags. One frag is pretty good size and has threads from the fuse.

 

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[VOL1266-X]

Good start to the year Randy. That a good looking eagle. Hope you & the East Tenn. Gang (including HB) find lots of relics in 2014. WTG, Q.

 

[smokeythecat]

Confederate stuff is there somewhere.

 

[ModernMiner]

You guys in Tenn have me dying to get out and dig some CW relics.
Congrats & thanks for the videos Randy.
-Doug-

 

[tennessee]

Nice saves. Great way to bring in the New Year. Congratulations.

 

[JohnnyRebCSA]

Good to see our friends over in Morristown having success. A lot of work, isn't it?

 

[crashbro17x]

Love buttons! Congrats on the finds!

 

[treasurehound]

Love buttons! Congrats on the finds!

I love buttons as well which is why I mainly use the TDI for relics. It is a brass magnet. It gives a high tone for brass and low tone for all other targets. I mainly listen for the high tones. If I am in an area with lots of bullets then I will dig those as well.

 

[treasurehound]

Good to see our friends over in Morristown having success. A lot of work, isn't it?

I love relic hunting and yes it is a lot of hard work. From researching and getting permission to walking the hills, going thru the brush and timbers, constant up and down and hunting in cold temperatures you do get a pretty good workout.

 

[treasurehound]

Nice saves. Great way to bring in the New Year. Congratulations.

Thank you. It was nice to start the year out with a good relic hunt.

 

[treasurehound]

You guys in Tenn have me dying to get out and dig some CW relics.
Congrats & thanks for the videos Randy.
-Doug-

I was in your area a couple weeks ago. My girlfriends son moved to the Charlotte area and we went down to visit. I just had to take my machines along and met up with Curt and went out for a few hours. The videos I am still pretty new. I filmed one that showed the beautiful scenery we have from the hill but I did not post for fear of trespassers and night hunters which we have in the area. There are a lot of people in the area that watch videos and posts and try to find their spots which makes me sick. We only take people to our sites that we trust and are fellow relic hunters as well.

 

[treasurehound]

Confederate stuff is there somewhere.

We are pretty sure the CS stuff is there. Now the Eagle buttons we are finding could have been from a CS uniform because they did wear them as well. But they are still a US button. This site is loaded with the old bricks from the college and the soil is extremely hot. We have hunted it when the soil is dryer and only find a few relics but when it is moist the targets scream at you. There is a lot of area that we have not touched yet.

 

[treasurehound]

Good start to the year Randy. That a good looking eagle. Hope you & the East Tenn. Gang (including HB) find lots of relics in 2014. WTG, Q.

Thanks Quindy. I am hoping for 2014 to be a great year. We have sites that we have permission to hunt that we haven't even touched yet. That Eagle button was nice except for the push on the side. I love finding them still in the dirt clod like this one. Hope you have a banner year as well.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Hey nice job on the button! Only dug one if them myself and I'll never get rid of it though it's just like other eagle buttons I've seen before.Looks like no hunting here for a few days,too cold for me.

 

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[ModernMiner]

I was in your area a couple weeks ago. My girlfriends son moved to the Charlotte area and we went down to visit. I just had to take my machines along and met up with Curt and went out for a few hours. The videos I am still pretty new. I filmed one that showed the beautiful scenery we have from the hill but I did not post for fear of trespassers and night hunters which we have in the area. There are a lot of people in the area that watch videos and posts and try to find their spots which makes me sick. We only take people to our sites that we trust and are fellow relic hunters as well.

You could of at least stopped by for a beer. Actually I'm about 2 hrs west of Charlotte, just outside of Asheville.
I know what you are saying about videos and site poachers. I've been burned myself on one of my sites. The guy was going in at night with a headlamp on!
Unbelievable what some of these idiots will do for some relics. Scumbags!
-MM-

 

[treasurehound]

You could of at least stopped by for a beer. Actually I'm about 2 hrs west of Charlotte, just outside of Asheville.
I know what you are saying about videos and site poachers. I've been burned myself on one of my sites. The guy was going in at night with a headlamp on!
Unbelievable what some of these idiots will do for some relics. Scumbags!
-MM-

I will keep you in mind next time we make a trip down there. You are correct about the scumbag poachers. I know who two of them are from the Knoxville area and there are more that I know of from others have told me. Some of them actually drive around looking for our vehicles. And people want to know why relic hunting is so secretive. lol

 

[jewelerguy]

cool relics

 

[markp]

nice digs