FoxHound0985
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- Feb 5, 2005
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- Relic Hunting
My hunting buddy Craig and I finally got permission for a farm field that we had been eyeing for a while. The place had a 120 year old house on it up until last year. It was torn down and the whole area had been flattened out. Anyway, there are other houses in fields next to this farm that were 200+ years old, so we figured that there was likely an older house on this property as well. Upon arriving at the site, we immediately saw fresh dirt filled with a mixture of modern and antique pottery/glass. And... lots of cans 
. We turned on our machines and it was immediately evident that the cans and other junk were going to make this place a pain to hunt. Oh well, pressing on and searching through the junk, I managed to find a few old pieces of brass, some wheats, and a few other interesting items. About two hours into the hunt, I eyeballed a broken trade pipe! Unfortunately, it appears to have been broken recently. Probably by the machinery used to level the property. About 10 minutes later, I got another signal that I was SURE would be more aluminum. Nope!! It was a nice Civil War Eagle Button!
I wasn't expecting to find anything like that at this particular spot. Another few hours of hunting yielded two more heel taps, a 1944 silver quarter, a few old brass spoons, an axe and a TON of modern junk. We decided to move closer to the crop field that was right next to where the old house sat. I got a signal that read a perfect 71 on the AT Pro. I figured it was another toasted Zincolin cent. Nope again! It turned out to be a Civil War Three Ringer! Two Civil War items from here... what the heck! We worked our way into the field, and that's when we started finding the better stuff. On my first line across, I found the back of a 3-piece button. The face was nowhere to be found, unfortunately. Continuing on that same line, I pulled a .69 caliber round ball. Now we're really confused 
. Civil War relics very rarely ever come out of the ground in Indiana. A couple more lines through the field, and I get a faint but repeatable signal that sounded like deep brass. It ended up being ANOTHER Civil War Eagle Button! At this point we had been out there for several hours, and we were starting to get pretty tired. I wanted to do a couple more sweeps through the field and then call it quits. My last find for the day ended up being the best find of the hunt! Although I didn't know it until I was able to clean it off at home. I got a signal that was reading in the 60s and sounded really deep. It turned out to be an AWESOME patriotic suspender buckle 
!! My heart skipped a beat when I cleaned it off and saw that large shield staring back at me! I've never seen another quite like it. Unfortunately I gave it a very minor kiss with the shovel 
. So now the question is, was this a small camp for soldiers heading down to Kentucky or just a couple of veterans who brought some of their gear home? The Civil War relics were all clustered around the same area (within 20 feet of each other). Craig managed to find a nice 1863 IHP and 1883 IHP, and some other brass pieces. It was a great hunt! We're definitely going to hammer the field when we go back. Anyway, sorry for the long post! If you read the entire thing, I thank you! Thanks for looking and HH!
PF
. We turned on our machines and it was immediately evident that the cans and other junk were going to make this place a pain to hunt. Oh well, pressing on and searching through the junk, I managed to find a few old pieces of brass, some wheats, and a few other interesting items. About two hours into the hunt, I eyeballed a broken trade pipe! Unfortunately, it appears to have been broken recently. Probably by the machinery used to level the property. About 10 minutes later, I got another signal that I was SURE would be more aluminum. Nope!! It was a nice Civil War Eagle Button! I wasn't expecting to find anything like that at this particular spot. Another few hours of hunting yielded two more heel taps, a 1944 silver quarter, a few old brass spoons, an axe and a TON of modern junk. We decided to move closer to the crop field that was right next to where the old house sat. I got a signal that read a perfect 71 on the AT Pro. I figured it was another toasted Zincolin cent. Nope again! It turned out to be a Civil War Three Ringer! Two Civil War items from here... what the heck! We worked our way into the field, and that's when we started finding the better stuff. On my first line across, I found the back of a 3-piece button. The face was nowhere to be found, unfortunately. Continuing on that same line, I pulled a .69 caliber round ball. Now we're really confused . Civil War relics very rarely ever come out of the ground in Indiana. A couple more lines through the field, and I get a faint but repeatable signal that sounded like deep brass. It ended up being ANOTHER Civil War Eagle Button! At this point we had been out there for several hours, and we were starting to get pretty tired. I wanted to do a couple more sweeps through the field and then call it quits. My last find for the day ended up being the best find of the hunt! Although I didn't know it until I was able to clean it off at home. I got a signal that was reading in the 60s and sounded really deep. It turned out to be an AWESOME patriotic suspender buckle !! My heart skipped a beat when I cleaned it off and saw that large shield staring back at me! I've never seen another quite like it. Unfortunately I gave it a very minor kiss with the shovel . So now the question is, was this a small camp for soldiers heading down to Kentucky or just a couple of veterans who brought some of their gear home? The Civil War relics were all clustered around the same area (within 20 feet of each other). Craig managed to find a nice 1863 IHP and 1883 IHP, and some other brass pieces. It was a great hunt! We're definitely going to hammer the field when we go back. Anyway, sorry for the long post! If you read the entire thing, I thank you! Thanks for looking and HH!PF
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