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- Jan 10, 2007
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Dug Everything Today But The 1851 SWB Plate & on the cover of W & E Treasures Again!!
We were supposed to have a break from the mid 90s with lower humidity in Tennessee today after a cool front passed through last night. I decided that I’d do a little solo hunting today since Dman had to work in his store and the other member of the Tennessee Trio TENN JOSH worked third shift last night. I told my wife that I thought I might dig a plate today. She just smiled-LOL.
The humidity was still very high with temperature in the low 70s and I had already sweated through my Columbia moisture wicking shirt (Thanks for the tip Buckleboy) after hunting an hour or so. I thought I would return to the truck and come back again when it was cooler and the hay was cut as I had only dug an old pocketknife. I got a decent reading on the F75 and was surprised to see the square brass buckle from an 1851 sword belt rig. Dman dug one at a Gen. John Hunt Morgan camp and they are not dug that often. Our friend Tom Hays at Stones River Trading Company in Murfreesboro told me they are associated with Dragoon usage and generally found in early CW camps.
Finding that square buckle was a good sign so I continued hunting. About six feet away, I dug a belt keeper (no benchmark) to an 1851 SWB plate. That was even more good news. A few minutes later, I dug a melted bullet. I spent another hour or so but didn’t find the plate. I will return there later to expand my search. If Dman, Josh, or Tenn. Digger finds the plate, that’s OK too as we are all in this together.
I called Dman and told him what I had found as I had promised. He said he’s cancelling his W & E Treasures subscription because of who is on the cover of the Oct. issue he received in the mail today. I was honored to be pictured on the cover for the fourth consecutive year. I have another article in the Oct. issue as well. I am just lucky to have good friends to hunt with here, in Arkansas, and Louisiana who provide plenty of good relic finds for me to write about. Thanks for looking and HH, Quindy.
We were supposed to have a break from the mid 90s with lower humidity in Tennessee today after a cool front passed through last night. I decided that I’d do a little solo hunting today since Dman had to work in his store and the other member of the Tennessee Trio TENN JOSH worked third shift last night. I told my wife that I thought I might dig a plate today. She just smiled-LOL.
The humidity was still very high with temperature in the low 70s and I had already sweated through my Columbia moisture wicking shirt (Thanks for the tip Buckleboy) after hunting an hour or so. I thought I would return to the truck and come back again when it was cooler and the hay was cut as I had only dug an old pocketknife. I got a decent reading on the F75 and was surprised to see the square brass buckle from an 1851 sword belt rig. Dman dug one at a Gen. John Hunt Morgan camp and they are not dug that often. Our friend Tom Hays at Stones River Trading Company in Murfreesboro told me they are associated with Dragoon usage and generally found in early CW camps.
Finding that square buckle was a good sign so I continued hunting. About six feet away, I dug a belt keeper (no benchmark) to an 1851 SWB plate. That was even more good news. A few minutes later, I dug a melted bullet. I spent another hour or so but didn’t find the plate. I will return there later to expand my search. If Dman, Josh, or Tenn. Digger finds the plate, that’s OK too as we are all in this together.
I called Dman and told him what I had found as I had promised. He said he’s cancelling his W & E Treasures subscription because of who is on the cover of the Oct. issue he received in the mail today. I was honored to be pictured on the cover for the fourth consecutive year. I have another article in the Oct. issue as well. I am just lucky to have good friends to hunt with here, in Arkansas, and Louisiana who provide plenty of good relic finds for me to write about. Thanks for looking and HH, Quindy.
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. Keep at it & you'll hit find the plate! Congrats on making the cover!
