Epic Civil War relic hunt.

Jacobsdt

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My friend and I met up at dawn this morning and decidedto hit the woods around my road. I had been out there a few times and didn’tfind much, so I wasn’t too excited about it but we have been running out ofareas to go. I got permission from the owner who lives down the street and offwe went. We covered a lot of territory and about 5 hours later all I had toshow for it was a pouch full of old shot gun shells and one Indian Head Penny,1895 (cool).
I was ready to give up when I dug up an old horse shoe so I hookedit to my belt hoping for a little luck. A few minutes later, I get a really goodhit, sounded like another beer can. I dug about 12 inches down looking for thisthing, when I see the round end of a box plate. I felt like those guys onAmerican Pickers, I threw off my head phones and walked in circles for a fewminutes before I pulled it out of the ground. I couldn’t see my friend so Icall him and let him know. About 10 feet away, I dig an Eagle Breast plate. Iwas on cloud 9. I called my partner again and told him he needed to get overhere if he wanted to find something good. On his way over to me, he digs a USbox plate. At this point a thunder storm starts rolling in so we had to takeoff, can’t wait to get back and see what else is there. Thanks for looking andHH.

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3.jpg Cleaned up nice!

4.jpg 5.jpg This one has some good detail in it.

6.jpg 7.jpg I was really hoping this was civil war, but it looks like a dandy button? Found it near the plates.

8.jpg Found this C button, anyone know anything about it?

9.jpg This is the plate my friend found.

10.jpg This bullet has been carved on.

11.jpg All three plates for the day, such a good site. Probably not happen again........

12.jpg Total for the day, not to bad for such a slow start. This day was awesome!!!!!!


 

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villagenut

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Outstanding Banner hunt. A box plate and a breast plate....two actually. Probably more to come from this site, keep us posted:thumbsup:
 

relic nut

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That's a hunt of a lifetime!!!! Congrats. Looks like you have a honey hole!

HH, Relic Nut
 

CRUSADER

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Great Day!

Looks more like a rosette.
 

CoilyGirl

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Sure does look like a sweet spot,those are some nice plates!
 

OutdoorAdv

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So I see this post title with the word "Epic" in today's finds and before I click on it I think "Epic? Yeah right... probably just a couple bullets or something!"

Holy :censored: It was insanely EPIC! Absolutely incredible hunt Jacobsdt. Cant wait for your return trip to see what else turns up. Awesome job man.
 

Gridwalker306

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Now THAT is a great Civil War hunt! Good lord!
 

relic nut

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homer7018

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Awesome is all I can say. Extremely jealous lol. Codo's to you and your partner. HH!
 

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Jacobsdt

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Thanks everyone, it was one of my best days to date with relic hunting. I didn't get a lot of sleep waiting to get back out there. I wanted to go early again, but I had other things that needed taken care of first (my girls needing taken to different places and such). I made it back out with my friend in the afternoon and we pounded that whole area. I found one 3 ring bullet and one 45 pistol bullet. My friend found nothing at all? Talk about disappointed, ???. How could we have found these three plates, a silver spoon, harmonica reeds, and a few bullets. Maybe it was just a quick stop over? Still a great time, love being out there in the woods. Thanks again all, and HH.
 

Calabash Digger

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Great finds man that one should be in the record books!
 

A2coins

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Wow Great finds I would love to have any of those in my collection!! Great Job!!!!!!
 

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ONLY IN MY FREAKING DREAMS AWESOME FINDS This girl is envious.
 

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