BuckleBoy
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Hello All,
After enjoying the beach hunting, I took a trip to Virginia to dig with my mentor and had some fun digging a few Civil War relics, searching for some old house sites, etc. More memories than finds made, but it was a great experience. Then I came back and did some scouting, following scant signs of habitation, and finding a couple lone flat buttons. Some truly frustrating hunts in the 100+ temps here in Louisiana. Then there was a heat wave, followed rain, rain, and more rain. So now that the heat has broken (95 degrees and dry, not 105 and humid!), Diggergirl, Shangalang, and I hit the fields. Video below
When I got to the site today, Shangalang had already dug two civil war bullets and a holed 1853 Seated Half Dime. DG and I didn't waste any time. I got an ornate piece of silver (busted up wax fob seal?) and she dug a cuff button (civilian). Shangalang then dug a big one-piece convex button. Looks like a circle in the center and oak leaves around. Civilian? Military? I think it has a Robinson backmark. Does anyone recognize this button as anything besides Civilian?
Soon I get a mid-range tone and flip a half dime out! I could see it looked like it was in good shape. Bent over to pick it up where it had fallen out of the dry plug down on the ground again:
It's an 1854 with arrows half dime
Then next thing I know, DG's got one too! I come running over and she's got a nice 1842 half dime!
Then I go about 10 feet ahead and get the PERFECT dime signal. Should've filmed it live, but didn't want to jinx...but sure enough--it was a SEATED DIME! Seated #4 for the day so far!
Then not long after, I hear Shangalang yelling that he's got a button with stars and an eagle on it! I go running and see this in his hand:
Then I dug what I'm pretty sure is a canteen spout. Pieces of melted led everywhere. A couple flat buttons. DG gets a pocket watch winder and I dig what ends up being a V Nickel on the way out, and we decide that it's time to call it a day. Shangalang hasn't dug his silver yet, but DG and I pack up the truck and get ready to head out. Then as I'm leaving I think I'm hearing something faint, like on the radio--wait!--it's Shangalang waving and yelling at me to come back!
He comes running with a silver. It's an 1857 half dime!
THEN, once DG and I are on the road, Shang calls and says he just dug a large cent! Ended up being a toasted braided hair, but it's only the 4th or 5th large cent we've dug down here in the past 4 years.
Happy Hunting from the Cane Field Bandits
After enjoying the beach hunting, I took a trip to Virginia to dig with my mentor and had some fun digging a few Civil War relics, searching for some old house sites, etc. More memories than finds made, but it was a great experience. Then I came back and did some scouting, following scant signs of habitation, and finding a couple lone flat buttons. Some truly frustrating hunts in the 100+ temps here in Louisiana. Then there was a heat wave, followed rain, rain, and more rain. So now that the heat has broken (95 degrees and dry, not 105 and humid!), Diggergirl, Shangalang, and I hit the fields. Video below
When I got to the site today, Shangalang had already dug two civil war bullets and a holed 1853 Seated Half Dime. DG and I didn't waste any time. I got an ornate piece of silver (busted up wax fob seal?) and she dug a cuff button (civilian). Shangalang then dug a big one-piece convex button. Looks like a circle in the center and oak leaves around. Civilian? Military? I think it has a Robinson backmark. Does anyone recognize this button as anything besides Civilian?
Soon I get a mid-range tone and flip a half dime out! I could see it looked like it was in good shape. Bent over to pick it up where it had fallen out of the dry plug down on the ground again:
It's an 1854 with arrows half dime
Then next thing I know, DG's got one too! I come running over and she's got a nice 1842 half dime!
Then I go about 10 feet ahead and get the PERFECT dime signal. Should've filmed it live, but didn't want to jinx...but sure enough--it was a SEATED DIME! Seated #4 for the day so far!
Then not long after, I hear Shangalang yelling that he's got a button with stars and an eagle on it! I go running and see this in his hand:
Then I dug what I'm pretty sure is a canteen spout. Pieces of melted led everywhere. A couple flat buttons. DG gets a pocket watch winder and I dig what ends up being a V Nickel on the way out, and we decide that it's time to call it a day. Shangalang hasn't dug his silver yet, but DG and I pack up the truck and get ready to head out. Then as I'm leaving I think I'm hearing something faint, like on the radio--wait!--it's Shangalang waving and yelling at me to come back!
He comes running with a silver. It's an 1857 half dime!
THEN, once DG and I are on the road, Shang calls and says he just dug a large cent! Ended up being a toasted braided hair, but it's only the 4th or 5th large cent we've dug down here in the past 4 years.
Happy Hunting from the Cane Field Bandits
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