Dan32981
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- Nov 11, 2005
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites DFX, Whites Prizm III
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hello everyone!,
I had a chance to get out for some Dirt Fishing with Fr3nchy27, Bootstrap Vinn, their father, uncle, and my brother-in-law to meet up with a Historian up in Northern Maine, who had researched, and found a few camp & portage sites used by Benedict Arnold and his men during his march to Quebec in 1775. He took us back to a site where he had previously found 33 lbs of musket balls under one tree, so we knew the place had some relics to give up! The hunt started off well from Fr3nchy27 he found a uniform button within 2 feet of turning on his detector! (which he donated to the museum), then i heard him over the walkie-talkie saying he just found a musket ball, then his brother found one, then his dad, then my brother-in-law, man everyone was finding them, and i had not found anything!, another hour into the hunt, Fr3nchy27 and his crew elected to head to another spot, my brother-in-law had just dug another musket ball so we decided to stay, i was still determined to get my first musket ball!! About a half hour later i got a decent signal at 4" on the side of a small knoll in the ground, i dug my plug, scanned the hole with my pinpointer and Bam!, my first musket ball!, then i scanned the hole again, another target! Bam! out pops a second musket ball, then a third, then a fourth.....by this time my brother-in-law Rich is over there with me to see what all the excitement is about, and i ended up pulling out 11 musket balls in one hole! I ended up giving Rich 4 of them, bringing his total to 6, and mine to 7. It was a great day to uncover such awesome history and my very first musket ball plus 10!! The best part is knowing that no one had had touched these musket balls for 234 years. Happy Dirt Fishing everyone!! Enjoy the pic.
-Dan
I had a chance to get out for some Dirt Fishing with Fr3nchy27, Bootstrap Vinn, their father, uncle, and my brother-in-law to meet up with a Historian up in Northern Maine, who had researched, and found a few camp & portage sites used by Benedict Arnold and his men during his march to Quebec in 1775. He took us back to a site where he had previously found 33 lbs of musket balls under one tree, so we knew the place had some relics to give up! The hunt started off well from Fr3nchy27 he found a uniform button within 2 feet of turning on his detector! (which he donated to the museum), then i heard him over the walkie-talkie saying he just found a musket ball, then his brother found one, then his dad, then my brother-in-law, man everyone was finding them, and i had not found anything!, another hour into the hunt, Fr3nchy27 and his crew elected to head to another spot, my brother-in-law had just dug another musket ball so we decided to stay, i was still determined to get my first musket ball!! About a half hour later i got a decent signal at 4" on the side of a small knoll in the ground, i dug my plug, scanned the hole with my pinpointer and Bam!, my first musket ball!, then i scanned the hole again, another target! Bam! out pops a second musket ball, then a third, then a fourth.....by this time my brother-in-law Rich is over there with me to see what all the excitement is about, and i ended up pulling out 11 musket balls in one hole! I ended up giving Rich 4 of them, bringing his total to 6, and mine to 7. It was a great day to uncover such awesome history and my very first musket ball plus 10!! The best part is knowing that no one had had touched these musket balls for 234 years. Happy Dirt Fishing everyone!! Enjoy the pic.
-Dan
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