VOL1266-X
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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Tenn. Trio Hunt at U.S. Cavalry Camp Today-U.S. Box Plate & Sharps Galore!!
When Dman and I invited Tenn. Josh to hunt with us in 2009, we were 100% sure that he would share any CW sites he found with us and he would never go back on us and hunt our sites without our permission. When we began digging relics at the U.S. Infantry site recently, we naturally included him in our hunts and he was able to fill a nice 12x18 inch display box with some good relics.
I received a cell call from him on Thursday and he was all excited. He had stopped by a site on his way to work to scout an area that we all believed had relic potential. He had already dug 3 dropped Sharps Carbine bullets (he dug another while we were talking) and campfire lead but had only 30 minutes left to hunt before reporting for work. He called Dman too and invited us to hunt his new site that was apparently used by U.S. Cavalry. He recovered 12 dropped Sharps during his hunt and all were in a concentrated area. Friday was predicted to be a very volatile weather day in Tennessee so we planned to hunt this morning. We met up with Josh and began hunting at 8am. Our finds from this morning are shown in the first pic with the 12 cleaned Sharps recovered by Josh on Thursday on the bottom row.
The 2nd pic is Josh and Dman as they compare bullet diameters. Josh dug a CW period carbine bullet in the cartridge. Most of the bullets in that area are Sharps so digging a full cartridge was unusual for that area based on our experience. It may be a .50 cal. but I will need to get it back from Josh to determine what it is but the dia. is significantly smaller than the .54 cal. Sharps we dug. Just after he dug the full cartridge bullet, his next signal rang up a solid “77” on his F75. We were hunting close together and Josh yelled “Plate”. We walked over and sure enough, it was a very nice U.S. box plate with one wire hook intact and remnants of the other with a full lead back. I snapped a pic of it just after Josh flipped it over. The 4th pic is of the plate after a light field cleaning.
Dman and I were every bit as excited as Josh was as it was good to see our friend dig a really nice plate with practically no ground action. Before I forget, Dman dug an iron underwear button that he called his “panty” button. I didn’t want to leave that out-LOL.
Our prayers go out to the people who suffered family and property losses from the severe storms yesterday. HH, from the Tennessee Trio, Quindy.
When Dman and I invited Tenn. Josh to hunt with us in 2009, we were 100% sure that he would share any CW sites he found with us and he would never go back on us and hunt our sites without our permission. When we began digging relics at the U.S. Infantry site recently, we naturally included him in our hunts and he was able to fill a nice 12x18 inch display box with some good relics.
I received a cell call from him on Thursday and he was all excited. He had stopped by a site on his way to work to scout an area that we all believed had relic potential. He had already dug 3 dropped Sharps Carbine bullets (he dug another while we were talking) and campfire lead but had only 30 minutes left to hunt before reporting for work. He called Dman too and invited us to hunt his new site that was apparently used by U.S. Cavalry. He recovered 12 dropped Sharps during his hunt and all were in a concentrated area. Friday was predicted to be a very volatile weather day in Tennessee so we planned to hunt this morning. We met up with Josh and began hunting at 8am. Our finds from this morning are shown in the first pic with the 12 cleaned Sharps recovered by Josh on Thursday on the bottom row.
The 2nd pic is Josh and Dman as they compare bullet diameters. Josh dug a CW period carbine bullet in the cartridge. Most of the bullets in that area are Sharps so digging a full cartridge was unusual for that area based on our experience. It may be a .50 cal. but I will need to get it back from Josh to determine what it is but the dia. is significantly smaller than the .54 cal. Sharps we dug. Just after he dug the full cartridge bullet, his next signal rang up a solid “77” on his F75. We were hunting close together and Josh yelled “Plate”. We walked over and sure enough, it was a very nice U.S. box plate with one wire hook intact and remnants of the other with a full lead back. I snapped a pic of it just after Josh flipped it over. The 4th pic is of the plate after a light field cleaning.
Dman and I were every bit as excited as Josh was as it was good to see our friend dig a really nice plate with practically no ground action. Before I forget, Dman dug an iron underwear button that he called his “panty” button. I didn’t want to leave that out-LOL.
Our prayers go out to the people who suffered family and property losses from the severe storms yesterday. HH, from the Tennessee Trio, Quindy.
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Woooooohoooo Congrats on the plate guys. They are getting scarcer, and scarcer to recover any more. Especially in that shape! Way to go trio
Very nice finds for all. HH! Colleen
