I did too, but the bulldozers just cleared some new land in a place that has proven to be a Confederate hot spot. I had to get through the upper crust of the ground with a full size pick no less!
I had found three minie balls, with one last one found at the end of the day, and the Deus was about ready to give up as I had found a breeding nest of aluminum cans. One of the last "cans" was deep, and since it was shaded there, the ground was pretty frozen. I had to get out of the house, I needed to do something as I found out my one cat Lily is terminal. And stress is stress. So I dug...
The last "aluminum can" turned out to be this:
I have a pic of the back but it's still frozen so I'll let it thaw, instead of using hot water on it. That's a CS rope border stamped brass plate. It has a few slight bends to it and it looks like one of the hooks at least is still on the back.
Here are the minies.
.69 minie, .69 Prussian variant, my first one ever, CS Gardiner and CS nose cast minie. After that I quit. It was just too cold. I know there has to be more there. Maybe at the end of the week.
Froze good out there, and rescued the earth from more precious aluminum. I KNEW the aluminum cans were just that, but had just decided to dig that awful spot to get rid of some cans as more Confederate stuff had come out of the area. The plate was slightly on edge and wasn't especially a good signal and was deep and the cans were blocking it.
I had found three minie balls, with one last one found at the end of the day, and the Deus was about ready to give up as I had found a breeding nest of aluminum cans. One of the last "cans" was deep, and since it was shaded there, the ground was pretty frozen. I had to get out of the house, I needed to do something as I found out my one cat Lily is terminal. And stress is stress. So I dug...
The last "aluminum can" turned out to be this:
I have a pic of the back but it's still frozen so I'll let it thaw, instead of using hot water on it. That's a CS rope border stamped brass plate. It has a few slight bends to it and it looks like one of the hooks at least is still on the back.Here are the minies.
.69 minie, .69 Prussian variant, my first one ever, CS Gardiner and CS nose cast minie. After that I quit. It was just too cold. I know there has to be more there. Maybe at the end of the week.Froze good out there, and rescued the earth from more precious aluminum. I KNEW the aluminum cans were just that, but had just decided to dig that awful spot to get rid of some cans as more Confederate stuff had come out of the area. The plate was slightly on edge and wasn't especially a good signal and was deep and the cans were blocking it.
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