Juanmoretime
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- Shreveport, Louisiana
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- Miinelab CTX-3030, Minelab E-Trac, Minelab Explorer II, Whites Dfx
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I went to a place near Baton Rouge this weekend looking for some civil war stuff and had a great time. Its taken over 4 years to get permission to hunt the land. And they have LOTS of land. We arrived and had checked out maps of the area and where several thousand northern and southern troops had camped and crossed their land. I had visions of stuff everywhere but that will take some time to find all the right places. We started and quickly hit several places trying to find something that would give us a clue. The first day nothing too much was found. The second day the landowner told me there had been a railroad just across the road from their house a zillion years ago and I ought to check that out. So with the day topping out at 95 degrees and the humidity the same, I started down the edge of the field. Not much was showing up, some iron stuff that I couldn't identify so I kept it up. I started to notice some handhand bricks scattered about near two huge old trees and I thought there may be something around here afterall. I got straight across from the house and had a signal that showed iron but it had something else in there with it. I dug my hole and ran my Uniprobe in the dirt, got a signal and pulled out a small piece of iron. I ran it back in the hole again and sure enough another signal rang out. I pulled what I found out of the dirt and it was coin size. Coins were the fartherest thing I thought I would find but cleaning off a little dirt I saw the date 1852 and my wife could have heard my holler 250 miles away. I was floored! I spent 8 hard hot hours that day until I couldn't dig any more. I'm sure everyone knows how that feels when its blistering hot and you've sweated out your body weight twice in one day. I finished the day out with a couple of interesting things but nothing like I had hoped to. Nevertheless, that one coin made the trip worth while!!
The good thing about the trip is we have permission to return. They were great people and they haven't given permission to anyone before to hunt so we were the first. This area will produce so many great finds once we narrow down all the places, I can't wait to go back again. Life is good !!!
Thanks for looking!
Steve
The good thing about the trip is we have permission to return. They were great people and they haven't given permission to anyone before to hunt so we were the first. This area will produce so many great finds once we narrow down all the places, I can't wait to go back again. Life is good !!!
Thanks for looking!
Steve
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Life IS good! 
What an awesome find! And sounds like a site that'll keep you busy for a while! 8) Good luck on your return. Can't wait to see what else you find there...
