A BLINDING MISSISSIPPI STAR!!!!!

[Devonrex]

Yesterday was one of those days you dream about being a relic hunter. I literally found almost 50 targets in a small 15 by 15 square foot area. Every where I swept my detector I got a signal! What I couldn't believe was I had been there many times before.... BUT these relics were DEEP. My Nautilus may have missed them but the XP DEUS didn't !!! Every Gardner, 22 of them, and every musket ball, was 12 inches or deeper. And the Mississippi coat button was just as deep..... entangled in a web of roots, right at the base of a massive elm tree. I am honestly amazed that I didn't hit it with my shovel getting it out. This area is void of any trash, except for the always present shot gun shell and the occasional small caliber modern bullet, .... so once I realized what I had just walked into, I started to hunt very slow and llistened for the slightest increase in the DEUS's tones. I walked into this area late in the hunt so I was only there for about an hour. I know there are more relics there! Once I get a chance to get back I will grid the area off and walk a pattern hitting the site in all directions. Hopefully another button or two is hiding in there or possibly a plate! Buttons with stars on them always get me going! I could hardly sleep last night............. I can't wait to get back!!! This Mississippi Infantry coat button has 100 percent gold gilt! The green areas have gold underneath but I decided to leave it like it is. The back is silver plated and reads Hyde and Goodrich NO. Now this button whistles DIXIE!!!!! HH Devonrex

 

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[bonepicker]

That Mississippi button is a beauty. I would be singing M I Crooked Letter Crooked Letter.

 

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[angleofattack]

Fantastic! What a stellar hunt. I wonder what program you were using?

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congrats on the fantastic pile of relics, the button is gorgeous

 

[Devonrex]

Thanks for all the nice responses!!!

Thanks for all the nice responses!!! HH Devonrex

 

[joeyfresh]

That's an impressive find John considering how few confederate relics are found anymore. Finding a pocket of gardners is a feat unto itself so that heavily gilted Mississippi is outstanding. It's crazy how people get giddy over three ringers and eagle buttons but old timers used to throw them back like diseased carp. I hope you find more and please share if you do.