A Day out with the "Pit" Crew

civilman1 · Apr 19, 2009

A Day out with the "Pit" Crew

Couldn't have been a nicer day out yesterday :icon_sunny:

Met up with Rob (Shark Pit) and a couple of his Pit Buddie's Floyd and Ronnie and of course Ty and my wife (MiniMe) for some CW hunting.I didn't care if I found anything at all,the objective was to get everyone a piece of Antietam History.....Mission accomplished :thumbsup:

Here's my find's from yesterday,had a great time guy's :thumbsup:

Shark Pit Rob with his first 3-Ringer

HH!!

cntrydncr1 · Apr 19, 2009

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I would be so excited too! congrats on the 3 ringers.

tymcmurray · Apr 19, 2009

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Nice photo of Rob. Too bad that we didn't have a video
of his "Winner's Walk" all the way back to the trucks!
Tell MiniMe Congratulations. As we all know, a Civi War
hunt, especially at Antietam, is probably one of the hardest
hunt to learn on! She stuck with it all day, though.
Mad Props to all three first timers!!

warsawdaddy · Apr 19, 2009

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Looks like you guys had a great day.Kudos on the finds!

ModernMiner · Apr 19, 2009

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Some nice CW relics Joe. :thumbsup:

Some day you and Ty will need to give the tour too. :wink:

Just save a few for me o.k.
Looks like a great group to hunt with.
Congrats to all of you,
MM

allen · Apr 19, 2009

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way to go on those cw relics !!! :thumbsup:

civilman1 · Apr 19, 2009

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Thank's Rob......The Enfield DID have a 57 in the base,just might have to open it up a little to get a good picture of it :thumbsup:

Glad you all had a good time....My wife still can't believe I took her

Come on Warm Water

fortbball9 · Apr 19, 2009

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Super looking CW era relics,Congrats on the lead.I would say you did very well.

fortbball9

civilman1 · Apr 19, 2009

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rtde3 said:
civilman1 said:

Thank's Rob......The Enfield DID have a 57 in the base,just might have to open it up a little to get a good picture of it Glad you all had a good time....My wife still can't believe I took her Come on Warm Water

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Hey I thought you did not want to open it up? It would be cool to see a pic though!
Just tell MiniMe not to find more stuff than us or she will have to stick to the parks & schools! (Or at least don't post it here on T-net & tell everyone if she does. )
Don't worry the temps are climbing everyday!

This is the best pic I could get Rob.....Almost impossible to get it right.You can barely make out the 7 on the right. Enjoy

STH69 · Apr 19, 2009

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Cool pics and finds

Hutch911 · Apr 19, 2009

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Grat Ffinds Civil was to go :thumbsup:

MiniMe · Apr 20, 2009

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Great day....and as usual you come out with a hand full....you are the man :thumbsup:

Thanks for letting me hang out with the guys...I had a blast and finally got a piece of my own lead. Better make some room on the shelves down stairs, because it's not going to take me long....LOL :P

tymcmurray said:
Tell MiniMe Congratulations. As we all know, a Civi War
hunt, especially at Antietam, is probably one of the hardest
hunt to learn on! She stuck with it all day, though.
Mad Props to all three first timers!!

Thanks Ty....I'm always up for a challenge, still learning this machine but I had a great time and can't wait to do it again.

rtde3 said:
civilman1 said:

My wife still can't believe I took her Come on Warm Water

Click to expand...

Hey I thought you did not want to open it up? It would be cool to see a pic though!
Just tell MiniMe not to find more stuff than us or she will have to stick to the parks & schools! (Or at least don't post it here on T-net & tell everyone if she does. )
Don't worry the temps are climbing everyday!

Hey...wait a minute..

..Yeah, okay guys....very funny. Guess where I'll be hunting while you are hunting the pit or in hagerstown ... ::)

LOL

Dman · Apr 23, 2009

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Nice civil war finds.

tsgman · Apr 24, 2009

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Great job everyone and congrats on the firsts!

curbdiggercarl57 · Apr 24, 2009

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I look forward to you future posts, as I did last year. Good Luck!

coltdavis · Apr 24, 2009

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sounds like a good day! nice finds, best of luck and HH :thumbsup:

wyattrr · Apr 24, 2009

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Nice Relics, and Mission was accomplished. Looks like you folks had some fun. Congrats on the finds and HH

CRUSADER · Apr 25, 2009

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rtde3 said:
Yep I see it! Pretty cool!

In the picture, were you running over for a hug

Now go out & get them smoothies.

MonkeyBoy · Apr 25, 2009

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Joe,
next time you head up Antietam, would it be ok my boy and i came along? I would love for him to dig anything from there... would make his day!!!! Let me know if that is cool...\\MB

Take care

VOL1266-X · Apr 25, 2009

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You guys had a good day Cman. Nice lead. Bullets aren't as easy to find as they once were. Is the square iron piece in the first pic solid or a square nut? Since you find artillery case shot there, it could be a piece of metal shop scrap used as case shot as Dman and I have found, if it is solid. The ones we found were in a field with lead case shot slugs and .850 inch iron canister balls. A guy who wrote THE CW Artillery book identified them. I'd guess many relic hunters have discarded them because they did not know that they were used as "filler" in Hotckiss and other shells. Happy hunting!!!