A few DIV finds

[Bill D. (VA)]

Just got back a couple days ago from the DIV XXII hunt in Culpeper. Had a blast and the weather was great. In addition to digging about 20 bullets and some other misc camp brass I was able to get into a nice little trash pit that yielded an olive green wine bottle with a kick-up base. It also had some beautiful whittle marks on the spout. I also dug an aqua umbrella ink with a pontilled base. Found lots of parts to a patent whiskey as well which I may be able to partially reconstruct. All-in-all it was a fun 3 days and I enjoyed hunting and spending time with my buddy Reid, and good friend Evan who flew in from Oregon for the hunt. I also got in a lot of practice time with my relatively new Minelab GPX-5000 which I plan to take this weekend to the site where all the hammered silver coins were dug 3-4 years ago. Wish me luck, and hopefully I'll have something exciting to post.

 

[Ironman!]

Nice digs Bill! The wine bottle and umbrella ink are very cool too!! Glad you got to get together with Evan!!! I hope to get together with him soon when our schedules line up!!!! Good Luck with your GPX-5000 at the hammered silver site!!!!!

IM

 

[John Boy]

Very nice finds buddy.that one looks like an ink bottle. Congrats

 

[jamesbibb]

Nice glass BIll

 

[VaMark]

Nice Finds!

 

[treasurehound]

Congrats on your finds. That was a great hunt. I love hunting that farm and it will never be hunted out. We were hunting in fields all to ourselves. Those GPX machines do very well in that hot soil.

 

[Hutch911]

Nice finds love the glass they always hid from me at DIV on day!!!!

 

[Steve in PA]

Good job on the glass Bill & good luck with the hammered!

 

[Valley Ranger]

Great saves!

 

[VOL1266-X]

You had a good hunt Bill. WTG, Quindy.

 

[fishstick]

Nice digs Bill. Any day u get pontiled glass is a great day! Good luck on the hammereds. CONGRATS. HH

 

[Wildcat1750]

Lots of great finds. Thanks forsharing...and good luck this weekend!
Nick

 

[stewielouie]

Great finds!! How does one get in on these DIV hunts?

 

[joeyfresh]

The bottle and ink are beautiful Bill! What do you make of the etchings? Good luck this weekend

 

[BuckleBoy]

Great stuff! I love the glass finds. That is a fantastic umbrella ink.

Congrats,

Buckles

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

The bottle and ink are beautiful Bill! What do you make of the etchings? Good luck this weekend

Joey - those are called whittle marks and came from the wooden mold that was used to make the bottle. They are fairly common on bottles made during the early-to-mid 1800's and give the bottle a little extra character.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Joey - those are called whittle marks and came from the wooden mold that was used to make the bottle. They are fairly common on bottles made during the early-to-mid 1800's and give the bottle a little extra character.

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info, Bill!

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Great finds!! How does one get in on these DIV hunts?

Go to the DIV (Diggin' in Virginia) link below. In the 2nd post it talks about sign-ups for the next hunt coming up in March 2013. Good luck!

My Treasure Spot :: Diggin' In Virginia

 

[stewielouie]

Bill, thanks for the link!! I live in Va :O