A MUST SEE! 2 PIECE CS BUCKLE...DUG TODAY...WITH VIDEO!

[lovedigging]

After hitting the cavalry camp a couple of days ago, and doing fairly well for my 2nd time there, my brother and I decided to make a day of it. It had been raining since last night, and there was a winter storm warning for ice today, but we were not going to let that stop us. This morning after he got off work, we met at 6:30 am at the site. Had a quick breakfast and were digging by 6:45. Ten minutes into the hunt, I found what had to be a campsite. I started digging bullet after bullet and 2 1/2 hours later I had dug approximately 60 bullets when I found the SNY buckle. I had to make 2 trips to the truck to unload my pouch. I started working my way back to the same area, but before I got there I hit a few signals, a few bullets and then a solid signal that was totally different from the rest! I couldn't believe when I pulled up a wreath from a 2-piece buckle. I was really excited and went to show my brother (DCooper1). He said to hit the area hard and hopefully the other piece would be there. Twenty minutes later, my machine was screaming once again. I just knew, it had to be the 2nd piece, only 15 feet from where I found the wreath. I hollered to my brother and started to dig the hole, but he was yelling that he wanted to get it on video for everyone to see. Amazingly, I had 2 signals in the hole which you will see in my brothers video. When I unearthed the tongue and saw that it had "CS" on it, I was totally speachless... I knew that I had found "the Holy Grail" of relic hunting! I should take this moment to thank my brother, David, for encouraging me to start metal detecting, when I thought I just didn't have the time to take on yet another "hobby" in my life. I have been digging for 16 months now, and found things I never would've dreamed of. I consider myself very fortunate, and mostly, very lucky in this aspect. I hope you enjoy the pictures, and the video my brother will be posting.

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on the two buckles!!!! You sure did hit the motherload on detecting finds!!!! Congratulations dude!!!!! I am nominating you for the banner find!!!

 

[juju]

BANNER

JuJu

 

[Narthoniel]

You guys have one great place there. Congrats on finding such a prime location to hunt. Even more stellar are the type and quality of finds you are pulling. I am truly in awe. That buckle is beautiful. I would be tempted to have it made into a new belt and wear it. WAY TO GO!!!

As I said on one of the other hunts you posted about, if you fellas need a hand, I will be happy to drive up and do a little diggin for ya .
Anthony

 

[bigtim1973]

That is awesome!!!! Keepers from both sides!!!! Congrats to you!!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

I think this one has to go up top.


That's the good life.  Hold those memories fast--hunts like that come only once.




A BIG Congratulations to you two!




Best Wishes,



Buckles

 

[KirkTN]

You will recall this all in detail when you are an old man!!! Truely a find of a lifetime. The pics are great and the video had me SPELLBOUND! My brother is my hunting partner also and so I was really drawn in to the experience captured here. Thank you very much for shareing.

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KirkTN

 

[KirkTN]

You're Brother Had an outstanding day too! I'd be on cloud nine with his finds. Yours would probably have killed me.

 

[BuckleBoy]

OK--so I gotta know... How many plates have you two recovered between ya this year?

 

[trikikiwi]

Excellent
This is one Thread that I think will fuel my TFD's , Treasure Finding Dreams,
for a long time yet.

Your Bro's video, has the touch of a professional.

Cheers, Mike

 

[NGE]

I have a feeling that there are more buckles there. BTW, Don't you guys know how to do the chicken dance? I would have put that buckle some place safe and danced for a half hour . Awesome finds!BANNER!.........NGE

 

[ringfinder]

Let me be the first to congratulate you on a BANNER find!!!!!!

Here's the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEGqctIC7k

Sorry the link isn't working yet. It is still "processing" with youtube. HOPEFULLY it will be done soon!!!

Congratulations to my brother for more incredible finds. Yes, I have heard many times that he has a golden horseshoe, let's just say.....somewhere. My response is usually something to the effect of "you have to be out there swinging in order to find stuff." Well, as he has mentioned in his post today, he hasn't been at it for too long but has already logged TONS of hours, covered many miles of turf, dug tons of nails, horseshoes, pulltabs and all the other "junk" that none of us like but he has been persistent, always hunting!!! Yes, it does help to have a good place to go but I can assure you, the places aren't going to come looking for you.
We knew early yesterday that today was going to be REALLY crappy, a day when you would love to be inside, doing nothing. That didn't stop us for a moment, we came prepared: plenty of warm clothes, rain suits, SEVERAL pairs of gloves, drinks & food. We arrived just at daylight, ate, got dressed, and took off. It was already raining pretty good, it would stop once in a while but we hunted on. As my brother mentioned, he hit a hot spot pretty early on and was digging like crazy, every time I would look up at him, he was on his knees and up to his elbows in dirt.
A little while later when he dug the wreath he shouted at me that he thought he found a Confederate buckle. I immediately thought to myself "how can you THINK you found a Confederate buckle " He held it up but I couldn't see it that far so he brought it over, I told him he wouldn't know for sure it was Confederate unless he found the other half, so he better get back over there and start hunting. Within no time, he said he thought he found the other half, I immediately grabbed the video camera and..............well, hopefully the video is working by now..


I feel embarrassed to post my meager finds for the day after seeing what he ended up with but we all have a bad day once in a while.
Here's a few pics of my stuff from today - day 4 at the cavalry camp.

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Day 4 finds​

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4 day bullet total​

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4 day grand total​

And.....here are a few pictures from the field of his CS recovery.

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Good luck to everyone, hopefully you ALL can experience something like this SOON.

Thank You so much for that Incredable Video, Fantastic day for the both of you! I only hope that someday
I will find a buckle or a box plate, that would be awesome for me.

I have just started detecting in Va. at the DIV Diggin in Va. hunts. Wow, I was excited to find my first 3 ringer, I can't even imagine what it would be like to find a Wreath Buckle!

Again, Congratulations to the both of you and Thanks So Much for the Video!

HH, Ringfinder

P.S. What kind of detector was your brother using to find the Wreath buckle and how hot was the soil where you guys hunted. At Brandy Station the soil was hot, hot, hot!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Awesome finds and hunt site!!! Congrats and HH, Mike

 

[brnn53]

That's as good as it gets! Congrats!!
Mike

 

[Hardrock]

WOW,incredible finds and the CS is amazing very nice indeed, there are just some moments in life that will burn into memory but you got a video to boot,banner day for sure. Congrats Hardrock

 

[superficialbob]

WOW, NOT THAT'S HUNTING, CONCRATS.

 

[PBK]

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[lovedigging]

OK--so I gotta know... How many plates have you two recovered between ya this year?

Buckleboy, I know my brother has found some plates but I'm not sure how many so he will have to post that. As far as me, In the sixteen months I've been digging I've dug three U.S. buckles, Two S.N.Y buckles, Four Breast plates and finally the two piece CS. You will have to let me know how I've done. Thanks for your replies Buckle boy...

 

[lovedigging]

I have a feeling that there are more buckles there. BTW, Don't you guys know how to do the chicken dance? I would have put that buckle some place safe and danced for a half hour . Awesome finds!BANNER!.........NGE

Notgittinenny, I did do the "HAPPY DANCE" after it finally sunk in what I had done. I'm just glad my brother didn't have that on video also

 

[Dman]

Wow! That should be on the banner.
Dman

 

[hogge]

Congratulations on a wonderful Banner find. It's an awesome feeling. If there is one....there has to be more. Go gett em' Coop! "The Hogge"