A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today- VIDEO ADDED

[umrgolf]

I'm pretty certain this fella's backyard had never had a detector swing over it. Knocked on the door at 9:30AM, left about 2PM this afternoon.. I'll be back next week. I'll keep this short and let the pictures explain. Happy New Year










69's and melted lead





round balls (44 and 50 cal), chewed 69





carved bullets





69 cal carved chess piece?





watch key winder, pocket knife, eagle buttons





grommet, ring, belt rivets, suspender buckle





1861 halfdime (yes, that's a shovel mark on the obverse )

 

[{Sentinel}]

Re: A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today

Sweet Site, that should continue to produce some nice relics for awhile

 

[FoxHound0985]

Re: A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today

WOW!!! Hit that place hard and you might come away with a plate!!

 

[civilman1]

Re: A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today

Man Jeff,Does this guy's backyard back up to a battlefield!!! Sweet dig's on the .69's And a 61' to boot.Great dig's my man!!!!

 

[tennessee digger]

Re: A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today

Very good hunt! You did good. Tennessee digger

 

[Deno]

Re: A nice Civil War site found in local backyard today

I am no expert .

But I think you're in the middle of something good........

 

[campbluegrass]

Great CW finds. I think you're correct about that backyard. Keep it swingin' back there for sure!

*Greg*

 

[Steve in PA]

Great hunt Jeff, looks like you had a blast. Hopefully, the camp extends into the surrounding properties and they are untouched too.

 

[kayden]

Wow ...Id be digging there for a while!

 

[Sonnydigs]

What a find.. WTG..

 

[umrgolf]

Thank you all, I really think there's gonna be a bunch more nice relics there. I've only hit about a 1/3 of the yard and didn't grid the 1/3 I went over.

 

[nova treasure]

excellent finds Jeff, really enjoy the carved lead and the watch key winder. it brings the hunt more personal with the soldiers in camp. the dime with the starting date of the Civil War, very cool.

Can't wait to see what's next, Bill

 

[silversweeper]

Very cool. Gotta love finding a CW camp area that hasn't been detected before! I'm usually a very late comer to such sites here but have still managed to do pretty well by going low and slow. Wish I could find a property that hasn't been hit like the one you're on. HH and I will look forward to your future posts. You north or south of St. Louis?

 

[Gunrunner61]

Amazing! that's the only word that i can think of ,And that's not good enough

 

[Mrs Bloom]

Sweet finds! Enjoyed the vid and pics--thanks for posting!

 

[Hutch911]

Great finds!!!! I would be camped out in his yard!

 

[Nutriasub]

Amazing virgin site, keep digging !

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Going to go out on a limb here and say you're not missing Virginia that much anymore

Great Finds.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Great finds and great video - thanks for sharing. I'd be back at that spot as often as possible. It should keep producing for a while.

 

[metalev4]

Great finds Jeff, congrats on finding that camp. I hope there is a plate in there for you.
-Evan