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Nana40

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What a rollercoaster day! Started out with DiggerBug picking me up this morning. We headed out to our new hunting buddies place to check out what she had been finding on her property. Got there, hunted a few minutes, got trampled by the horse, (I'm OK..and so is the detector) ;D ,recovered quickly ;D and went to the front to hunt for a couple of lost jewelry items. Had hunted about an hour and Charlie calls and wants me to go to the dr.'s with him. :-\ So...long story short, I was feeling sorry for myself cause I had to leave and spend the rest of a perfect afternoon in the dr.'s office. Finally got home and decided to go across the road and hunt a spot that I had been working on. I had found this on an old map from the late 1800's and had spent a few minutes hunting there in September, but it was so hot then, I didn't stay long. I did find the pottery pieces and was satisfied that I had found the right spot.
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The map had shown two structures and I had found the first early in the year. Lots of horseshoes and nails and that's where I had found my first NC Confederate button.

Had been there about an hour and found odds and ends, but nothing exciting. Finally got a great signal (74 on the MXT) and dug four inches. Out pops the button! It's REALLY dirty and I didn't know FOR SURE what it was, but after finding the first one, I had a feeling that I had found another. The soil here (if you can call it that) is clay. Turns everything red and doesn't want to come off easily. I probably should have waited to clean it up better before I took the pics, but I was so excited at finding it, I wanted to share. :) The next signal was a tiny back of a button and still has the shank. The rest of the hunt was the normal stuff. I feel much better now. :D

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I rinsed the button with water and used a soft toothbrush for a minute. I thought it was neat to have a spot of shiny on the back!!
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Hope you all have a great weekend!!! Find something good!!!

Nana ;)
 
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You stink ;) :D ;D

Great finds. Why don't you come here and teach me how to find stuff like that?
 
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Very nice Nana, WTG!!!
Sure am glad you didn't get hurt by that horse. That don't even sound good...
Continued Good luck, & Happy hunting~
 
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Terrific finds, Nana. WTG on the button!!! Love that bee. Gotta be careful around those horses...they get to acting frisky and they really don't mean no harm but they do get carried away.

;) RR
 
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wow Nana! an awesome button and a cool campaign pin! looks like the detecting gods were happy on this hunt! congrats!
 
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Nick Pappagiorgio said:
Nana...

SWEET finds...You little rebel you... ;) :D ;D

Love your posts...

Nick

;D

mastereagle22 said:
You stink ;) :D ;D

Great finds. Why don't you come here and teach me how to find stuff like that?
Did I hear mention that you and BB were thinking about hosting the next hunt? ;D Give me a couple of months to recover from last week though! :D
I just got lucky, ME! :)

Actually, I got lucky twice on that day. Finding the button and avoiding the hooves of the frisky horse! :P Just ended up with a couple of scrapes here and there, he's just a big baby. First thing I thought while getting off the ground was, Whew...I'm OK! :D..... OH CRAP! What about my detector! :D It was OK too! ;D

Still got snakes, EW! Saw one yesterday. :P

Thanks ya'll!

Nana :)
 
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WTG Nana on the neat finds! ;) That confederate button looks way cool. Would love to find an old button like that one day. Got your message this morning. Yeah, that would be great to get together and go TH'ing with Marty. Haven't left to go to the fort yet. I've got to help my wife do a few things around the house like sweep and mop the kitchen floor before she let's me detect today ;D

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Nana, you keep finding buttons like that right across the street from home, you'll never want to drive anywhere else again! Keep it up girl, just love your post....... HH

Desertfox
 
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Those buttons are no match for the Nanster! Nice work Nana!

Nat
 
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Super finds Nana! That bug pin is super duper cool. You find some really awesome stuff.

Baldingboy
 
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Nana she is a BEAUTY!!!!!!!!! NC Starburst.....I am jrooling over here..... :P AWESOME AWESOME Find, The confederate stuff is very hard to find these days and that one is a beauty! And to know that you found yourself two of them there that is what I call persistance. I bet theywere from the same shell jacket! You have found the holy grail that civil war relics hunters covet!!!!!NANA you rock!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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James in Alabama said:
WTG Nana on the neat finds! ;) That confederate button looks way cool. Would love to find an old button like that one day. Got your message this morning. Yeah, that would be great to get together and go TH'ing with Marty. Haven't left to go to the fort yet. I've got to help my wife do a few things around the house like sweep and mop the kitchen floor before she let's me detect today ;D

James! What a hubby you are! 8) How'd you do? ;D

desertfox said:
Nana, you keep finding buttons like that right across the street from home, you'll never want to drive anywhere else again! Keep it up girl, just love your post....... HH

Desertfox
:D I know! BUT...we've not had much rain to speak of and that clay is like concrete right now. :'( Was just a quick fix to 'get rid of that twitch in my eye', as Rebel would say. :D Will be going back though!!! ;) Thank you. :)

Natman said:
Those buttons are no match for the Nanster! Nice work Nana!

Nat
Thank you Nat! :)

plehbah said:
That is a very neat piece of political memorabilia.

I believe that now would be the time to start thinking about the possibility of a Civil War period military component to your site. It may be hard to determine, with the associated house site artifacts, but with persistence you may be able to figure it out. Try branching out from the main structures and searching for outlying activity areas. You may find a spot that was used exclusively by the occupants of the site, or one used exclusively by a military unit utilizing the area. This would help to clarify the situation.

If there is a Confederate element present, you most likely will not find loads of central government marked pieces, but you have the possibility of discovering some really good things. Remember that most buttons in a Confederate encampment will for the most part be flowers and flats.

Good luck.

Here's what I know about this site....
I live in a county that had lots of CW activity, but am a bit south of all that action. The map I have is 1892 and it shows a road going through my property, across the creek and up and over the pasture next door and around the bend. There were two structures on the map in this immediate area...one in the pasture (where I found the first NC button) and then another structure around the bend which is now someones lawn :P and where I found the second NC button and other things. My Sis lives two houses down from the second site (the old road goes through her property as well) and I have found lots of pistol shots there, but not much else. I'll keep chipping away and see what else I can find. :)

Baldingboy said:
Super finds Nana! That bug pin is super duper cool. You find some really awesome stuff.

Baldingboy
Thank you BB! :) Can't wait to hunt with you guys again!

{Sentinel} said:
Nana she is a BEAUTY!!!!!!!!! NC Starburst.....I am jrooling over here..... :P AWESOME AWESOME Find, The confederate stuff is very hard to find these days and that one is a beauty! And to know that you found yourself two of them there that is what I call persistance. I bet theywere from the same shell jacket! You have found the holy grail that civil war relics hunters covet!!!!!NANA you rock!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Senti!!
Geeze!! Thanks! ;D
I'm still working on getting it cleaned up. Got it in a bowl of water and I brush that button every time I go by! :D Gettin' better, but still a long way to go. :-X

Thanks again ya'll..I'll try to post a pic in a couple of days.

Nana :)
 
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Finding the right spot is the first step. Next is finding anything at the right spot. There have been times I have found the right spot but there really is not much there. If you are finding stuff it could be promising.

Glad that horse didn't do you or your detector in. ;D

Bob
 
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Thanks, Bob! :)
I couldn't agree more. :P Lisa and I found a new site today that should have been full of great stuff...but..no. :-\ Not yet, anyhow! :D

I'm adding the cleaned up NC button. Could use a little more cleaning, but not today! :D

Nana :)
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Nice finds Nana---That is a great looking button.
 
Wow that is one Cool button, very pretty. BB and I went out tonight and we couldn't find our detectors with both hands if we tried let alone anything worth digging. He and I both talked about eBaying our detectors and stuff and taking up stamp collecting. We are both very discouraged right now. We can't seem to get anywhere where good stuff is to be found.

I am glad you are finding good stuff though! :)
 
So glad you are OK Nana!! Sounds kind of scary. Dang.

Congrats on all the goodies, especially the button!!
That bee is really cool too. What is that from? Jewelry?

Smiles!
Scooby
 
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Nana40 said:
Thanks, Bob! :)
I couldn't agree more. :P Lisa and I found a new site today that should have been full of great stuff...but..no. :-\ Not yet, anyhow! :D

I'm adding the cleaned up NC button. Could use a little more cleaning, but not today! :D

Nana :)
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I had a button like that and it ended up in the trash. I was in Japan when divorced and all buttons, bullets, and everything else(non coin) I'd found in six years ended up in a trash can. I had about 30 or so nice buttons and a bucketfull of bullets!
 
Nana,
I was really impressed with your find, or should I say 2 your NC buttons makes my recent A.V.C. button look like small potatoes.
Congratulations Nana
Your an awsome diggin confederate button machine!!
Rebel Man
 
that's a great find Nana !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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