August House Relic Hunt

[CMDiamonddawg]

8-31-10 Greetings TN Last day of August . Hot and jungle like environment ,bugs ,many bugs , at this old home in the deep woods. Abandoned in the early 1900's . This old place was picked over years ago , but they are ,never hunted out . Here are some relics the diggers missed . Saddle shield , buckle , heal plate , bullets , a few horse shoes , wagon parts , two Coronet head large cents 1843 and 1846 , an ax head .. There should be more keepers at this site .. Thanks for taking to look CMD

 

[BobinSouthVA]

wow yeah I'd say not even close to hunted out. Can't wait to see what else they missed.

 

[KRAZYHORSES]

GOOD HUNT THE MORE YOU DIG THE MORE THAT COMES OUT NEVER HUNTED OUT KEEP DIGGING AND GOOD LUCK KRAZYHORSE

 

[tuatara]

The place isn't depleted of good relics if you managed to find 2 LC and other goodies. Keep pounding it

 

[Deepdiger60]

Now that is a good hunt great relics keep digging there has to be some old silver there Good hunt Dd60

 

[Rogerm069]

Awesome finds......keep going!

 

[mainer]

Nice digs Dawg. Looks like they left a lot behind for you. Got to be a little silver there somewhere.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great pictures of the search site CMD, sure would like to know what it looked like when inhabited. Very nice finds, love the old coins.

This item is really interesting . . . suspender clip maybe?

 

[pepperj]

Nice hunt The shield with the two lugs? in photo #3 & #4 is an interesting find.
Have you cleaned it up yet to see if there's any detail on the item?

 

[TommNJ]

Nice finds so far, the site looks promising. Good Luck !

TommNJ

 

[Kirk PA]

Hot Diggity Dawg is back on the copper prowl. It is good to see you back to swinging with the passion and drive. You are a great Colonial asset to the forum. Keep it up, bud.

Kirk

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Nice hunt The shield with the two lugs? in photo #3 & #4 is an interesting find.
Have you cleaned it up yet to see if there's any detail on the item?

Hey pepperj I hate these dirty pictures , to appease any doubters , from now on out, most finds are gonna be out of the dirt for same day post .. Anyway the shield has little if any detail , still the nicest one I ever dug . Thanks pepperj You are correct Antiquarian ..suspender clasp ..opened in picture The symbol is the " Flor de Lis " New Orleans uses this symbol for their Great City.. Other finds 9-1-10 ol lead sinker ,a rosette , fishing reel handle , carved lead piece , are some finds that were not in thread , l ..going back :P hot 93 ,already .. Button update , 8-31 and 9-1 -10 eagle GS Waterbury Button Company backmark , ball button ,tombac ,#5 big dandy, rough pewter assorted flats . More of the usual . CMD

 

[umrgolf]

Nice August deep woods hunt.. the critters make it more fun Josh and I have been hitting a spot where he's been wearing a misquito net over his face and Ive had to cover myself in OFF.. anyway, great finds and a good variety

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Nice August deep woods hunt.. the critters make it more fun Josh and I have been hitting a spot where he's been wearing a misquito net over his face and Ive had to cover myself in OFF.. anyway, great finds and a good variety

Deep Woods OFF is a summer diggers necessity . I've used 8 cans of the stuff so far . The net over the face is a great idea . Besides the flying teeth ,chiggers , ticks , heat in the 90's , my worse problem is spider webs glued to the face :P Thanks to all who left a comment !!! Kirk ,Tommyj, Thanks mainer , Roger o69 , DeepDigger ,tuatara ,Krazyhorses , Bob in SVA appreciate it CMDdawg

 

[dfx willy]

there ya go dawg!! i bet theres a pile there. willy

 

[archmjr]

Very nice finds. I hunted a so called hunted out site in Alexandria VA and pulled out a confederate bayonet two inches from the surface along with some dropped confederate two ringers.

I have a question...which fisher machine did you use here? The CZ or the X? I prefer the X in the deep woods unless it is more trashy than normal. I got the 1270X to complement the my 1266X but haven't had a chance to use it to see if it actually does better against the iron.

Archmjr

 

[DMN]

Nice August deep woods hunt.. the critters make it more fun Josh and I have been hitting a spot where he's been wearing a misquito net over his face and Ive had to cover myself in OFF.. anyway, great finds and a good variety

Deep Woods OFF is a summer diggers necessity . I've used 8 cans of the stuff so far . The net over the face is a great idea . Besides the flying teeth ,chiggers , ticks , heat in the 90's , my worse problem is spider webs glued to the face :P Thanks to all who left a comment !!! Kirk ,Tommyj, Thanks mainer , Roger o69 , DeepDigger ,tuatara ,Krazyhorses , Bob in SVA appreciate it CMDdawg

Always fun to finds some those over looked items in the "hunted out" areas.
I was working through a small set of woods a few days ago and nearly ran across a hive of yellow jackets . I'd rather be annoyed by the 'skeeters and flies than step on a hive. Watch yourself!

 

[steelheadwill]

Congrats on these great Finds!!
i'm sure there's more! Keep 'em comin! Good Digs, Herbie

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Very nice finds. I hunted a so called hunted out site in Alexandria VA and pulled out a confederate bayonet two inches from the surface along with some dropped confederate two ringers.

I have a question...which fisher machine did you use here? The CZ or the X? I prefer the X in the deep woods unless it is more trashy than normal. I got the 1270X to complement the my 1266X but haven't had a chance to use it to see if it actually does better against the iron.

Archmjr

Hey archhmjr ..I used the best relic hunting detector ever made !!! I my opinion and maybe a few others , esp. down in Dixie . The 1265 X "older brother of the 1266X " . It still works well as you see it finds a variety of targets ..over the past 20 years ,I am not sure if it has lost a step or two . Some like the 1270 ,some don't . It does have an iron less chatter than the chirping 1265 and 1266 .the 1265 & 6X sometimes cannot pinpoint nails accurately. Even after checking in all-metal mode, the nails often end up being shallow and in the side of a hole that's dug far too deep in search of the target. That is not really a drawback to the 1266 per se, because I have yet to use a machine that doesn't do this at least occasionally with nails. However, the 1266 does seem to find more old nails than the other machines I've tried. "It likes deep nails"and scraps of iron. Of course, some of those "deep nail" signals that your friend passes up with his $1,500 detector are going to turn out to be coins. How many... well, you'll have to dig them to know for sure. The fact remains that an experienced user with a 1266 can come along and find good targets that others miss... even today. Another observation and your CSA bayonets and 3 ringers story backs this up is , A site Is NEVER hunted out. The X is difficult at the beach but the CZ is not . Thanks for the comment CMD

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

Awesome finds Congratulations
TTH