cwdigger
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- Relic Hunting
Well this is probably gonna be kind of long so, go grab you some popcorn and beer :lol!: Ok this site started on Friday, I went down to my grandparents house, and did a little detecting around an old house, that had a slave graveyard in front of it way back when. I didnt find a whole execpt for a point that I have already lost, lol.. My grandpa asked if I wanted to go to Uncle Juniors house to see some of the things that the military gave him when he retired from the Marines from the Civil War, eager to see what he had, thinking only a couple of buttons maybe I said sure lets go. When we got there he opened his filing cabinet and pulled out a large oak case which I started drooling over :Sad: He had 2 US plates, 2 CS tounge and wreaths, 2 OVM buckles,4 NC Starburst buttons,3 Gerebaldis (drops) couple of enfields, friction primers, and the list just go on. He said that some friends of his gave this stuff to him when he retired b/c they knew how big of a history buff he was, and he said it was all dug from Fort Fisher back in the 60's :Sad: :Sad:
While sitting there and chatting with Uncle Jr. I found out some things about our family farm that I did not know, and apparently neither did my grandfather to an extent. He said that my Grandpa's, Great Great Grandpa lived on the farm a long time ago and was very wealty. He bought the farm in 1832 in which when he got here, the house that he stayed in was already on the farm which was a 9 bedroom 2 story mansion, so he guessed that it was built sometime in the mid to late 1700's. Well Great x3 grandaddy had 632 acres by the year 1833 in which he had a grist mill, pines that he sold turpentine from and a distillery from which he sold Brandy and Gin for the Government.
Well this had def. sparked my intrest and I decided I would go back down there today 1 and hours from my house, and hunt it rain or shine, I had the fever. So I get down there around lunch time and get my Uncle Joe that I sold a machine to at Christmas and me and him hit the fields, We didnt know exactly where the house was, but Uncle Jr. did but he was at church so we just wondered around until we hit that hot spot, flat button city :Party: :Party: then the coins started coming out, and the brass. and we knew that we had found the site. Well about this time here comes Uncle Jr. telling exactly where the house was, the well and more. He said that Great x3 granddaddy was told by the Government to turn in all his US currency for Confederate money. So when he went to turn it in he told the government that and I quote "This money wont be worth the ink thats on it in 5 years" and sure enough he was right, out of dispite and having money that was worthless, he plasterd every wall in his house from floor to ceiling with confederate currency. He kept his Gold and silver and was supposed to pass it down to his 2 boys and 2 girls, but everyone says that he wrote a letter and said that he would bury it on the "high hill" after the war and it would be there until someone got it. Well it was never found, and dont think we didnt go look for it :joker: :joker:
When he died he he died a rich man and left his children with nothing but a half rotted house full of worthless money, and 632 acres in which he had put up for sale in sections. But its still all in the family, nobody knows what happend to his money, or where he buryed it, there are alot of "high hills" on my grandparents land. So it could be on any of em :scratch:
We hunted for 6 hours or until it got dark, and found over 100 flat buttons, serveral silver coins, clay pipe stems, miss. brass, and old trash pit from the 1920's-1930's in which this bottle came from.
The coins are as follows: (1859 Seated Half)(1873 Seated Quarter)(1854 Seated Half Dime)(1875 Seated Dime)(1831 Bust Half Dime)(Unknown silver coins/token)(Dateless Flying Eagle Penny)
I know there has to be some older copper coins there as well as some older silver. But we just didnt find any today, I will be back very soon to dig it again before they plant that field. Hardly none of my family including myself had no idea of the history of my Great Great Great Grandaddy until my historian Uncle came forth and told us. Like they always say you never know!!
Thanks for looking
While sitting there and chatting with Uncle Jr. I found out some things about our family farm that I did not know, and apparently neither did my grandfather to an extent. He said that my Grandpa's, Great Great Grandpa lived on the farm a long time ago and was very wealty. He bought the farm in 1832 in which when he got here, the house that he stayed in was already on the farm which was a 9 bedroom 2 story mansion, so he guessed that it was built sometime in the mid to late 1700's. Well Great x3 grandaddy had 632 acres by the year 1833 in which he had a grist mill, pines that he sold turpentine from and a distillery from which he sold Brandy and Gin for the Government.
Well this had def. sparked my intrest and I decided I would go back down there today 1 and hours from my house, and hunt it rain or shine, I had the fever. So I get down there around lunch time and get my Uncle Joe that I sold a machine to at Christmas and me and him hit the fields, We didnt know exactly where the house was, but Uncle Jr. did but he was at church so we just wondered around until we hit that hot spot, flat button city :Party: :Party: then the coins started coming out, and the brass. and we knew that we had found the site. Well about this time here comes Uncle Jr. telling exactly where the house was, the well and more. He said that Great x3 granddaddy was told by the Government to turn in all his US currency for Confederate money. So when he went to turn it in he told the government that and I quote "This money wont be worth the ink thats on it in 5 years" and sure enough he was right, out of dispite and having money that was worthless, he plasterd every wall in his house from floor to ceiling with confederate currency. He kept his Gold and silver and was supposed to pass it down to his 2 boys and 2 girls, but everyone says that he wrote a letter and said that he would bury it on the "high hill" after the war and it would be there until someone got it. Well it was never found, and dont think we didnt go look for it :joker: :joker:
When he died he he died a rich man and left his children with nothing but a half rotted house full of worthless money, and 632 acres in which he had put up for sale in sections. But its still all in the family, nobody knows what happend to his money, or where he buryed it, there are alot of "high hills" on my grandparents land. So it could be on any of em :scratch:
We hunted for 6 hours or until it got dark, and found over 100 flat buttons, serveral silver coins, clay pipe stems, miss. brass, and old trash pit from the 1920's-1930's in which this bottle came from.
The coins are as follows: (1859 Seated Half)(1873 Seated Quarter)(1854 Seated Half Dime)(1875 Seated Dime)(1831 Bust Half Dime)(Unknown silver coins/token)(Dateless Flying Eagle Penny)
I know there has to be some older copper coins there as well as some older silver. But we just didnt find any today, I will be back very soon to dig it again before they plant that field. Hardly none of my family including myself had no idea of the history of my Great Great Great Grandaddy until my historian Uncle came forth and told us. Like they always say you never know!!
Thanks for looking
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Good luck on finding the cashe.
HH in 2010 
and site!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that bottle looks kinda like the amber one i found last month.. with the arows marking the half cup line. real cool 
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I checked the backs of all of them not even an "O" in there.
