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Civil War Bayonet Scabbard Tip, Eagle A's, Silver, Rosettes and the POLICE!!!
Hey Guys. Jeff and I got out this weekend for some hard digging. It started off on Friday morning with me digging a couple Eagle "A's" and Jeff a couple keepers as well.
Well as we were exiting the field we were greeted by two friendly Police Officers
This was strange as Jeff and I had sought and gained permission to hunt this field so
We had no idea what was going on
When we got up there the Officers said "What are you boys up to?" and we told them we're metal detecting and we
explained that its an addiction that we have and that we forfill it every opportunity that we get. We also explained to him that we had permission to be out there. Well by
this time, two cops had turned into about TEN with 4 regular police cars, 2 unmarked cars and even a TRUCK. We were thinking"What the Hail??" He then explained to us
that this old man on the other side of the field had called them and proceeded to say that he saw us out there "picking Marijuana"
LMAO. I guess
this old man had nothing better to do but to dream up this fantastical tale.....all the while I'm sure that he could see our metal detectors clearly 
So after
we talked to the officers and they saw that we were legit that told us that we could go....As we were walking away, they said "Wait, Hold on for just a minute" Right as
they were about to leave the old man on the other side of the field with the other officers, told them that he saw us stashing the "Weed" in a back pack We laughed and sat our gear down and told the officers that "we surely didn't have anything to worry about as we didn't even have a back pack with US!!!!" OH BOY.....talk about a Cherade!!! That was one FINE way to start
the morning....but they saw that there WAS NO BAG and that the old man was OBVIOUSLY making things up or SERIOUSLY mistaken and they told us to "Have a great
day and continue what we were doing" and even told us "Good Luck" because we were showing our finds to them as we were waiting..... Jeff and I just
looked at each other and laughed, we didn't have the words, so we just laughed
As for the finds, there were no "KILLER" finds this weekend but a couple good finds. Got a nice Civil War Scabbard Tip, some Eagle Buttons, a nice Old Rosette,
Flying Eagle Cent, 1865 Injun and some other things. Have a look below:
P.S.---The small flat button at the top I thought was just a blank when I dug it, but it clearly has some script on it if you look closely. I haven't really cleaned it up yet but being that its from the same field where I dug that 2nd Reg. of Rifles Button and Jeff dug the Light Artillery Button, I'm thinking that it will also be another War of 1812 Military Button. Have a look:
Group Shots
1857 Flying Eagle Cent
1865 Indian Head
Buttons
Scabbard Tip
Mystery Button (Believe it to be a War of 1812 Button. Looks like I can see a Script A or R....the photo doesn't really do it justice, you can see it much better in person. Haven't really cleaned it yet, but I will do it SLOW, and try to get the detail out, and will post another photo)
Silver Chain with fake "Rocafella" Pendant (Not exactly what I look for, but hey, I'll take the silver weight)
Possible Revolutionary War Button. Pewter button and VERY VERY old. (Pewter W/ two dots and a "7"? in the middle)
Hey Guys. Jeff and I got out this weekend for some hard digging. It started off on Friday morning with me digging a couple Eagle "A's" and Jeff a couple keepers as well.
Well as we were exiting the field we were greeted by two friendly Police Officers
This was strange as Jeff and I had sought and gained permission to hunt this field so We had no idea what was going on
When we got up there the Officers said "What are you boys up to?" and we told them we're metal detecting and we explained that its an addiction that we have and that we forfill it every opportunity that we get. We also explained to him that we had permission to be out there. Well by
this time, two cops had turned into about TEN with 4 regular police cars, 2 unmarked cars and even a TRUCK. We were thinking"What the Hail??" He then explained to us
that this old man on the other side of the field had called them and proceeded to say that he saw us out there "picking Marijuana"
LMAO. I guess this old man had nothing better to do but to dream up this fantastical tale.....all the while I'm sure that he could see our metal detectors clearly
So afterwe talked to the officers and they saw that we were legit that told us that we could go....As we were walking away, they said "Wait, Hold on for just a minute" Right as
they were about to leave the old man on the other side of the field with the other officers, told them that he saw us stashing the "Weed" in a back pack
We laughed and sat our gear down and told the officers that "we surely didn't have anything to worry about as we didn't even have a back pack with US!!!!" OH BOY.....talk about a Cherade!!! That was one FINE way to startthe morning....but they saw that there WAS NO BAG and that the old man was OBVIOUSLY making things up or SERIOUSLY mistaken and they told us to "Have a great
day and continue what we were doing" and even told us "Good Luck" because we were showing our finds to them as we were waiting.....
Jeff and I just looked at each other and laughed, we didn't have the words, so we just laughed
As for the finds, there were no "KILLER" finds this weekend but a couple good finds. Got a nice Civil War Scabbard Tip, some Eagle Buttons, a nice Old Rosette,
Flying Eagle Cent, 1865 Injun and some other things. Have a look below:
P.S.---The small flat button at the top I thought was just a blank when I dug it, but it clearly has some script on it if you look closely. I haven't really cleaned it up yet but being that its from the same field where I dug that 2nd Reg. of Rifles Button and Jeff dug the Light Artillery Button, I'm thinking that it will also be another War of 1812 Military Button. Have a look:
Group Shots
1857 Flying Eagle Cent
1865 Indian Head
Buttons
Scabbard Tip
Mystery Button (Believe it to be a War of 1812 Button. Looks like I can see a Script A or R....the photo doesn't really do it justice, you can see it much better in person. Haven't really cleaned it yet, but I will do it SLOW, and try to get the detail out, and will post another photo)
Silver Chain with fake "Rocafella" Pendant (Not exactly what I look for, but hey, I'll take the silver weight)
Possible Revolutionary War Button. Pewter button and VERY VERY old. (Pewter W/ two dots and a "7"? in the middle)
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Maybe the old gezzer thought you were "weed"eating the place! 
