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- Jan 10, 2007
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- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
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- Relic Hunting
CSA Block "I" & 2 Eagle Buttons, Picket Bullet, Guard Plate-Better Pic of Button
With heavy rain forecast for tomorrow in Tennessee, Josh and I got in a 4 hour hunt this morning at the CSA Camp we have been hunting lately. We dug the relics in the first pic in an area no bigger than 50 yards long by 20 yards wide. We both dug a Burnside carbine bullet and assorted others. Josh got a nice Picket Bullet for a Country Rifle in the 2nd pic that one of Morgan's Men brought from home.
Josh dug the two Eagle buttons-one coat size and a cuff button. The cuff button shows some gold gilt remaining. I dug the brass saddle guard plate used to tie rawhide through the seat to secure the bedroll, etc..
I dug the Block "I' Confederate button with the iron back in the last pic. The back was rusty as usual but the brass front was solid. Josh got all excited. I promised Dman that I would call him and report what we found. He was in therapy when I called. The cell reception where we were left a little to be desired. He said "Did you say Confederate Block "I'? I said that it was. That's when the therapist got on the phone and said Dman had fallen off the table-LOL. Not the best example of a Block "I' but good CS buttons from an early war camp commanded by Gen. Morgan are very rare to recover.
On our hunt last week, I found a terrapin shell in the woods and sent it by Josh to his youngest daughter "Peyton". That's her with her shell in the 3rd pic.
Happy Hunting from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
Jan. 2011 CW Relics=33
With heavy rain forecast for tomorrow in Tennessee, Josh and I got in a 4 hour hunt this morning at the CSA Camp we have been hunting lately. We dug the relics in the first pic in an area no bigger than 50 yards long by 20 yards wide. We both dug a Burnside carbine bullet and assorted others. Josh got a nice Picket Bullet for a Country Rifle in the 2nd pic that one of Morgan's Men brought from home.
Josh dug the two Eagle buttons-one coat size and a cuff button. The cuff button shows some gold gilt remaining. I dug the brass saddle guard plate used to tie rawhide through the seat to secure the bedroll, etc..
I dug the Block "I' Confederate button with the iron back in the last pic. The back was rusty as usual but the brass front was solid. Josh got all excited. I promised Dman that I would call him and report what we found. He was in therapy when I called. The cell reception where we were left a little to be desired. He said "Did you say Confederate Block "I'? I said that it was. That's when the therapist got on the phone and said Dman had fallen off the table-LOL. Not the best example of a Block "I' but good CS buttons from an early war camp commanded by Gen. Morgan are very rare to recover.
On our hunt last week, I found a terrapin shell in the woods and sent it by Josh to his youngest daughter "Peyton". That's her with her shell in the 3rd pic.
Happy Hunting from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
Jan. 2011 CW Relics=33
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Great hunt and finds guys 
I think it's safe to say , Peyton will take the turtle shell over those dirty ole buttons any day of the week 
