Steve in PA
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Diggin' in Virginia (DIV) - Colonial style!!
I spent the past weekend at the DIV event in Culpeper, Virginia. These hunts, for those that do not know, are large paid hunts on farms that contain large Civil War winter camps. However, there are ususally a couple early house sites on these farms. These are large farms, anywhere from 600 to a couple thousand acres. This weekend I spent most of Saturday on an isolated corner of the property where not many hunters were going into. However, this isolated corner held a colonial house site, and I was in my element! I love finding colonial relics and coins
Here are my finds. I was thrilled to find not one, but two pieces of cut Spanish silver, along with a 1738 KG II. This makes 15 pieces of cut silver for me and I have included a new group shot of them all. I also ran across a few Civil War bullets in my quest for colonials - LOL
I spent the past weekend at the DIV event in Culpeper, Virginia. These hunts, for those that do not know, are large paid hunts on farms that contain large Civil War winter camps. However, there are ususally a couple early house sites on these farms. These are large farms, anywhere from 600 to a couple thousand acres. This weekend I spent most of Saturday on an isolated corner of the property where not many hunters were going into. However, this isolated corner held a colonial house site, and I was in my element! I love finding colonial relics and coins
Here are my finds. I was thrilled to find not one, but two pieces of cut Spanish silver, along with a 1738 KG II. This makes 15 pieces of cut silver for me and I have included a new group shot of them all. I also ran across a few Civil War bullets in my quest for colonials - LOL
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At Hansborough's Ridge 2 (DIV 12 if I remember correct), I dug a 1797 Draped Bust on the front Hill across the driveway from the Firing Range where the soldiers stood to fire. When myself Todd Cooper and Dave Cooper found that site on Friday we must've dug 200 bullets in 30 minutes there 
And it continued to feed the whole hunt with bullets. I went over there for a short time on Sunday to see if there was any left and it was SPARSE..THOUSANDS of bullets had been harvested, but I still managed to dig more.....George Lesche found two 3 Ringers that had been fused together from that spot!!!
Sure must be nice to get that one piece of silver with the date visible, and 15 total cut pieces now, WOW. There is no way that could happen in the types of homesteads I hunt, have yet to find one cut piece or a cob yet between the son and I and we have over 45 or pieces of spanish silver........ The cut silver just was not commonly done in these parts I guess. Again, glad you did well on the DIV hunt!
