VOL1266-X
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- Location
- Northern Middle Tennessee
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Eagle "I" Button, CW Bullets & Dman's Off I.R. & Digging Tenn. CW Relics Again
With Dman released to relic hunt by his physician and a warm Tennessee day, he couldn't wait to get out with Josh and myself on Saturday at a CSA Cavalry camp. Within 5 minutes of arriving and only 50 feet from the truck, he had already dug a hunk of campfire lead and a dropped .69 cal. round ball. He was grinning from ear to ear. He held up pretty well from his shoulder surgery but a little over two hours was about all he could take and we left. Unfortunately, Josh could only hunt about an hour and a half before he had to go. The finds recovered by Dman and myself are in the first pic. Josh's cleaned finds are displayed in the second pic including an Eagle button and bullet from his solo hunt yesterday at a U.S. Cavalry site. I got lucky and found the Eagle "I' button in the third pic with Dman looking on (he loves to dig buttons). Josh had been gone about 10 minutes when I dug the Infantry officer's button and Dman called Josh on our way home and told him about it. He actually accused us of making up a story-imagine that-LOL.
Dman and Josh hunted the area of the camp on Saturday where I dug the CS Block "I" button on the last day of January and I worked the front camp area. Josh helped Dman by digging his holes.They both dug a .44 cal.Colt Dragoon pistol bullet and Josh and I had not dug one of that type at all in that particular spot while Dman recovered from his surgery. Even though this is an early 1863 Confederate Cavalry Camp, the Block "I" is the only CS button that we know of to have been dug there. Between the three of us, we have now dug 2 Eagle "I" buttons, a Dragoon cuff button, and 4 general service Eagle buttons. This shows how desperate the Confederate Army was for buttons. HH from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
With Dman released to relic hunt by his physician and a warm Tennessee day, he couldn't wait to get out with Josh and myself on Saturday at a CSA Cavalry camp. Within 5 minutes of arriving and only 50 feet from the truck, he had already dug a hunk of campfire lead and a dropped .69 cal. round ball. He was grinning from ear to ear. He held up pretty well from his shoulder surgery but a little over two hours was about all he could take and we left. Unfortunately, Josh could only hunt about an hour and a half before he had to go. The finds recovered by Dman and myself are in the first pic. Josh's cleaned finds are displayed in the second pic including an Eagle button and bullet from his solo hunt yesterday at a U.S. Cavalry site. I got lucky and found the Eagle "I' button in the third pic with Dman looking on (he loves to dig buttons). Josh had been gone about 10 minutes when I dug the Infantry officer's button and Dman called Josh on our way home and told him about it. He actually accused us of making up a story-imagine that-LOL.
Dman and Josh hunted the area of the camp on Saturday where I dug the CS Block "I" button on the last day of January and I worked the front camp area. Josh helped Dman by digging his holes.They both dug a .44 cal.Colt Dragoon pistol bullet and Josh and I had not dug one of that type at all in that particular spot while Dman recovered from his surgery. Even though this is an early 1863 Confederate Cavalry Camp, the Block "I" is the only CS button that we know of to have been dug there. Between the three of us, we have now dug 2 Eagle "I" buttons, a Dragoon cuff button, and 4 general service Eagle buttons. This shows how desperate the Confederate Army was for buttons. HH from Dman, Josh, and myself, Quindy.
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