CheathamHill
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And the only detector I used (or even own at this point) was my eyes!
I was hiking with my dog on a friend's property that backs up to a major local battlefield. I always scan with my eyes on the ground out of the sheer chance 'something' would still be partially visible..even after 147 years. For over a year I've hiked his property, but found nothing other than some neat rocks.
Well...earlier this week I spotted the neatest rock I've found yet
It was sticking up through the dirt trail and I did a double take..turned around...pulled it out of the ground..and as soon as I held it and felt the weight of it, I knew I had my first piece of Civil War artillery shrapnel...I had looked at 'odd rocks' before..hoping they would be something they weren't..but I could usually tell by the texture and lighter wirgh that they were just rocks...there is no doubt about this being iron.....I think
? hahaha
I know it is NOTHING compared to what you guys find on here..but this time period is and always has been my passion..and to put my hands on a piece of history even as small as this means the world to me...and I've been grinning since finding it (yes I'm easily content)
What makes it sweeter is that 1) I found it with my eyes and 2) I can pretty much assume the exact date it was fired and by which side based on where I found it on hiis property.
Again, I know its nothing big...but to me..well, it's huge
I was hiking with my dog on a friend's property that backs up to a major local battlefield. I always scan with my eyes on the ground out of the sheer chance 'something' would still be partially visible..even after 147 years. For over a year I've hiked his property, but found nothing other than some neat rocks.
Well...earlier this week I spotted the neatest rock I've found yet
It was sticking up through the dirt trail and I did a double take..turned around...pulled it out of the ground..and as soon as I held it and felt the weight of it, I knew I had my first piece of Civil War artillery shrapnel...I had looked at 'odd rocks' before..hoping they would be something they weren't..but I could usually tell by the texture and lighter wirgh that they were just rocks...there is no doubt about this being iron.....I think
? hahahaI know it is NOTHING compared to what you guys find on here..but this time period is and always has been my passion..and to put my hands on a piece of history even as small as this means the world to me...and I've been grinning since finding it (yes I'm easily content)
What makes it sweeter is that 1) I found it with my eyes and 2) I can pretty much assume the exact date it was fired and by which side based on where I found it on hiis property.
Again, I know its nothing big...but to me..well, it's huge
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Now get a MD 
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