First Civil War Lead!

cntrydncr1 · Feb 25, 2011

Met up with a new friend from another forum yesterday to hunt an area know to have civil war bullets. I purchased a used White's TDI from him and he showed me how to use it. I was able to find a few goodies!

MaineRelic · Feb 25, 2011

Congrads Dancer ! I would love to find some CW lead relics ! I do find a three ringer every now and then but way up here in Maine I don't consider them CW relics ! :icon_sunny:

MaineRelic

MiniMe · Feb 25, 2011

Congrats Debby!!! :hello2:

It's a great feeling. Hope many more come your way at the big dig :icon_thumleft:

cntrydncr1 · Feb 25, 2011

Blind Squirrel said:
Congrats Debbie!!! Nice three ringer In Virginia now, huh? You sure do get around, no telling where you might show up

lol I do get around but I was in Maryland, getting ready to go to DIV soon...

and Hunterv3, with gloves they do stay almost clean but this was taken at home after cleaning me and the bullet!

hunterV3 · Feb 25, 2011

I'm usually dirt from head to toe when I'm done and haven't had clean nails in years!
Nice bullet though!
Still looking for my first one.

cwdigger · Feb 25, 2011

Wow congrats on your first minnie, esp. with the TDI it took me 6 months with that machine b4 I found a piece of lead :laughing7:

MiniMe · Feb 25, 2011

hunterV3 said:
I'm usually dirt from head to toe when I'm done and haven't had clean nails in years!

steelheadwill · Feb 26, 2011

Congrats on Those Neat Slugs! :thumbsup:

Poptopagain · Feb 26, 2011

Now you're hooked! Your life will never be the same. Congrats.

traverdog · Feb 26, 2011

That's a nice one. Congratulations!!!

Nana40 · Feb 27, 2011

Congrats on that first, Deb! And good luck at the hunt!!

Nana :hello:

CMDiamonddawg · Feb 27, 2011

Cool # 1 8) 8) 3 ringer I am wondering :icon_scratch:

was this a Pa .find or Fla . ?

VOL1266-X · Feb 27, 2011

Debbie, I borrowed an old Garrett detector from a friend the year of the baseball strike and went to a local CW site to try my luck with nobody to help me to learn the detector. My son and I found pieces of trace chains and only iron items there that day. The next day I went back and dug my first 3 ringer. You never forget when you hold that piece of history in your hand or feel that heavy object in that handful of dirt that you pass in front of your coil and just know it's lead. Congrats and I hope that's only the first of many hundreds of bullets that you recover. HH, Quindy.

weaver · Feb 27, 2011

nice 3 ringer it's a great feeling digging civil war anything.....the other one i have several that I've been told were hospital bullets that were used to chew on while being work on and some i was told that wild pigs would pick up and chew. sometimes you can see the teeth marks which look human and really send a chill down your spine.