Hit the Bullseye before the Storm... Our Latest Civil War Finds!

[pitdiggers]

Hey TNET,

I want to start by saying MERRY CHRISTMAS TNET!!! Well my eldest son came back from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and we wanted to squeeze in one last dig before the big blizzard. We were hoping for some luck because he hasn't been able to dig while at school and wanted to make up for that. So we decided to hit one of our old reliable sites, and ended up with a nice batch of relics. And in that batch of relics was a first for us, a bullseye rosette. I won't list out the rest of the relics for you guys but instead just let the couple of pictures show you everything we found. Hope you enjoy the relics.

~pitdiggers

 

[DCMatt]

Nice digs! Glad somebody got out before the snow. I guess we won't be getting out again any time soon...

I'm told those bullseye rosettes are from Union artillery horses. I dug one near Ox Hill last year.

Merry Christmas to you!

DCMatt

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Congrats on a great hunt with your son and your first bullseye rosette Merry Christmas to you too.

 

[randyinarkansas]

Great Digs!!!

 

[vayank54]

some cool stuff. congrats on the rosette

 

[RPG]

Congrats on a great hunt and a very nice bullseye rosette. Don't see many of those dug.

Thought I had dug one last year but wasn't to be.

Good luck and Merry Christmas
Randy

 

[tymcmurray]

Merry christmas to you!
Great hunt!

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[civilman1]

Very nice pitdigger's.....Love the Bullseye Rosette,still one on my wish list.Merry Christmas to you and your's.Nice recovery's guy's

 

[pitdiggers]

Thanks everyone I am glad you liked the relics and yeah that bullseye rosette can be a tough one to find... it only took me years and years of detecting haha. Now I wish I could cross off that CS tongue from my wishlist!

 

[allen]

man id love to have one day of detecting like that !!!

 

[coinshooter]

Please tell this west coast guy what that was part of.
Was it used in a horse bridle as stated?

 

[jamesbibb]

HAS HE CHECKED INTO DETECTING ON SOME OF THE CAMPUS GROUNDS
BUT ALSO THERE IS ALOT OF NEAT OLD HOMES RIGHT ON HIS DOOR STEP
BUT THEN AGAIN DETECTORS JUST DONT DO IT FOR THOSE UVA CHICKS

 

[pitdiggers]

Hmmm...UVA chicks or digging in the dirt. What a dilemma! I will probably come down with him and see if we can get him some permission in the local area. I have another spot lined up for him to dig while he is home but with all of that snow on the ground it is not looking good. The rossette is definitely period from the side of a horse bridal bit. It has taken me years to find a bullseye one. Well you all have a great Christmas and New Years. I will try to post my year in review sometime over the next week.