🥇 BANNER HUGE ORDINANCE CACHE DISCOVERED!!! ............. INCLUDING A CS ARCHER BOLT!!!

[Devonrex]

As everyone knows, the last few weeks have not been too conducive to relic hunting because of all the snowy, cold, and wet weather we have been having. Southeastern Virginia, however, was fortunate to have a break for a few days last week and weekend (at least on Saturday) and I jumped at the opportunity to get some time in swinging my XP Deus. For years I had been wanting to get permission on a piece of property that I knew might have witnessed some shelling during the Peninsula campaign but the landowner was not fond of relic hunters. Permission had been denied to me on several attempts over the last 20 years. I had heard this site had been hunted early in the 60's and 70's and cleaned out but I still felt like this area had some secrets left in it. On Wednesday I drove by the area and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a real estate "Sold" sign. Sure enough this piece of real estate was now under new ownership! It took about an hour of conversing with the new owner but I was soon granted permission to hunt. I'm not going to go into all the details, as I am planning to write an article about the three days that followed, but I wanted to share here with everyone what I have found at this site up till now........ So far the shell and cannonball count is up to EIGHT!!! (2) 10 inch mortar balls, (1) ground burst 10 inch mortar ball, (1) 8 pound solid shot, (2) 6 pound solid shot, what I believe is half of a Revolutionary War chain shot or bar shot, and an unbelievable CS Archer Bolt dug on Saturday! Lots of lead canister shot and fragments have also been found. The only buttons I have dug so far is a Coat New York Staff, an Overcoat Eagle "I", and another coat Eagle button. Other relics include part of a shoulder epilautte, half of an early colonial set of cufflinks with a glass insert, and several bullets including one Enfield, a Burnside, 2 Spencers, and a few pistol bullets. These cannonballs and shells are DEEP. one of the 10 inch balls was at 4 1/2 feet while the other was at 3 feet deep. Even the CS Archer Bolt was at 3 feet deep. So even though I have pretty much covered the entire hillside (impact area) where these were discovered I feel there are more. Hopefully there will be a part 2 to this story! HH Devonrex ..... (PS The cannonballs and shell are currently being defused and electrolysized by a professional and are in no way a harm to anyone) ​

 

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[A2coins]

Amazing finds. I cant imagine a hunt like that I go on many hunts with the big goose egg 0 but I love every minute of it. I hope you post the article when your finished . That's very nice of the land owner a little display case of histort for them would be a good gift,just a thought, Thanks for the great post!!!!!!!!

 

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[OZARKS]

WOW! Talk about some amazing finds! Gotta be careful digging that kind of stuff...lol

 

[Kurios1]

Major league relic score mate. Excellent recoveries, research, and permission. Well done.

 

[against the wind]

That's a lot of digging.
Your 20 years of persistence paid off..
Banner

 

[Goldiver]

Fantastic group of relics! I am hoping to see more coming from that site!

Steve

 

[pepperj]

Congrats on the permission and the awesome recoveries from the hunting at the site. Best of luck on the return hunts and the clean up on these finds.

 

[Sooper Dave]

So awesome! Sure glad you saw the sold sign. Great saves!

 

[Devonrex]

Hi D, Congrats on your finds as well!!! I know how difficult it is to extract round shot from a hole, heres a pic of 6 from elbow deep water (in March" ......HH....BonzView attachment 1544360

Congratulations on discovering your cache as well!!! Yes, the hardest part is getting the ball out of the hole. The 10 inch mortars weigh in excess of 100 pounds each........ I don't know how many times they both slipped from my grip and rolled back to the bottom of their holes . They each took me over an hour before the balls were on top of the ground!

 

[Devonrex]

We can't even tell that's an Archer show us what it looks like cleaned up a little. That's a fantastic site, two mortars is almost unheard of these days. Congratulations, I'm voting banner.

Yes, it is unheard of. The last time I dug a mortar like this was 15 years ago. You can be within 3 feet of these monsters and if you have any respectable machine you are going to hear it! That is why the first relic hunters into an impact area usually found these. These were DEEP.......... that is why they were still there.

 

[P.ALLEN]

Get it!

 

[lookingharder]

Congrats on the amazing find. Huge respect for your perseverance.

 

[alabama11]

Outstanding finds. Banner if I can vote.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[DirtStalker]

Great Save and Banner worthy for sure. You don't post often but when you do Dayum

 

[TimberCrack]

Guess I need a new detector...if yours hears something at 4FEET!........congrats!!!

 

[Valley Ranger]

Epic saves for sure! Congratulations and a banner vote. Can't wait to read the article!

 

[The Rebel]

Awesome, just awesome!

 

[Devonrex]

Guess I need a new detector...if yours hears something at 4FEET!........congrats!!!

Thanks TimberCrack, here's a pic of the hole that the first 10 inch mortar ball came out of. If you look closely you can see my side knife at the bottom. Once the ball was out I measured the depth
and it was over 4 and 1/2 feet deep! It took me over an hour to get this big boy out!!! Devonrex

 

[Devonrex]

That's a banner hunt indeed! A hunt that all us relic nuts dream of. Congratulations! Vote is in.

Thanks Relic Nut, Yes I have had many dreams like this......where every hole is an artillery shell or button or buckle!

 

[Relicific]

Super finds
Congrats