🥇 BANNER Incredibly epic Civil War Trash pit dig. 7 plates in 1 hole, leather pieces, hooks et

[Gregg3131]

Had the most incredible day digging in the Fredericksburg area the other day. After not finding much things changed very quickly. Here are most of the finds from 1 trash pit minus some of the leather. Basically I was hunting a CW camp and had a pretty choppy signal after opening the hole signal got a little better. Down about 12 inches I saw the breast plate lying vertically and was pumped to have found that but then I noticed another shape under the breast plate and that was the US boxplate right under it. I then opened the hole and noticed leather fragments everywhere, the pin pointer and detector were screaming. I proceeded to save 5 box plates and 2 breast plates, tons of leather with hooks attached, scabbard tips, waist adjusters, iron buckles, 2 canteen spouts one with a name or carved initials, rivets, etc all in one small hole about 2 feet wide. Needless to say it was a day I will never forget. Just shows you there are still honey holes left so keep swinging. I feel so blessed to have been fortunate to save these pieces of history and certainly will be looking for more pits.

 

[JerseyDigger19]

JACKPOT!!!!

 

[metalev4]

Awesome! Looks like a couple of Knapp sacks too. Incredible find. Looks like they salvaged the US waist buckles and burned the belt rigs.

 

[LowTide ( birdman)]

Now that's one for the relic hunters dreams! Pure amazement.

 

[Shakakka]

I'm tempted to hammer out a steady stream of unintelligible curse words here, so instead all I'll say is CONGRATULATIONS.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Had the most incredible day digging in the Fredericksburg area the other day. After not finding much things changed very quickly. Here are most of the finds from 1 trash pit minus some of the leather. Basically I was hunting a CW camp and had a pretty choppy signal after opening the hole signal got a little better. Down about 12 inches I saw the breast plate lying vertically and was pumped to have found that but then I noticed another shape under the breast plate and that was the US boxplate right under it. I then opened the hole and noticed leather fragments everywhere, the pin pointer and detector were screaming. I proceeded to save 5 box plates and 2 breast plates, tons of leather with hooks attached, scabbard tips, waist adjusters, iron buckles, 2 canteen spouts one with a name or carved initials, rivets, etc all in one small hole about 2 feet wide. Needless to say it was a day I will never forget. Just shows you there are still honey holes left so keep swinging. I feel so blessed to have been fortunate to save these pieces of history and certainly will be looking for more pits.

Super Finds...!
...by any chance, did you find any bones in the mix, too...?
Yeah, what a special day you had...!

 

[sawmill man]

That is incredible, thats more than a life time find for most of us.

 

[sutphin]

ANYBODY WANT A DETECTOR CAUSE MINE MUST BE BROKEN > UNREAL CONGRATS>

 

[Roadrunner007]

Incredible Finds! ....Congrats!!

 

[Army of 1]

Incredible find , congrats Gregg3131 !

 

[vince76]

Congrats for the banner. Nice finds!

 

[WaterScoop]

Congratulations on an epic hunt.

 

[Gregg3131]

Thanks for all the wonderful comments and the banner.

 

[Lanny in AB]

Wow!! Incredible finds!

Nicely done.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[K1DDO1979]

My 7 suck big time compared to yours...

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[saftgeek]

Great save! That is a dream day for anyone. Save some for the rest of us.

Saftgeek-

 

[Coil-2-Soil]

Absolutely amazing find! I know the excitement I have digging a minie ball so I can’t imagine your reaction to all that. Congrats.HH

 

[Gregg3131]

Thanks all

 

[sutphin]

AH SHUCKS THAT AINT NOTHING .. HELL IT AINT.

 

[Valley Ranger]

Epic! Congratulations!

 

[Showtime2385]

Amazing