Living large in Nellysford, VA

Scrappy

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I’m down South on a family vacation in the mountains. I haven’t been in this part of Virginia in about 20 years, and I’d forgotten how beautiful an area it is...

So I visited a spot not based on any map, but fertile triangular spot between two streams. The adjacent field hasn’t been farmed since the 50’s and I had the necessary permissions. I did about 1-1/2 hours. Lots of slaw, sow buttons, and a nice large cent.

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The cows nearby were mooing and it was so peaceful. I love Virginia.
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A few buttons made up the majority of non-junk. What a great time. Every time I visit VA I’ve been blessed meeting kind people, good permissions, and nice finds.

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The large cent turned out to be a 1843, and the buttons are period as well.

Good digs everyone,

Steve
 

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Nice LC Scrappy- Congrats!
 

Don't forget to chow down at the Blue Ridge Pig while you are in Nellysford!
 

Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!
 

Don't forget to chow down at the Blue Ridge Pig while you are in Nellysford!

I drove by it, smelled amazing. I will be dropping a bundle there in the next day or so. Thanks for the tip
 

Congrats. Good finds.
 

Nice! While in Virginia you might dig some cut Spanish. I found two cut pieces near Culpeper.
 

Nice large cent starting to wonder if I'll ever find one cool buttons hope your having alot of fun putting 2 girls through College haven't had a vacation in 15 years geezer girls are expensive
. Have fun if you could post some pics would be awesome looks geogious from what I can see from the one pic. Great post Scrappy HH
 

Good digs Steve! Looks like an area with more to find!
 

Fine L.C. Steve. Thanks for sharing with us in the PNW.
 

Very nice and beautiful land indeed.
 

Nice! While in Virginia you might dig some cut Spanish. I found two cut pieces near Culpeper.

Hahahahaha! You’re funny Steve-o. Salt in my wound buddy...I was aiming to dig some cut silver down here but came up short!

Tomorrow I’ll try a bit more again. Cheers
 

Nice large cent starting to wonder if I'll ever find one cool buttons hope your having alot of fun putting 2 girls through College haven't had a vacation in 15 years geezer girls are expensive
. Have fun if you could post some pics would be awesome looks geogious from what I can see from the one pic. Great post Scrappy HH

Beautiful mountain country here. Tough digging with the rocky soil. Time required for kids comes and goes. I just came off about 1-1/2 years of barely hunting because my kids needed me more.
 

Good digs Steve! Looks like an area with more to find!

It’s a big field, but I haven’t much time to hunt. The family vacation thing has me doing more important things so I’ll probably be leaving a whole lot....
 

Well done, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

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