Lots of Diggin but not many relics...

cwdigger · Feb 24, 2010

Went back out this past weekend to a spot that has been producing right steady, a few spencers here, a few eagle buttons there. Alot of Minnies, bugle &hardee hat pins etc... So we figured that today would be just like any other day, well we were wrong. $:-\$
A friend of mine that has never done anything more than look for arrowheads wanted to tag along with one of his friends just to watch and see how we detect, so when we got there, he watched us for aobut an hour then he jumped into his own spot. After about an hour of digging he found his first eagle button :hello2:

then he got a couple of percussion caps, as well as a flat williams cleaner.

There were 6 of us digging and he was the one that found the most, beginners luck I guess, we usally do not come out of this spot with out at least 6 or so bullets, 2-3 eagles buttons, a hat pin and some other items but not today. We found an old period lock around 4 feet down, 2 cleaners, percussion caps, and I found an iron backed cuff button. Not much but we did get to get out with friends and this was a time to remember.

So here are some pics to show that we earned the few things that we did find,lol :laughing7:

hikeinmts · Feb 24, 2010

That looks like a hungry crew......hungry to rescue disappearing Civil War artifacts. Great hunt. :thumbsup:

When I was in Alabama and Georgia I never got in on a dig. Found plenty of Civil War finds, but never had to
do a deep dig for them. Good luck in the future.

Dman · Feb 24, 2010

Looks like a good day of digging. Are those rifle pits?
Dman

Hill Billy · Feb 24, 2010

That looks like fun and my kind of digging. Too bad its all clay around here.
Sorry you guys didn't find the normal haul your used too.
Good luck next time.
Bet your buddy is gonna be hooked now.

HB

civilman1 · Feb 24, 2010

I hate you :thumbsup:

That look's like fun really,gotta be more on down the line Matt.I promise you,I'm not coming out of the corn field without a bullet this weekend.See Ya

cwdigger · Feb 24, 2010

Dman said:
Looks like a good day of digging. Are those rifle pits?
Dman

Yes some are.

Hill Billy said:
That looks like fun and my kind of digging. Too bad its all clay around here.
Sorry you guys didn't find the normal haul your used too.
Good luck next time.
Bet your buddy is gonna be hooked now.

HB

Oh yea he and his friend love it now, thats him holding the eagle button up in the pic.

civilman1 said:
I hate you That look's like fun really,gotta be more on down the line Matt.I promise you,I'm not coming out of the corn field without a bullet this weekend.See Ya

Lmao, yea joe it was a nice warm day with 60 degree weather. lol. Good luck this weekend, let me know what you find.

mainer · Feb 24, 2010

A bad day in the field is better then a good day at work. :thumbsup:

Mainer

cwdigger · Feb 24, 2010

mainer said:
A bad day in the field is better then a good day at work.

Mainer

Amen

MaineRelic · Feb 24, 2010

mainer said:
A bad day in the field is better then a good day at work.

Mainer If you were a civil war soldier a bad day in the field was a bad day at work !! MaineRelic.

olekyground · Feb 25, 2010

GREAT BUTTON!! Sometimes, (even though its not as much as you wanted) It seems worth it to pull something nice like that eagle button after digging and digging for a while. congrats :icon_thumright: