alderan33
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- Oct 15, 2010
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- Location
- Greenville, NC
- Detector(s) used
- Whites Spectra V3I
Garrett Pro Pointer
Minelab Etrac
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Yesterday I asked permission to hunt some private land near an old Fort and the owner's very kindly granted me permission. I thanked them, parked in some shade, grabbed my gear and off I went.
I immediately recognized my first mistake as I swept my coil through the foot-high grass and billions of mosquitoes rose to attack and feed. I had no repellent. That sucked.
About 20 minutes into my search, my V3I gave me a solid +50 at two inches. I started digging with my trusty tool and out popped a small, perfectly round metal ball. I thought "no way". I was very excited because I have never found anything of any significance. I put it in the keeper pouch and waved my pin-pointer at the hole. It went crazy... Then I went crazy.
My little pouch was soon full and too heavy so I had to walk back to the truck to find something else to put them in. All I could find was an empty Gatorade bottle and a 1 gallon zip-lock bag. After 45 minutes of dodging ants (did I mention I was digging in an ant bed?) and mosquitoes I finally dug out all 427 Musket Balls. They were all together in the hole. There were no signs of any container so either the container completely disintegrated or someone dug a shallow hole and poured them in it.
My theory is that the Musket Balls were placed there as an emergency cache in case the Indians overran their position at the Fort.
I also found an Army/Navy button about 20 feet from the cache. It has an Eagle on the front. Anyone know what it is specifically?
After about four hours of hunting and nothing else to show for it, I took my finds to the house to show the owner what I had found. I grabbed one of the Musket Balls and showed it first to the man's wife. She looked at it and said, "oh you found a marble". I told her I think it's a Musket Ball. She didn't know what that was so I explained it to her. She told me her husband might want to talk to me about it so she went and got him. He came back alone and I told him I found a bunch of Musket Balls and offered him more of them. He declined and said the one is enough for him.
He took me inside to show me his collection of things he has found on his land over the years. Arrow heads, spear heads, bullets. They were very nice and said I could come back any time as long as I stop and let them know I'm there.
My dad has been encouraging me lately to "keep digging, you'll find something good". In my opinion it's the find of a lifetime.
Thanks for looking.
I immediately recognized my first mistake as I swept my coil through the foot-high grass and billions of mosquitoes rose to attack and feed. I had no repellent. That sucked.
About 20 minutes into my search, my V3I gave me a solid +50 at two inches. I started digging with my trusty tool and out popped a small, perfectly round metal ball. I thought "no way". I was very excited because I have never found anything of any significance. I put it in the keeper pouch and waved my pin-pointer at the hole. It went crazy... Then I went crazy.
My little pouch was soon full and too heavy so I had to walk back to the truck to find something else to put them in. All I could find was an empty Gatorade bottle and a 1 gallon zip-lock bag. After 45 minutes of dodging ants (did I mention I was digging in an ant bed?) and mosquitoes I finally dug out all 427 Musket Balls. They were all together in the hole. There were no signs of any container so either the container completely disintegrated or someone dug a shallow hole and poured them in it.
My theory is that the Musket Balls were placed there as an emergency cache in case the Indians overran their position at the Fort.
I also found an Army/Navy button about 20 feet from the cache. It has an Eagle on the front. Anyone know what it is specifically?
After about four hours of hunting and nothing else to show for it, I took my finds to the house to show the owner what I had found. I grabbed one of the Musket Balls and showed it first to the man's wife. She looked at it and said, "oh you found a marble". I told her I think it's a Musket Ball. She didn't know what that was so I explained it to her. She told me her husband might want to talk to me about it so she went and got him. He came back alone and I told him I found a bunch of Musket Balls and offered him more of them. He declined and said the one is enough for him.
He took me inside to show me his collection of things he has found on his land over the years. Arrow heads, spear heads, bullets. They were very nice and said I could come back any time as long as I stop and let them know I'm there.
My dad has been encouraging me lately to "keep digging, you'll find something good". In my opinion it's the find of a lifetime.
Thanks for looking.
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