I decided to beat the rain. I wanted to get one day digging out this weekend. I went to a POUNDED Civil War site some distance from here. My Tesoro Cibola wanted to come, so I said ok, it and the Deus were "arguing" in the back seat about who would do better.
Got to the site and basically switched machines a few times. Here are the results. Both machines did very well.
Took the Cibola first around a log we had been digging last week. First thing out was a piece of a civil war cartridge box tin, nothing dramatic, but you don't find many anymore. I found some glass and nails in the hole, and just decided to move a little of the horrid red dirt back and I'm basically flipping some dirt over and I see this little "A" on top of the pile. The Cibola had heard it as non ferrous, remember that machine is a turn and go type. It is a Union kepi hat letter "A". This is the first hat letter I have ever found.
I found a hat #"1" last summer, but this is my first hat letter and I was jazzed. Went around the tree some more and pulled out some small pieces of camp lead. I moved over a few feet and found two bullets "hiding" about 4" down under a large tree limb, which I had to move out of the way. 
Then I moved to the other side of the tree, and alternately used the Tesoro and the Deus, depending on which whimpered the most. I wound up with 2 eagle buttons, 1 underwear button and my first ever coat Virginia Button! All in all a good day.
I then got tired of this little are, and moved off around 50' looking for any concentration of metals. I found some broken glass, the one piece is from a green flask, nails, more camp lead, and two 1930's shotgun shell bases. These are now hard finds from this site as it has been dug since the 1960's. The largest piece of camp lead the Deus nailed down near a gulley. It was fun. The site doesn't seem to produce coins. They may have been cherry picked out of it a long time ago.
Got to the site and basically switched machines a few times. Here are the results. Both machines did very well.
Took the Cibola first around a log we had been digging last week. First thing out was a piece of a civil war cartridge box tin, nothing dramatic, but you don't find many anymore. I found some glass and nails in the hole, and just decided to move a little of the horrid red dirt back and I'm basically flipping some dirt over and I see this little "A" on top of the pile. The Cibola had heard it as non ferrous, remember that machine is a turn and go type. It is a Union kepi hat letter "A". This is the first hat letter I have ever found.
I found a hat #"1" last summer, but this is my first hat letter and I was jazzed. Went around the tree some more and pulled out some small pieces of camp lead. I moved over a few feet and found two bullets "hiding" about 4" down under a large tree limb, which I had to move out of the way. Then I moved to the other side of the tree, and alternately used the Tesoro and the Deus, depending on which whimpered the most. I wound up with 2 eagle buttons, 1 underwear button and my first ever coat Virginia Button! All in all a good day.I then got tired of this little are, and moved off around 50' looking for any concentration of metals. I found some broken glass, the one piece is from a green flask, nails, more camp lead, and two 1930's shotgun shell bases. These are now hard finds from this site as it has been dug since the 1960's. The largest piece of camp lead the Deus nailed down near a gulley. It was fun. The site doesn't seem to produce coins. They may have been cherry picked out of it a long time ago.
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Got to plant me one of those! Congratulations Smokey
