NEW YEARS DAY, AND A US PLATE TO START IT OFF RIGHT...

[lovedigging]

I met up with my brother DCooper1 this evening for a couple hours to dig a site he had gotten permission to hunt. This was my fifth trip out with him at this site and we did pretty good once again. My first signal was two bullets in the same hole and a few minutes later I dug the New York Button. A little while later I hit an area that had about ten bullets in a pretty small area, This is where I dug the Eagle Infantry button. A short while later I found my first batwing and was surprised to see it still had the leather on the back. Just before dark I dug a couple pieces of melted lead and when I stood up to sweep the area again I hit a really good signal. When I removed the plug I was really shocked to see an oval plate laying there at the bottom of my hole. It doesn't have the lead back and as you can see it's in pretty rough shape but still a plate. What a great way to start the New Year! Good luck to everyone this year....

 

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[brnn53]

Heck of a way to start the new year! Congrats!
Mike

 

[RONC(OR)]

Nice finds congrats

 

[crashbro17x]

WTG! Hope my new year starts out as good as yours!

 

[Narthoniel]

You fellas sure have a hot little honey hole there. Way to rake it in!

 

[Goldiver]

Sweet Haul on the relics man!! Looks like you may have an artillery gimlet too the iron thingy with finger sized hole used to pierce the powder bag before inserting the fuse. Nice!

Steve

 

[camb1]

WOW what a awesome hunt.

 

[BureFreak]

That is a fine example of what a New Year's Day hunt should be! I'm hoping that puts you well on your way to reaching your New Year's Resolution?! Happy Hunting and keep on finding some great Civil War artifacts.

Nate

PS - Place out a career long picture of your collection if you have one.

Thanks...

 

[civilman1]

How Sweet is that Todd.....Day 1 was very good to you,N.Y. Button to boot and an Eagle I to boot.Still looking for my first batwing,one day soon All's you have to do is say the magic word and I'm there Great Dig's!!!

 

[seger98]

Nice finds!

 

[Dman]

Great finds. Congrats on the plate.
Dman

 

[tymcmurray]

You two are going to have a museum full of artifacts before this year is
out! The batwing, the buttons, AND the plate.........HOLY &^%$!!!!
Please keep sharing your awesome finds.

 

[VOL1266-X]

That's a years worth of great relics for most hunters right there COOP!!! I really like the lead button. WTG!!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Congrats on your finds, especially the plate

 

[ringfinder]

You guys just keep smokin, Fantastic finds. Where you using the Whites XLT when you found
the plate? How hot was the soil? Just a few questions. LOL

HH, Ringfinder

 

[johnreb1980]

Thats just awesome. Way to go.

 

[duggap]

Way to go. A plate to start the year off is a sure sign your year is going to be a good one. I like that bat wing belt tip you found. Years of hunting and I am yet to find my first one of those. Nice buttons too. Think you might want to pay another visit to that spot. I'll be glad to carry your bags for you.

 

[tsgman]

Congrats on those great finds!

 

[kdismuke1]

SUPER CW FINDS.HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT 2009.

 

[lovedigging]

Sweet Haul on the relics man!! Looks like you may have an artillery gimlet too the iron thingy with finger sized hole used to pierce the powder bag before inserting the fuse. Nice!

Steve

Steve, Thanks for the information. I wondered what that was but hadn't had time to look in the Crouch's Bible to see what it was. Again Thanks!!!