parsonwalker
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I have found just three buckles in years of relic hunting. And 2 were found in the last 8 days. I was blown away. Three of us had hunted hard all day, and found a few bullets, frags, a bayonet scabbard tip, a piece of an Indian hand ax and an eagle button. They say a great find is always at the START or END of the day. It was true this time. We hit the woods at about 10 AM. Just after 7 PM, worn out, I had turned in the direction of the truck. I was hitting barbed wire and some unidentifiable iron junk, but I got a good hit. Sounded like a medium depth bullet on the Tesoro Tejon. An inch in, I hit a holly root as big as my wrist. Almost too tired to cut it, but out came the folding saw and I did. Signal still there, but not screaming like a buckle usually does. I scratch around with fingers but feel nothing. Took a shovel full of dirt out, and then another. Withdrawing the shovel, a deep green oval flopped into the hole. Couldn't have been more than 6" deep. I suspect it was on it's side, and perhaps that accounts for the "average" signal I got. At the end of an "OK" hunt, that was the LAST thing I expected! I didn't even touch it. I just sat there looking at it going, "I can't BELIEVE this." And I couldn't. Ten months ago, I wondered if I would ever find a buckle. This is my third one. All U.S., all in great shape, two with leather, didn'tt touch any with the digger (WHAT?!!) but this is my first with arrowhead hooks. I am feeling incredibly blessed and a tad lucky! here's a short (Under 2 minutes) vid. Keep swinging that coil - they're still out there!
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