Isaac
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- Location
- Fairfax, Virginia
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- Detector(s) used
- Whites MXT All Pro, Garrett AT Pro
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
A couple weeks ago I went to a site I hunted last Winter where I found 3 bullets with my AT Pro... I took the MXT this time and she shined through. This was a old school house my Grandfather's Dad went to as a boy... and convieniently, it's on a civil war wagon trail in which the troops had skirmishes through the area. Unfortunately, I can't go back until later this winter because hunting season has started and the owner of the property said I can come back next year during the winter... this was a back-up site. I was planning to go to the house (abandoned) in which my Grandfather's Dad was born (pre-civil war house), but the owner wasn't home that day, and he will only let me detect if he's home. That's another site I want to hit soon... also on that civil war wagon trail.
Behind the school I started my grid (the front is littered with trash that I will be removing this winter). The first signal I dug there after 15 minutes of hunting was the same noise as a piece of can slaw would give, which I was finding tons of. Only an inch deep a 1920 buffalo pops out. Definetely dates to the school house, my Grandfather's Dad could've lost that. Then about 15 minutes later I dug my first bullet for the day... 2 minutes later another one pops out. I'm gridding to the right of where the school sits now and I'm getting bullet after bullet. I also pull out an enfield nose cap with all the lead. I get another bullet signal about 2 feet from a Nose-cast dropped three ringer... I dug it and it was harder to find than most of the bullets I'm pinpointing today. I took it out live on video (because I thought I was live digging another bullet) and low and behold a beautiful confederate Block "Lined I" infantry button arises from the dirt. Not something I was expecting. I was so happy and excited that during the camera I said it was a Script I.
I dug another Nose cast 3 ringed bullet two feet away from the other Nose cast and CS button, I was thinking they could've been dropped at the same time. I kept digging bullets after I got the button and since it got dark, I had to quit for the day. I got 13 bullets that day... a personal best for me.
I went back the next day and went to the left side of the school... not as much as the right side but I was still getting plenty of targets. I dug a WWI cuff button (school house find), my first Colt pistol bullet, a couple brooches, some over all buttons, an enfield trigger guard end, and a sword hanger. Can't wait to go back.
The other day, I went to a spot my relative owns across from his business. He said a guy hit it a few years ago and found "cut Spanish coin", "coins" and buttons". He wasn't lying either! The last guy hunted this site HARD!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a turn of the century house ... But had a colonial house right in its front yard looooong before it. Targets were so sparse, I thought the yard was landscaped and after about two hours I was about to give up because all I found was a Rivet. I got a faint signal 8" deep a thick flat button pops out. I start to realize the guy who was here before me knew exactly what he was doing and was good at it. I walk about 5' from the button and get a quarter signal. About 6" down I see a silver rim. A 1936 merc. Always welcome no matter how old. The soil was soft and sandy which made for easy and pleasing to be digging. I then got a 8" button back to a general service button. Too bad it's missing the front but I was impressed with the MXT's depth. After a while I worked around the iron patch of the colonial homesite. There's also unusual depressions in the yard. I got a solid wheat penny signal down at 6" not expecting more than a memorial I dug it and right on the very tip of the plug a small thin piece of silver fell... quarter cut Spanish!!!!!!! 1724 (so happy I got the date) pistareen! My oldest dated coin yet. Yay! I hunted a bit longer and dug a civil war bullet at 10"+ (deeper than the trx) …got a few buttons... Some other odds and ends... And camp lead pieces. The wheats and advertising watch fob are from a different site I hunted for a few minutes before the colonial site.
The next day I knocked on a old house with two symmetrical chimney's on either side, to me that screams pre civil war. I got a quick permission but could only hunt for 30 minutes. I'll be back tho. The homeowner told me it was 1918 but I didn't believe it. My first target was a early wheat and then right after that at 11", I got a beautiful colonial horse tack buckle. Nearby I get a flat button and some aluminum trash. I get a +83 signal at only 3" deep and it turned out to be a matron large cent. I think it's 1836 but it's tough. Just like the Spanish coin. I also got a steel top thimble (early 1800s) and a couple other odds and ends. Only thirty minutes and I think there's a lot more there.
Thanks for looking and HH!
Behind the school I started my grid (the front is littered with trash that I will be removing this winter). The first signal I dug there after 15 minutes of hunting was the same noise as a piece of can slaw would give, which I was finding tons of. Only an inch deep a 1920 buffalo pops out. Definetely dates to the school house, my Grandfather's Dad could've lost that. Then about 15 minutes later I dug my first bullet for the day... 2 minutes later another one pops out. I'm gridding to the right of where the school sits now and I'm getting bullet after bullet. I also pull out an enfield nose cap with all the lead. I get another bullet signal about 2 feet from a Nose-cast dropped three ringer... I dug it and it was harder to find than most of the bullets I'm pinpointing today. I took it out live on video (because I thought I was live digging another bullet) and low and behold a beautiful confederate Block "Lined I" infantry button arises from the dirt. Not something I was expecting. I was so happy and excited that during the camera I said it was a Script I.
I dug another Nose cast 3 ringed bullet two feet away from the other Nose cast and CS button, I was thinking they could've been dropped at the same time. I kept digging bullets after I got the button and since it got dark, I had to quit for the day. I got 13 bullets that day... a personal best for me.
I went back the next day and went to the left side of the school... not as much as the right side but I was still getting plenty of targets. I dug a WWI cuff button (school house find), my first Colt pistol bullet, a couple brooches, some over all buttons, an enfield trigger guard end, and a sword hanger. Can't wait to go back.
The other day, I went to a spot my relative owns across from his business. He said a guy hit it a few years ago and found "cut Spanish coin", "coins" and buttons". He wasn't lying either! The last guy hunted this site HARD!!!!!!!!!!!! It was a turn of the century house ... But had a colonial house right in its front yard looooong before it. Targets were so sparse, I thought the yard was landscaped and after about two hours I was about to give up because all I found was a Rivet. I got a faint signal 8" deep a thick flat button pops out. I start to realize the guy who was here before me knew exactly what he was doing and was good at it. I walk about 5' from the button and get a quarter signal. About 6" down I see a silver rim. A 1936 merc. Always welcome no matter how old. The soil was soft and sandy which made for easy and pleasing to be digging. I then got a 8" button back to a general service button. Too bad it's missing the front but I was impressed with the MXT's depth. After a while I worked around the iron patch of the colonial homesite. There's also unusual depressions in the yard. I got a solid wheat penny signal down at 6" not expecting more than a memorial I dug it and right on the very tip of the plug a small thin piece of silver fell... quarter cut Spanish!!!!!!! 1724 (so happy I got the date) pistareen! My oldest dated coin yet. Yay! I hunted a bit longer and dug a civil war bullet at 10"+ (deeper than the trx) …got a few buttons... Some other odds and ends... And camp lead pieces. The wheats and advertising watch fob are from a different site I hunted for a few minutes before the colonial site.
The next day I knocked on a old house with two symmetrical chimney's on either side, to me that screams pre civil war. I got a quick permission but could only hunt for 30 minutes. I'll be back tho. The homeowner told me it was 1918 but I didn't believe it. My first target was a early wheat and then right after that at 11", I got a beautiful colonial horse tack buckle. Nearby I get a flat button and some aluminum trash. I get a +83 signal at only 3" deep and it turned out to be a matron large cent. I think it's 1836 but it's tough. Just like the Spanish coin. I also got a steel top thimble (early 1800s) and a couple other odds and ends. Only thirty minutes and I think there's a lot more there.
Thanks for looking and HH!
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hopefully there's more relics to be found here next year! 
You're probably right on that, I've heard of people clipping coppers to do just that. Maybe this was a way blacksmiths who cut these coins would get a little extra tip or tax back then? Yours is cut more crudely than mine. Mine was probably by a blacksmith while yours may have been home-made. I love these little coins, they are so interesting.
You have some great sites.. I love that confederate button and the cut silver, 2 items that are on my wish list.
