Sooper Dave
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I got a new permission this week for a spot that should be excellent for Civil War relics. I've been wanting to ask on this site for a while now and got the chance Wednesday afternoon. Well I detected hard for 3 hours and only found a crusty Eagle button along with a ton of ring pulls. It was disappointing as I had my hopes up, but the property is large so I went back the next afternoon for another 3 hours. I couldn't find a single relic but lucked up on a nice sterling ring. I am now wondering if this place has been hunted hard over the years and everything left is just really deep. Yesterday I had about an hour to hunt so I went back to give it another chance. It started out the same with working row after row of silence. I finally got a decent signal and it was a dropped Merril Carbine bullet. So my hopes were back up and kept at it until I dug an old parasol piece. Just about time to leave I got a nice repeatable signal with some depth and I was excited to just dig anything. I cut through the rocky soil and I was so surprised to see that big block letter I laying there in the bottom of the hole. I picked it up and knew right away I had my first solid cast brass Confederate Infantry coat button! I took a few pictures and looked around in that area for a little bit but I decided to leave on a high note with a great first. I will continue to work this area hard in hopes to luck up on another great relic.
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I wouldn't be going anywhere any time soon. Way to hang in there 
