Persistence Pays Off With Confederate Infantry Button!

Sooper Dave · May 19, 2019

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.

Joe-Dirt · May 21, 2019

Nice!!!

Sooper Dave · May 22, 2019

Professor of Engineering said:
NICE Job!

Thanks Professor!

Sooper Dave · May 22, 2019

Joe-Dirt said:
Nice!!!

Thanks Joe!

JBnNC · May 23, 2019

Love the button!!

Sooper Dave · May 24, 2019

JBnNC said:
Love the button!!

Thanks! Love that CS plate you dug there. I couldn't imagine!

parsonwalker · May 24, 2019

Congrats on a beautiful button. I've found PRECIOUS few CS buttons and only ONE pretty one (an AVC). You have my envy . . .

RelicMaster777 · May 24, 2019

Some great saves, Nice looking silver ring

Sooper Dave · May 24, 2019

parsonwalker said:
Congrats on a beautiful button. I've found PRECIOUS few CS buttons and only ONE pretty one (an AVC). You have my envy . . .

Thanks. I haven't found many CS buttons either. I was lucky that my first was a beautiful script I. Congrats on your AVC button, I hope you get to dig a few more soon.

Sooper Dave · May 24, 2019

RelicMaster777 said:
Some great saves, Nice looking silver ring

Thanks RelicMaster

Ahab8 · May 24, 2019

Killer find Soops! Congrats on a very hard to find relic

Sooper Dave · May 24, 2019

Ahab8 said:
Killer find Soops! Congrats on a very hard to find relic

Thanks Ahab!

Hawks88 · May 24, 2019

Wow! Love the button. Bet that made your day. The ring looks old as well. Congrats

diggerranger · May 24, 2019

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Sooper Dave · May 25, 2019

Hawks88 said:
Wow! Love the button. Bet that made your day. The ring looks old as well. Congrats

Thanks Hawks!

Davers · May 25, 2019

Sooper Dave said:
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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Very Nice cast I & Merrill , cool General Service Button to , The ring looks pretty old .

I have dug only 1 cast I myself but know a few hunters that seem to uncover 4 + a year

Each one is special & Congratz on your first.

I know you will dig most of those "Maybe" signals at that site so GOOD LUCK!

Sooper Dave · May 26, 2019

Davers said:
Very Nice cast I & Merrill , cool General Service Button to , The ring looks pretty old .

I have dug only 1 cast I myself but know a few hunters that seem to uncover 4 + a year Each one is special & Congratz on your first.

I know you will dig most of those "Maybe" signals at that site so GOOD LUCK!

Thanks Davers! Congrats on yours. Yeah it seems some guys get into a ton of great relics. It's rare for me to luck up on the good stuff so it's extra special for me. Good luck to you too!