Post Your Favorite Military Find!!!

romeo-1

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trainermick

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Hey Iron Patch, thanks for the pst regarding my old hunting partner Rick Dufour. The 89''ths all came out of a very small lot at the back of a church. Believe it or not, there is another guy down here who has found more 89'ths than Rick did. He too has given away all kinds of them. Rick's passing has left a definite void in the small relic hunting circle of southwestern ontario but a few of his close friends are still hitting his favorite haunts with great success so his legacy lives on.
 

vibes

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Fisher 1280x Aquanaut
It's my fave, not that I've found a lot of military goods...so this is all I gots:)
 

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birdman

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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
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I have huge collection of coins.But don't know the century.
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ColonialDude

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Revolutionary War Royal Highland Emigrants cartridge pouch plate....best I got!

Good thread! Hope to see some more goodies.
 

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Hardhead

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Thistle button

ColonialDude said:
Revolutionary War Royal Highland Emigrants cartridge pouch plate....best I got!

Good thread! Hope to see some more goodies.

Here's my best one. Also with thistle.
Washington Light Infantry of Charleston
 

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hikeinmts

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Mine doesn't compare (in value) to any of yours. But I consider it my best. (Yes, I have dug confederate buttons and 2 nice
plates, when stationed in the States.)
This was found in South Korea, the first year I took my detector to Korea. In fact, this was found the first hunt that I made,
being stationed at Camp Casey, Korea.
Was over the hill from TongDuChon (TDC) above a small village. Was hunting by a rice paddy, a little cleared ground. First
found a small dime-sized Korean silver coin. Then, got a signal. Dug it, and there was a small chain with several items still
hooked to the chain. On the chain was a key, some other item that I have forgotten what it was, and a nice small magnifying
glass......and on the glass was the medic emblem. I had found an item dropped by an American soldier during the Korean War.
That find has stuck in my mind to this day.......wish I could have know it's story.
 

sellig

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Aug 14, 2007
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1st: Cannonball with lis flower (about 25pounds)
2th: Cap Badge 76th
3th: 74th Pin

Good memories!
 

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Iron Patch

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sellig said:
1st: Cannonball with lis flower (about 25pounds)
2th: Cap Badge 76th
3th: 74th Pin

Good memories!


Great stuff!!! I also have a French ball, a 12 pounder. :thumbsup:
 

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romeo-1

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Iron Patch said:
sellig said:
1st: Cannonball with lis flower (about 25pounds)
2th: Cap Badge 76th
3th: 74th Pin

Good memories!


Great stuff!!! I also have a French ball, a 12 pounder. :thumbsup:

I can't wait to get my first cannonball!!!
 

Iron Patch

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romeo-1 said:
Iron Patch said:
sellig said:
1st: Cannonball with lis flower (about 25pounds)
2th: Cap Badge 76th
3th: 74th Pin

Good memories!


Great stuff!!! I also have a French ball, a 12 pounder. :thumbsup:

I can't wait to get my first cannonball!!!


They don't excite me too much anymore, but God I'd love to dig one right beside you! ;D
 

birdman

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I have dug three cannonballs and would love to dig more!! :headbang: They make awesome displays.
 

Dirtfan

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Mar 3, 2010
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Six pounders, solid shot. Love to dig them, It's carrying them out that is the bad part.
 

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Aquila

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My personal favourite military find. Buckle from Swedish Carolean soldiers belt. Dropped during the Great war of the North 1713. Similar was in web auction with belt.
 

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Ukrainian

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This is my favorite military find in 2009.
All this stuff has been left in the woods by retreating small group (not more than 4 persons) of Red Army soldiers in October 1941.
 

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Aquila

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My older bullets, musket balls, grape shots from old garrison field next to army base. Field was my favourite hunting place. I dug some 1600-s. coins, cavalry rosettes, buttons etc. Minie balls were used by Russian soldiers in Finland when our country belonged to the Russian empire.
 

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Trond

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Fantastic finds "Ukrainian." Tell me when you want me to move to Ukraine. :o :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

HISPAN

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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns commonly held religious grounds conducted by much of Latin Christian Europe, in particular, of the Franks in France and the Holy Roman Empire. The cross with the specific aim to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of almost 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other campaigns in Spain and Eastern Europe continued until the fifteenth century. The crusades were held mainly against Muslims ...... this is a finding in the 2009 year which appears a medieval crusader knight attacking the battlefield. :wink:
 

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birdman

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Amazing history on this thread!!!
 

Trond

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Fantastic coin. I have always dreamed of finding a crusader coin.
 

jdsarasin8194

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A 1902 officer's sword and sheath :headbang:
 

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