RR finds! Confederate Staff Button, Va Button, US Boxplate, Flying Eagle Cent!!!!

flyinryan2 · May 5, 2013

I had an awesome three days in Culpeper at the Relic Rescue digging with some great folks! It was a weekend of firsts for me! The Va button (a first) was my second good find on Friday morning followed shortly by the awesome Box Plate (a first). That evening I dug the Scabbard tip (a first) to finish day one out. Day two started off with the Confederate Staff Button (a first), I just turned on the detector and walked a few feet and there it was. Amazing!! An hour or so later I spotted the flint point up under some cedars to top off my already amazing hunt so far. On the third day I got a .54 cal Gardener, a 1857 Flying Eagle Cent (a first), and the NY cuff button. I ended up with just 3 bullets, a few musketballs, two carved bullets?, a mushroomed bullet and camp lead. A few brass items, toe tap, and the ox Knob (thanks James). A huge thanks to David once again and everyone who helped with the hunt, I had a blast!! Thanks for looking and HH!!

wvwildman · May 5, 2013

nice finds congrats HH

pennyfarmer · May 5, 2013

That is a day to remember. Congrats.

civil_war22 · May 5, 2013

Nice finds buddy. Please don't tell us the shovel bit the plate

ynpto804 · May 5, 2013

civil_war22 said:
Nice finds buddy. Please don't tell us the shovel bit the plate

I would bet it was perfect before it did. It sucks but happens. Great dig those CS staffs are hard to come by

flyinryan2 · May 6, 2013

Yea unfortunately I did hit the plate, the area was so trashy I couldn't pinpoint and it sounded like a deep bullet. I was shocked when this big oval piece came out of the ground!
Thanks everyone! I was told the CS Staff button is an extremely rare find!

matt092079 · May 6, 2013

You didn't get that ringtail sharps, so you know what that means...you're gonna throw all the other finds away! That's what you said. lol No, but good hunt. Not a whole bunch of lead, but you found a lot of QUALITY finds. As I know with the DIV, I was lucky to find a plate on my 3rd one and some still haven't found one and they've done all 23. And you found one on your FIRST time to a relic hunt...pretty damn lucky! Congrats on that CS officer button...that's a great one.

Jyverb64 · May 6, 2013

Thats some sweet digs!

VOL1266-X · May 6, 2013

Congrats on some great relics F2!! WTG, Quindy.

steelheadwill · May 6, 2013

Great variety of nice finds! Congrats on the Droop Wing. Outstanding :thumbsup:

scott9050 · May 6, 2013

Very nice finds.

VaMark · May 6, 2013

WTG Ryan!! Was nice to meet you.
You really did an awesome job of keeping low and slow covering every spot and finding some Amazing relics. Hats off to you buddy!

Steve in PA · May 6, 2013

Nice CW relics there!

CASPER-2 · May 6, 2013

BuckleBoy · May 6, 2013

KILLER CW finds!

flyinryan2 · May 6, 2013

VaMark said:
WTG Ryan!! Was nice to meet you.
You really did an awesome job of keeping low and slow covering every spot and finding some Amazing relics. Hats off to you buddy!

Thank you everybody!

It was very nice meeting you also Mark, it was cool watching you guys digging those fire pits. The way the pits were all in a row like that it really helps you picture how the camps may have been laid off.

flyinryan2 · May 6, 2013

matt092079 said:
You didn't get that ringtail sharps, so you know what that means...you're gonna throw all the other finds away! That's what you said. lol No, but good hunt. Not a whole bunch of lead, but you found a lot of QUALITY finds. As I know with the DIV, I was lucky to find a plate on my 3rd one and some still haven't found one and they've done all 23. And you found one on your FIRST time to a relic hunt...pretty damn lucky! Congrats on that CS officer button...that's a great one.

Thanks a lot man, hope to go on the next paid hunt together. It's cool we both found our first box plates on these spring hunts!