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Saturday's hunt at a 1781 site
We all planned on going hunting Saturday and as of early Friday night we still did not have a site yet. One site we planned on hunting was canceled because the owner is selling the property and was showing it Saturday. He told us that he will let the new owner know about us and will give us his contact info. I had two others to call. One was a CS campsite that the owner gave me permission to hunt but he was out of town until late Friday or Saturday. When I called he still wasn't home. My next call was to a site I hunted a while back. It is a farm that has been in the family since the 1700's and the house was a Confederate HQ during the war. At first he said he does not allow anyone to hunt but after I told him who I was he quickly said "Oh yeah I remember you. Come on out". Sham and Bob met at my house and we made the trip to the site. Right away we started finding stuff. After about an hour the owner came into the field to see how we were doing. I introduced him to Sham and Bob and we all had a great visit. He then pointed to the woods and told us that a store used to sit just inside and the Old Stagecoach road went thru there. He said you can still see the old road. He also told us about the civil war history of the property. This site is pretty large. We mainly stayed in the pasture as we will have to hunt the other parts later. We all found flat buttons, bullets, camp lead and other things. Bob found a really nice very old ring. My best find was a pewter button. I believe that was my first. Later in the afternoon the farm caretaker came out to visit. He also told us of some other sites just up the road that was a Confederate campsite that is also owned by the owner. He also told us that we are very fortunate as the owner does not ever let anyone hunt and he was told by the owner that we are the only ones that will ever be allowed to hunt the property. Man talk about making you feel good. We had a great time and found a lot of trash as this place has been in operation since the 1700's. Still tons of areas to hunt with hopes of a GW button, CS button or some really old coins. We put our finds in a display case and gave to the owner.
We all planned on going hunting Saturday and as of early Friday night we still did not have a site yet. One site we planned on hunting was canceled because the owner is selling the property and was showing it Saturday. He told us that he will let the new owner know about us and will give us his contact info. I had two others to call. One was a CS campsite that the owner gave me permission to hunt but he was out of town until late Friday or Saturday. When I called he still wasn't home. My next call was to a site I hunted a while back. It is a farm that has been in the family since the 1700's and the house was a Confederate HQ during the war. At first he said he does not allow anyone to hunt but after I told him who I was he quickly said "Oh yeah I remember you. Come on out". Sham and Bob met at my house and we made the trip to the site. Right away we started finding stuff. After about an hour the owner came into the field to see how we were doing. I introduced him to Sham and Bob and we all had a great visit. He then pointed to the woods and told us that a store used to sit just inside and the Old Stagecoach road went thru there. He said you can still see the old road. He also told us about the civil war history of the property. This site is pretty large. We mainly stayed in the pasture as we will have to hunt the other parts later. We all found flat buttons, bullets, camp lead and other things. Bob found a really nice very old ring. My best find was a pewter button. I believe that was my first. Later in the afternoon the farm caretaker came out to visit. He also told us of some other sites just up the road that was a Confederate campsite that is also owned by the owner. He also told us that we are very fortunate as the owner does not ever let anyone hunt and he was told by the owner that we are the only ones that will ever be allowed to hunt the property. Man talk about making you feel good. We had a great time and found a lot of trash as this place has been in operation since the 1700's. Still tons of areas to hunt with hopes of a GW button, CS button or some really old coins. We put our finds in a display case and gave to the owner.
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