SHORT HUNT YIELDS A SILVER THREE CENT PIECE AND CIVIL WAR BULLETS THEN........

[joeyfresh]

My intention yesterday was to walk the perimeter of a new field and make my way to an old colonial house site. 10 minutes in I was directed by some guys to a patch of pines along a ridge where they said there's been a lot of Civil War finds pulled out over the years. I'm mainly a colonial relic guy but I figured I placate them and walk over there. Once I got close I started to pick up iron and eyeball tons of brick. Right off the bat I pulled out a Colt bullet then a couple of sharps (thanks for the ID Metalev4). Next popped out an 1860 fatty IH and then a silver three cent piece. I decided to grid a small area and eyeballed the bottle spout and other glass pieces.....this has to be a camp. Not too long after I asked by the property owner to help his son find some property markers. This property is enormous but I was able to find most of the key markers he was looking for which will hopefully earn me a couple of return trips of which I would like to dig out some potential camp pits.

 

[wvplug]

III Cent piece is too sweet!

 

[cjon455]

Awesome 3 center

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Nice job on the coins and relics Joey. I guess those hunters knew what they were talking about. Too bad I still have your probe as that would be a good spot to check. But I'm sure there are plenty of detecting finds left.

 

[joeyfresh]

Nice job on the coins and relics Joey. I guess those hunters knew what they were talking about. Too bad I still have your probe as that would be a good spot to check. But I'm sure there are plenty of detecting finds left.

The probe would have been nice. Too bad Dan had to steal it out of my car

 

[Wes-N-VA]

Nice hunt Joey! That spot will produce many more relics. Good luck and HH!

 

[tennessee]

Good lookin bunch of saves. Congratulations.

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[vpnavy]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing...

 

[mirage83]

Great recoveries you found. That spot definitely has a lot of potential for future finds as well.

 

[AQUA]

Sweet 3 cent piece--love it !!!

AWSOME FINDS !!

 

[digging440yrs]

That 3 cent silver is a tough target--nice job !

 

[joeyfresh]

Nice hunt Joey! That spot will produce many more relics. Good luck and HH!

Thanks Wes. I basically touched 50 square feet out of hundreds of cleared acres plus there's tons of old growth woodland with barely any underbrush. Maybe I can get you out there with me next winter.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

WTG! Nice haul! Great 3 cent piece! Congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

Those 3's are rare and super cool! Congrats

 

[metalev4]

Very nice recoveries for a small area. Some nice stuff will come out of that camp for sure. Good luck and hope to hunt with you sometime this fall.
-Evan

 

[Kaleb71386]

Love that Indian head and three cent peice. Good job hope they let you back

 

[deodra]

NICE! Great work!

 

[diggyboy]

I love that 3 cent piece nice hunt!

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Some nice finds there Joey, looking forward to see what else you pull out of that site.
ZDD