Sniffin Silver

Hill Billy · Feb 5, 2012

I had a friend tell me of a spot they found behind their house that they thought was Civil War related. They had swung a detector on this site before but hadn't found a thing. So I decided to go over there today and see what I could find. I treked back into the woods and when I hit the hillside I saw these rock structures built into the hill. There was 15 or more of these rock stacked walls in no particular order. I knew they weren't house foundations but what they are I have no clue. I swung on the hillside for an hour or so without a peep. I decided to go to the top of the hill and see what was up there. Finally a target, pulled a small round lead shot ,then a 30-30 shell. Moving around on top I got a signal and knew it was a coin and of course it was a stinkin linkin. :laughing9:

I thought to myself, it's time to go. Filled my hole and started swinging again, 8 inches from the penny was a good signal, I thought coin spill. Opened the plug and I could see small silver. Thought I might of had a half reales but turned out to be a 1843 Half Dime. After that I couldn't buy another target, decided to call it quits. Enjoyed my short hunt, nice finding some 0ld Silver :thumbsup:

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Happy Hunting
HB

Hill Billy · Feb 7, 2012

tomjiggy said:
Not cairns, guys. They would have been a little longer than a body(approximately 6 ft in length) and wider as well(most at about 3 ft wide). They would have been more buried than anything, not so much above ground. Also, the way they would have been stacked to make a mound. I'd probably guess by approximate size that they were stacked there awaiting transport to make a fenceline or maybe a slate roof?

I agree on the cairns, some of these are 10 w X 3 tallX 3-4ft deep. I really have a hard time with stacking these rocks on a hillside to come back and haul away. Why not stack them at the bottom or top of the hill. This hill is so steep, you couldn't run a wagon down it, up it, sideways whatever. It was all I could do to walk on it without falling down. There was Civil War activity in the area so my hunch is they were used to hide behind to shoot at the enemy.