St. Patricks Day dig at Shiloh

tim g · Mar 18, 2011

St. Patrick's Day dig at Shiloh

I am fortunate to have been given permission to detect some property that borders Shiloh National Military Park. The weather today was about as perfect as it could be; sunny :icon_sunny:

78 degrees, and a light breeze. I was told by the owner that this site has been actively hunted since the 60's, so I wasn't expecting to find very much. I was happy just to be able to swing my coil over such historic ground. The day turned out better than I could have ever hoped. I found an 1861 Seated Half Dollar with XF/AU details

, a model 1851 British Rifled Musket bullet (Tower), an Eagle I button, 8 .58cal 3-ringers (4 dropped, 3 fired, and 1 carved), 8 .69cal round-balls (4 dropped, 4 chewed), a powder flask lid, a big lead poker chip, a brass rivet, and a broken piece of a spur. Not bad for a 20 year old White's Eagle Spectrum on a "hunted out" site.

spitfire55 · Mar 18, 2011

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:thumbsup:

ModernMiner · Mar 18, 2011

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Holy smokes!

Excellent day for sure Tim. :thumbsup:

Some great CW relics and an awesome ols silver coin.
Congrats,
MM

teleman 2525 · Mar 18, 2011

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i,ld call that a most excellent day

birdman · Mar 18, 2011

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Awesome hunt.WOW!

Magil · Mar 18, 2011

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What's the piece that looks like an arrowhead above the coin?

ewcoinhunter · Mar 18, 2011

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Congrats, and great digs with older MD! Way to hang in there, just proves no site is completely hunted out, but it is getting harder. :icon_thumright:

umrgolf · Mar 18, 2011

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You had one heck of an incredible day :headbang:

cntrydncr1 · Mar 18, 2011

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awesome seated! congrats

Tennessee Treasure Hunter · Mar 18, 2011

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Fantastic finds!!

tim g · Mar 18, 2011

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Magil said:
What's the piece that looks like an arrowhead above the coin?

It is a modern arrowhead pendant

Nutriasub · Mar 18, 2011

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Very nice lbullets, and a nice coin!!!

Cheers

Nutria

artzstuff1 · Mar 18, 2011

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Tim, man I wish that there was something that close to my house!!! Awsome finds ,that half rocks,,thats bamn near danner :tongue3:

have a good one,,

Swing Ahead.

kuger · Mar 18, 2011

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I dont know how true it is,but I had a very knowledgeable gun collector point out what he called "Blood Rust",on a early firearm of mine.He stated that blood having very acidic qualities rusts very quickly....that being said,I know Silver doesnt rust,but the corrosion on your coin looks exactly like what I describe :dontknow:

The opportunity was def.present at your site!!!! :wink:

tim g · Mar 18, 2011

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kuger said:
I dont know how true it is,but I had a very knowledgeable gun collector point out what he called "Blood Rust",on a early firearm of mine.He stated that blood having very acidic qualities rusts very quickly....that being said,I know Silver doesnt rust,but the corrosion on your coin looks exactly like what I describe The opportunity was def.present at your site!!!!

The ground where I found this is very rocky and is also a cow pasture. I think the damage is probably from years of cows stepping on it in that rocky ground.

kuger · Mar 18, 2011

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tim g said:
kuger said:

I dont know how true it is,but I had a very knowledgeable gun collector point out what he called "Blood Rust",on a early firearm of mine.He stated that blood having very acidic qualities rusts very quickly....that being said,I know Silver doesnt rust,but the corrosion on your coin looks exactly like what I describe The opportunity was def.present at your site!!!!

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The ground where I found this is very rocky and is also a cow pasture. I think the damage is probably from years of cows stepping on it in that rocky ground.

Ahhh,well cow's may explain it,but not from them stepping on it(that doesnt cause erosion.....but urine does!)stepping on it would scratch it

september · Mar 18, 2011

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Nice find! :icon_thumright:

LukeTHr · Mar 18, 2011

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Very nice finds. It must be a great experience to be able to find artifacts that are linked to epic times in those mens lives. Thanks for the pics !

Tnmountains · Mar 18, 2011

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Nice finds from a historic site :thumbsup:

This Tennessee soil the last couple days has been great. I have been pulling out bullets and stuff on some areas I thought I had cleaned out. You did well and your machine was smokin!!! 8)
HH
TnMtns