VOL1266-X
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- Joined
- Jan 10, 2007
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- Location
- Northern Middle Tennessee
- Detector(s) used
- Fisher 1266-X, F75 X 2
- Primary Interest:
- Relic Hunting
Doug and I went on a few hunts recently. Hunt #1 was on I was on 3-7 at the U.S. Picket camp. Doug recovered the 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] coat size eagle “I” Infantry Officer’s button from that site (see pic) . As you see in the pic on the “Relic Rag”, the finds are really dropping off there. We are currently actively scouting new sites because the grass will begin to grow rapidly in Tennessee during the next month and put an end to hunting many of our sites. Hunt #2 was a result of my driving by a Colonial site where we have dug some nice relics and coins in the past to see if the grass was low enough for us to hunt. The landowners had some land cleaning done so Doug & I traveled to the site on 3-13. When we arrived and walked to the Colonial site, we saw that an adjacent area where I discovered an 1863 U.S. Infantry Camp about 12 years ago had undergone some bulldozing as well. We walked up “Button Hill” where we have dug several eagle buttons in past years. Doug said “Quindy, come here”. Doug pointed to a cuff size eagle GS button visible on top of the ground covered in frost as shown in the pic. He went on to eyeball a dropped .69 cal. 3 ring “Big Boy” bullet. My best find was the brass belt adjuster from a U.S. Infantry belt buckle rig. Our hunt #2 finds are shown on Doug’s beige hunting vest. Now to the $100 bet hunt. A local veteran hunter happened to be at a mutual friend’s home near the U.S. picket camp we have been hunting. He has always used a detector popular in the 90s and still used a lot today by many hunters. He had told some friends that he and his son-in-law had hunted a U.S. Infantry camp near their homes & covering less than 2 acres so heavy for 17 years that if they could find just ONE bullet there that he would give them $100. I just couldn’t pass that up. However, he said I was not eligible after he saw my F75-LOL. I went to his home today & viewed very nice relics they had recovered from that & other sites. He & I walked down to the camp today. I did find a .36 cal. pistol ball but the older machines did a good job as it was very rocky there and he said the relics they dug there were mostly shallow. I managed a U.S. marked CW era lead seal and a nice Eagle GS button as shown in the pic. I think he and his son-in-law are both in the market for a F75 after today. There will be more to come from that general area. HH from Doug & Quindy.
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