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James in Alabama

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Hello again Folks!

Well, the weekend didn't turn out all that bad although it was prettly slow diggings starting off early on Saturday. Spent the whole day digging a lot of trash targets (lots of brass) in several places on the front side of the fort where I've had success finding coins in the past, but finds were few and far between. Maybe the dry soil had a lot to do with it? I think I dug a total of maybe five wheat pennies, 0 silver coins, and some clad but the best find of the day was this no date buffalo :D

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Had better success hunting the backside of the fort when Sunday rolled around the next day ;) My first decent signal at a few inches deep was this nice US pendant. Looks to be WWI era but not positive. Can anyone verify WWI? ??? Forgot to take a pic when I found it in the hole at the time it was dug until later on that evening :P

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Another pic cleaned up

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Hit a spot loaded with wheat's later on in the day, then I got a sweet dime reading at three inches and finally dug my first and only silver coin of the weekend...A '42 merc :)

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Swung the coil a minute later and thought I got another dime, when out pops this sterling marksman medal at a few inches deep :D

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Started getting too dark enough to see so I headed back to the truck but not before I got my mug shot with my self timing camera ;D

I was tired, but at least I did better on my finds on Sunday than Saturday.
Beats a jab in the eye with a sharp stick any day ::)

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Hope ya'll had a good weekend and thanks for looking ;) HH.......James


AU 24 - UF 21 (my Sept. 29th college football prediction) ;D






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plehbah said:
Great finds! Your "U.S." insignia was used on the collars of uniforms circs WW1 and shortly after. It would have been worn on the wearers right hand side, and the branch of service collar disc on the left. That is a cool find.

I also like the marksman badge.

Thanks a bunch for the history and info on the insignia. I had no idea.

HH.....James
 
Good stuff! With all the silver you've found there, you were due for a slow day; now that you've had it, things will pick up again!
 
Cool finds! Love the insignia and badge! Great digs.

HH
 
Thats my idea of an Ideal Hunt. Good Pics, great finds !!

Keep @ it and HH!!
 
Cool diggs James!
Looks like that fort has more to offer......

Keep diggin'...
 
Nice finds James and congrats on the silver! There has to be some serious hot spots on that Army post. Any old WWII barracks that you know of? HH, Mike
 
JAMES! There's not going to be anything left by Saturday at this rate! :D

Congrats on those great finds!!! Nana :)
 
Nana40 said:
JAMES! There's not going to be anything left by Saturday at this rate! :D

Congrats on those great finds!!! Nana :)

Thanks Nana...you didn't too bad yourself finding that barber dime! :D

HH....James
 
Thanks everyone for the nice replys and comments ;)

HH.....James
 
Looks like a grand spot for sure!
 

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