pitdiggers
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- Location
- Northern Virginia
- Detector(s) used
- Whites MXT, Shadow X5, Tesoro Cibola, Minelab XTerra
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Hey TNET,
We haven't posted here in a while but I can reassure you that we have been digging but sadly with no real luck. This dry streak finally ended as our luck took a turn for the better over the weekend! We decided to detect one of those hunted out sites from our past but this time we found a spot that has always been passed over by the detectorists and it was loaded. The only downside was that for every relic you dug it seemed like you were digging three pieces of trash. In my opinion though for two hours!!! of diggin' this isn't too bad in my book. The best find or should I say finds all came from one single hole..... what was inside the hole was all of the contents of a soldiers catridge box including 38 round balls, 1 hand carved nipple protector, 1 Indian arrowhead (possibly for good luck), multiple pairs of cuff links, 1 tintype photograph pin but with the photo rusted off, and various brass rivets and such. Along with these great finds I also found a first, a civil war corp badge, which is the heart shaped piece of brass. Right next to this in a small section of land we found the remainder of the items like the powder flask, possible coin, confederate rosette, one and a half spurs, lead, and various other relics. Here are all the pictures (there are about 18 so please be patient as I will need to include a reply to include all of the images). I hope you enjoy what we found!
We need your help with:
Any information on the specific powder flask (It is definitely civil war but we think it is to a colt revolver due to the dueling pistols at the top which is their trademark).
What is the relic in images 11 and 12 (It has the seal of the marines on the front but is lead filled on the back... possibly rosette??)
What is the coin in images 13 and 14 (At first we thought it could be an ID disc but it lacks the hole drilled in it. The reason for this guess is the horizontal bar on the back of it.. normally where the name is located or engraved. The bar is also the only truly recognizable mark I could pick out) Any help will be greatly appreciated.
HH-pitdiggers
We haven't posted here in a while but I can reassure you that we have been digging but sadly with no real luck. This dry streak finally ended as our luck took a turn for the better over the weekend! We decided to detect one of those hunted out sites from our past but this time we found a spot that has always been passed over by the detectorists and it was loaded. The only downside was that for every relic you dug it seemed like you were digging three pieces of trash. In my opinion though for two hours!!! of diggin' this isn't too bad in my book. The best find or should I say finds all came from one single hole..... what was inside the hole was all of the contents of a soldiers catridge box including 38 round balls, 1 hand carved nipple protector, 1 Indian arrowhead (possibly for good luck), multiple pairs of cuff links, 1 tintype photograph pin but with the photo rusted off, and various brass rivets and such. Along with these great finds I also found a first, a civil war corp badge, which is the heart shaped piece of brass. Right next to this in a small section of land we found the remainder of the items like the powder flask, possible coin, confederate rosette, one and a half spurs, lead, and various other relics. Here are all the pictures (there are about 18 so please be patient as I will need to include a reply to include all of the images). I hope you enjoy what we found!
We need your help with:
Any information on the specific powder flask (It is definitely civil war but we think it is to a colt revolver due to the dueling pistols at the top which is their trademark).
What is the relic in images 11 and 12 (It has the seal of the marines on the front but is lead filled on the back... possibly rosette??)
What is the coin in images 13 and 14 (At first we thought it could be an ID disc but it lacks the hole drilled in it. The reason for this guess is the horizontal bar on the back of it.. normally where the name is located or engraved. The bar is also the only truly recognizable mark I could pick out) Any help will be greatly appreciated.
HH-pitdiggers
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