Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - ***Thanks Nick***

[ModernMiner]

Sunday I had the pleasure of hunting at the 1830's CW house with Burdie (Stan) for about 4 hours. It was all we could take, as it was mid 90's and humid as all get-out. He and his wife Vicki were passing through on their way to the NC mountains.
Burdie wasn't there more than 10 minutes and scored a nice old buckle piece. See his post from yesterday.

I found some pretty neat things including one button that made my day.
Long story short, Nick and I had a bet this year on who would get the first CW eagle button and the first Large Cent.
An eagle button was worth $5, and an LC was worth $10. Let's just say, the LC is still up for grabs.

Also pictured is a humorous bumper sticker idea I came up with that TN-Jorge put to vinyl for me. Thanks Jorge!

My finds for the day were:

*A CW Infantry Eagle button with a Scovill's backmark. Lots of beautiful gold gilt still on it. Yeah Baby!!!!
This was a very faint signal out in the middle of the field. I'm glad I decided to dig.

*A Centennial (?) suspender clip with a flying Eagle and "1776 - 1876" on it.
I love this piece because it is dated. This has to be my best suspender clip so far.

*A decorative copper plate of some sort? I listed it in the "what is it section", with most guesses being a brooch.

*A token with only some of the lettering readable.
Ivan ID'd it yesterday in the "what is it" section as a vendor entertainment token. Thanks Ivan.

*Lead seal, possibly railroad related since the tracks was only 100 ft away. I can make out two of the three letters on one side as "RX", and the back has "H-55".

*A 1935 Buff Nickel and a 1926 Wheat penny.

*Other asst'd mystery metal.

Had a great time with Burdie.
Thanks for looking Folks,
MM

P.S. My brother says I say "uh" and "anyways" too much in my videos, so I'll have to work on that.

 

[Mental Granny]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

Love the suspender clip, the button is very cool! and I like the bumper sticker too! Beautiful site and great time to boot who could ask for more? oh and I loved the video with or with out the uhs

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

Great finds for sure! My dream is to hunt a CW site.

I see you're swinging a Tesoro Silver uMax with the 8x9 spider coil. No wonder you found that button.

I spent a lot of time using the uMax with a 10x12 mono coil and that thing would pull small targets so deep I could hardly believe it. The thing I liked about the uMax is I never needed to guess about targets. If it was a good target I knew it right off.

Great finds and it's nice to see Burdie.

Thanks SS.
My Tesoro Umax has really been a great machine, and I would recommend it to anyone. Easy to use, and it really finds the deep targets too.
It's paid for itself over and over.
-MM-

Love the suspender clip, the button is very cool! and I like the bumper sticker too! Beautiful site and great time to boot who could ask for more? oh and I loved the video with or with out the uhs

"Uh" thanks MG.
-MM-

 

[goldencoin]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

sweet finds!

HH
-GC

 

[Trond]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

Nice finds. Beautiful details...

 

[Gilligan]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

You always have such detail and great pics, keep it coming. That pic next to the tracks brings back some memories. I stayed pretty much behind the house and closer to the side. Everytime you post pics of finds from this site, I bite my lip and hit my head on the table, to see all of the stuff I missed. Hey, I guess if I cleared it out, you would not be having so much fun. Take care, Bryan....in Goldsboro

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

You always have such detail and great pics, keep it coming. That pic next to the tracks brings back some memories. I stayed pretty much behind the house and closer to the side. Everytime you post pics of finds from this site, I bite my lip and hit my head on the table, to see all of the stuff I missed. Hey, I guess if I cleared it out, you would not be having so much fun. Take care, Bryan....in Goldsboro

Bryan,
Every time I find something I thank you for NOT finding it. That place is just too big for you to of found it all. Heck, I've been through the fields 2 or 3 times, and still missed things. There is still a few trashy areas where the old kitchen once stood, and an area that may have been a trash dump. Lots of signals, and lots of buried foundation bricks pieces. I'm still hoping for some more 1800's coins to show their pretty faces.
Any time you're over this way let me know.
-Doug-

 

[Nana40]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

I LOVE it when ya post a video!!! Makes it like I'm right there with ya'll!

MM, you sure had a fantastic hunt! I bet Nicky baby is out there right now looking for that LC!

Super dooper finds and at that sign!!!

Congrats on ALL those finds!

Nana

 

[Gilligan]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

You always have such detail and great pics, keep it coming. That pic next to the tracks brings back some memories. I stayed pretty much behind the house and closer to the side. Everytime you post pics of finds from this site, I bite my lip and hit my head on the table, to see all of the stuff I missed. Hey, I guess if I cleared it out, you would not be having so much fun. Take care, Bryan....in Goldsboro

Bryan,
Every time I find something I thank you for NOT finding it. That place is just too big for you to of found it all. Heck, I've been through the fields 2 or 3 times, and still missed things. There is still a few trashy areas where the old kitchen once stood, and an area that may have been a trash dump. Lots of signals, and lots of buried foundation bricks pieces. I'm still hoping for some more 1800's coins to show their pretty faces.
Any time you're over this way let me know.
-Doug-

Thanks a million, perhaps one day, Bryan

 

[civilman1]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - in honor of Nick P.

Doug....Too bad you and Nephew Nick couldn't post a LC and an Eagle at the same time Congrat's to Ya and having the opportunity to hunt with Stan,seem's like a real Great guy!!Some very cool relic's to boot,the "clip is Awesome.I have only found one lead seal which is sweet too(unlike that guy from Bavaria )You did Great my friend and sounded like the ultimate host once again....Hat's off to Ya Buddy

 

[ModernMiner]

Re: Two Eagles and a Burdie (no, not golf) - ***Thanks Nick!!!***

I got home today and had a nice little gift in the mailbox from Nick.
The $5.00 arrived just in time. I was running low on beverages.
I wish you were closer, we would have a great time MDing together I'm sure.
Thanks Nick, you are #1 in my book.
I hope your coil crossed over a mint LC on your next hunt.
-Doug-

 

[Mirage]

Wow, that house is still producing! Those are some respectable finds for sure. Suspender clip is sweet. Button too.

Maybe I should come down and show you where that other half reale is hiding...

Bob

 

[ModernMiner]

Wow, that house is still producing! Those are some respectable finds for sure. Suspender clip is sweet. Button too.

Maybe I should come down and show you where that other half reale is hiding...

Bob

Man, I wish you would. I'll even pay for your gas.
I'm not giving up there until I find another LC or 1800's silver.
Take care Big Guy,
Doug

 

[{Sentinel}]

I liked that " "I" for I FOUND it first!" LMAO That is a nice Eagle I there. Great Job Doug! Hope you didnt wear Burdie out too bad in that Carolina heat! I am glad to see that he got down to the South as he had planned. Where its always as and Humid leaving you feeling like Good JOB FELLAS despite this fact and that is an impeccable amount of gilt left on that button and a beautiful lead seal and that is a NICE 1876 Buckle Burdie!!! It almost reminds me of a type of Sash buckle.

 

[BlackX]

Awesome bumper sticker!

(Though I remember it as GGA.)

Button, clip, etc. pretty cool too!

WTG!

BTW, I have a friend who has a Silver uMax that's not getting a whole lot of depth. Any particular recommendations for getting more depth out of it?

 

[ModernMiner]

Awesome bumper sticker!
(Though I remember it as GGA.)
Button, clip, etc. pretty cool too!
WTG!
BTW, I have a friend who has a Silver uMax that's not getting a whole lot of depth. Any particular recommendations for getting more depth out of it?

Thanks Black.
I added a 9 x 8 web coil to mine for added depth. Michigan Badger once sent me a link to a site where they did depth testing on about every machine you can think of. The Silver Umax with the web coil ranked way up the with the big dogs. That's the main reason I bought the coil. I find things in the 10"-12" range at times out in the fields I hunt. There are skeptics out there that can't believe this, but believe me it's no BS.
-MM-

 

[Brendan M.]

Awesome finds, Doug! I love those Eagles.... WTG!

Hopefully all is well with you down in NC.

Cheers,
B

 

[ModernMiner]

Awesome finds, Doug! I love those Eagles.... WTG!

Hopefully all is well with you down in NC.

Cheers,
B

Thanks "B".
Roasting down here today in 100 degree heat. Heading back to Indiana late next week, so hopefully I don't take the heat back there with me.
Hope you're doing great.
-Doug-