Darren in NC
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- Apr 1, 2004
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- Tesoro Sand Shark, Homebuilt pulse loop
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- Shipwrecks
I was visiting my in-laws near Atlanta, Georgia and their neighbor was a nice lady who said I could detect in her yard. Her yard was several acres so I was looking forward to a few days of detecting. Her yard was divided between open field and a wooded area. The open field didn't produce very much at all other than the typical trash and the GM Technical Center Dedication button dated 1958 (the folded oblong item on the right center). I began detecting near the woods and found a few silvers and most of the buttons. I later found the Indian Head cents (1907 and 1908) and the Barber Dime (1911). This was definitely virgin ground.
As I detected around a large oak tree, the headphones shrilled as I passed over a root. I tried again and the same shrill returned consistently. I tried to pinpoint to either side of the root and neither would give a signal. I could only get a hit on the topside. So I began digging to the right side. Another sweep. The signal never moved. At about 10 inches, the root's bottom was in view. I then began digging deeper and underneath. I couldn't see anything. I reached my hand underneath, and I could feel a metal corner of something. Great! I was hoping for a nice coin, but looks like I found scrap Angry I almost covered it and walked away.
You can guess the rest. Curiosity got the best of me and I kept digging under and wiggling the metal until it broke loose. Oh my! A buckle! It didn't look like it was in good shape, but at least it was intact.
Now I spent some time searching for exactly what kind of buckle, but I'm not a Civil War buff, so I don't know. It looked similar to the Union officer buckle, but it's not as "beefy" as one, so I thought it might be a sheath buckle. Any ideas?
As I detected around a large oak tree, the headphones shrilled as I passed over a root. I tried again and the same shrill returned consistently. I tried to pinpoint to either side of the root and neither would give a signal. I could only get a hit on the topside. So I began digging to the right side. Another sweep. The signal never moved. At about 10 inches, the root's bottom was in view. I then began digging deeper and underneath. I couldn't see anything. I reached my hand underneath, and I could feel a metal corner of something. Great! I was hoping for a nice coin, but looks like I found scrap Angry I almost covered it and walked away.
You can guess the rest. Curiosity got the best of me and I kept digging under and wiggling the metal until it broke loose. Oh my! A buckle! It didn't look like it was in good shape, but at least it was intact.
Now I spent some time searching for exactly what kind of buckle, but I'm not a Civil War buff, so I don't know. It looked similar to the Union officer buckle, but it's not as "beefy" as one, so I thought it might be a sheath buckle. Any ideas?
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