WOO HOO!!! First CW PLATE!!!!

[Sniffy]

Today was a beautiful Saturday. I did all my chores, mowed, cleaned, washed and waxed the car....ran some errands...ect.ect. SO after all the work and business was done, I had the remainder of the day for detecting. Where to go, where to go......Quite awhile ago an acquaintance spoke of an old foundation behind a newer home on a back road...he had been hunting these woods for quite awhile but said that the foundation was on private land. I never got a chance to investigate the tip off until today. I found the foundation on the map and plopped a coordinance on the closest house. BINGO! A younger couple answered the door and gave me the thumbs up....but warned me of poison ivy and ticks .....I find the foundation with ease. Immediately signals were popping everywhere....I swear I couldn't walk 2 ft without getting a repeatable signal. Alot of nice bottles laying on the surface, and large pieces of crock. I just had a awesome feeling about this place....the very first "keeper" signal was the 1855 Large Cent...I was amped. So in the few hours there I dug a nice haul of keepers but an ENORMOUS amount of 1800's trash. SO after my bug spray started to wear off I decided to do another lap and call it in.....On the way back to the opening in the woods I got a very solid signal.....4-6 inches.....I dig my plug...flip it over...and US is just staring at me with a hug smirk on it's face....MY FIRST PLATE!!! I sat in that very spot for a good 15 minutes in a stupor. I don't have many Civil War relics and I might as well start big. Thanks for lookin folks.

 

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[Hutch911]

Congratulations!!!!! Nice baby US!!!!!

 

[dwayne sueno]

that thing's in great shape, Sniffy.
really nice!
congrats on your first.
i hardly find any civil war stuff here in ny,
and certainly no plates.
keep it up.

 

[steelheadwill]

Super Find ! looks Pristine
Belt rather than box is a big plus I believe.
Congrats on the great site, I'd be back at it already

 

[prolab69]

That is one sweet honey hole, Looks like a nice box plate you found. Id spend the rest of the summer there digging everything. Nice Largie and Crotal bell also

 

[JW15]

Wow!!! Nicely done! The box plate looks to be a beauty, nice crotal bell too.

 

[treasurehound]

Awesome finds. Congrats on your plate and other great finds.

 

[DKinPA]

Wow!! Great Plate!!

Congrats!

Dave

 

[Bunker]

Congrats! You will always remember this hunt.
Bunker

 

[ModernMiner]

Big congrats on the CW US plate Sniffy.
Outstanding find!
-MM-

 

[BobinSouthVA]

Wow now that would make the ticks and poison ivy worth the effort.

Very nice find

 

[NOLA_Ken]

sweet find! looks like a railroad key there too....is it marked?

 

[Bubba65]

Awesome Plate Sniffy, it sure looks purity Congrats

Bubba65

 

[Dman]

Congrats on your first plate.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Congratulations on finding a beautiful belt plate!

Dave

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Beautiful plate, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[RIcoinhunter]

Great finds.Well done

 

[Reverend B*IKE*]

Awsome Dude!!!

 

[Wallhangers]

That plate is a beauty. Congrats on that, the LC and everything else.

 

[Baldingboy]

That plate is unbelievable!! Your other finds are killer too. Nice job.




I wonder why that CW soldier was making expresso with that little cup?



Baldingboy