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    you might wanna hunt that ground you been looking at soon...

    ...'cause it just might get developed! yeah, that's the case here in central va. too. i live near a minor battlefield, and have made some good finds on the private land surrounding it. sure enough, my old buddy d2 - ain't heard from him in a while - told me 2 years ago i should pound the place...
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    today's lead filled hunt

    hello all. frank and i headed to the woods early this morning, but were finding little in the way of relics. an occasional bullet here, a shotgun shell there... you know how it goes sometimes. the pistol bullet was the first find of the day, followed by a fired sharps bullet. after finding two...
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    two sundays

    hello all. here are my recoveries from last sunday and today. it's been HOT and very humid! a really nice plain shield eagle button came as a nice surprise, having found one the day before also. the roller buckle is a nice one. some nice flatbuttons, an american button co. backmarked great seal...
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    gave it back

    hello all. i had recently found an 1853 half dime in a farmer's field along with many civil war relics. i hadn't met the man yet, but had already gotten permission to hunt his land. after the 3 hour hunt, i decided to hang around at my sister's house and wait for him to get out of church. we met...
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    my last couple of hunts / man, them shotgun shells sure do sound good

    hey everybody, here are the results of my last couple of hunts. i haven't had much time to post lately due to a heavy work schedule. but, looking at today's economy, that's a good problem to have! i see everybody is digging some nice relics up. there's a few dropped bullets, but mostly shot...
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    today's hunt [and a half]

    phew! yeah, it did get right warm today, so i opted to field hunt, trying to stay out the woods 'cause the ticks are so bad this year. even off! ain't doing much to repel them. i hit a three acre farm field with an old sharecropper's cabin on it near dinwiddie court house, va. a couple of the...
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    today's hunt in central va.

    hello all. here are the relics i found on today's hunt in central va., with the exception of one of the brass bridle rosettes and the fired enfield bullet. i found both of those last weekend. the saddle shield was a nice surprise, we don't find those too often. a shot spencer bullet, an old...
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    today's short hunt - did i find gold too?

    hey everybody! i walked into the woods near the house here, and started hitting yankee three ringers right away. the ground is kinda swampy, and the bullets came out looking like black easter eggs, with a thick encrustation all over them. i ended up finding 11 of them in about an hour and a...
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    today's short hunt - did i find gold too?

    hey everybody! i walked into the woods near the house here, and started hitting yankee three ringers right away. the ground is kinda swampy, and the bullets came out looking like black easter eggs, with a thick encrustation all over them. i ended up finding 11 of them in about an hour and a...
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    another great sunday hunt - the tejon was singin' on the brass today!

    hello, all. frank and i went back down to the old farm we've been hunting on and off just south of petersburg, va. this morning. on the way over, i remarked to him that i had 20 pieces of broken "j" hooks, but had never found a complete one. i also told him i could smell a button or two in the...
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    another great sunday hunt - the tejon was singin' on the brass today!

    hello, all. frank and i went back down to the old farm we've been hunting on and off just south of petersburg, va. this morning. on the way over, i remarked to him that i had 20 pieces of broken "j" hooks, but had never found a complete one. i also told him i could smell a button or two in the...
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    my sunday hunt in petersburg, va.

    hello, all. shown are the results of my short hunt with frank today just south of petersburg, va. the nice flatbutton and fishing weight was found last weekend [it was easter, couldn't get away for long] i found all four of the williams cleaner bullets in a line about 10 yards long. they once...
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    my sunday hunt

    hi everybody, shown is the results from today's hunt south of petersburg, va. the nice flatbutton and fishing weight i found last weekend [it was easter, couldn't get away for too long] i found the four dropped williams cleaner bullets all in a line about 30 ft. long. that don't happen very...
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    last couple of hunts! lots of catchin' up to do.

    hello all! like i said, i haven't posted much lately, so i reckon it's time to play catchup. oh man. i've had some good hunts here lately. these relics and coins pictured came from three different spots around the petersburg, va. area. many rivets, spencer casings, flat and floral buttons, a...
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    sunday's hunt

    hello all! it's been awhile since i posted, just being lazy, i reckon. i've got a lot of good stuff to post, too. two buddies and myself went to hanover county va. near the haw's shop / enon church battlefield. we've been there several times, so now the hits are getting scarcer. i found all...
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    WANTED! your hottest tips for a great hunt.

    hello all. i'm not asking you to give up your trade secrets or sell your first born child. we all wanna see the hottest tips around. so, here's mine: le tip: after you are done with the ol' kinda boring straight up and down the field sweep paths, start...
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    got an 1853 half dime today! /and no good deeds go unnoticed.

    hello all, olddigger and i hit a new spot - a farm of several hundred acres today and found a bunch of stuff! there was definetly a good sized cavalry skirmish there during the civil war. the old homeplace is from the late 1700's, so we knew there had to be something good there. family legend...
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    an unusual tin scottie dog

    hello all. here is an unusual sheet tin made scottie dog that i found at an old house site not long ago. i found it near a couple of old iron toy wheels, a couple of wheat cents, and some old plated spoons, obviously a kid's play area. scottie is 1.5" long and about 1" tall. it's too big to be...
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    treasures from the earth of a different sort - part 2

    hello again, all. here are some more of my prized gemstones. 1. an oval topaz 2. a brazilian iolite 3. a rutilated quartz 4. another deep blue sapphire 5. a nice rectangular garnet 6. a mystery stone. maybe black opal? sorry, i don't know the terms they use to describe gemstone cuts. thanks, and...
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    treasures from the earth of a different sort

    hello all, here are some pics of some nice jewels i've acquired over the years - some were even given to me by some friends of mine here on the forums. i thank them much. i hope you enjoy! 1. a dark blue sapphire 2. an oval garnet 3. an oval deep purple amethyst 4. a nice blue topaz...
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