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    attitudes and conditions vary a lot in our hobby, don't they?

    hello all, i have read and followed with great interest several posts recently that point out the differing attitudes and conditions within our hobby - they almost seem to be regional. i have a few friends north of the mason dixon line who've been detecting for many years, and are hard pressed...
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    supporting our hobby

    hello, all. frank [ olddigger ] and myself attended the civil war show in richmond, va. today. it was an exciting time for all, with many coins, civil war artifacts, revolutionary war artifacts, native american and all other manner of the stuff we find in our hobby was there, and more. since we...
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    supporting our hobby

    hello, all. frank [ olddigger ] and myself attended the civil war show in richmond, va. today. it was an exciting time for all, with many coins, civil war artifacts, revolutionary war artifacts, native american and all other manner of the stuff we find in our hobby was there, and more. since we...
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    supporting our hobby

    hello, all. frank [ olddigger ] and myself attended the civil war show in richmond, va. today. it was an exciting time for all, with many coins, civil war artifacts, revolutionary war artifacts, native american and all other manner of the stuff we find in our hobby was there, and more. since we...
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    today's hunt near the hanover courthouse battlefield

    hello, all. olddigger and i went on a hunt today on a friend's land near the battle of hanover courthouse. we've been there several times, but the area is still producing nice finds. aside from the pic, there's the large handful of brass and other whatzits we always find. here goes: a flattened...
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    today's hunt near the hanover courthouse battlefield

    hello, all. olddigger and i went on a hunt today on a friend's land near the battle of hanover courthouse. we've been there several times, but the area is still producing nice finds. aside from the pic, there's the large handful of brass and other whatzits we always find. here goes...
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    disturbed soil - a big enemy

    hello all, i live near interstate 95 in central virginia. as many of you already know, it's a civil war hotspot many miles long and wide. over the last six years i've lived here, i've been detecting just about everywhere i can swing my coil. it's been good, so don't get me wrong. but i have...
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    coffeecans are my best friend. especially the ones with lids.

    hello all, after many years spent detecting every chance i got, the stuff has accumulated. a recent rebuild of my den told me exactly how far i had taken this great hobby over the years. looking over the huge mess of artifacts and whatz - its i had boxed up, i realized the extent of my illness...
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    it's better to be asked "how are you doing?" than "what are you doing?"

    n/t
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    need help with button i.d. !!!! it's drivin' everybody nuts!!!!

    hello all, i found this strange button last weekend near an old slave/ sharecropper's cabin. not far away from it was found a u.s. boxplate, although i don't know if the button itself is civil war era. an old black man used to live there in the 1920's through the 1930's, being a well known...
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    need help with button i.d.!!! it's drivin' everybody nuts!

    hello all, i found this strange button last weekend near an old slave/ sharecropper's cabin. not far away from it was found a u.s. boxplate, although i don't know if the button itself is civil war era. an old black man used to live there in the 1920's through the 1930's, being a well known...
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    my last two hunts too

    hi all, here are the results of my last two hunts too. haven't had much time to post due to work. all of this came from an old farm field that was on general lee's retreat route, once being a large plantation which had the great house [inaccessable] and several slave cabins on the land. someone...
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    my last two hunts too

    hi all, here are the results of my last two hunts too. haven't had much time to post due to work. all of this came from an old farm field that was on general lee's retreat route, once being a large plantation which had the great house [inaccessable] and several slave cabins on the land. someone...
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    the histories and the mysteries.... in our hands.

    hey everybody, let the naysayers have their idle and silly talk about how bad or boring our hobby is to them. they sound like a group of old cackling hens who won't get up long enough to lay an egg! it's just more for us anyway. i'm relieved to not have people like that in the field and...
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    a gold whatzit... do you know what it is?

    hello all, i found this piece last weekend near an old homesite in petersburg, va. it appears to be made of gold, it came out the ground nice and shiny. gold doesn't tarnish in the ground. it's about an inch and a half tall, and has a wire running all the way around the outer perimeter of the...
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    two short hunts this past week near petersburg, va. - and got a gold whatzit!

    hi all, i managed to squeeze in two short hunts this past week - one at the spot near five forks battlefield, and one just south of petersburg. four nice flatbuttons are pictured, one with an eagle and "double gilt" backmarks, as well as a bunch of rivets. the top left corner rivet appears to be...
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    c'mon saturday and sunday!

    ....i've got about 200 new acres to hunt! woohoo! it's raining this morning, so the signals are gonna be good and deep this weekend. last weekend's hunt was a good one, and the areas show great potential. the bugs seem to be on vacation too. haven't found many old coins...
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    i've been here a year? wow. time flies.

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    a good hunt near the five forks battlefield - petersburg, va.

    hello all, i went sunday to another new spot near the five forks battlefield in petersburg, va. the guy has 30 acres and is just as cool as a cucumber! "bring me a case 'o beer, and you can hunt all you want! anytime you want!" oh yeah, fellas, it was on - so i had a little while to myself in...
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    does anybody know what it is?

    hey all, i got this copper piece in a boxful of indian cents at the recent civil war relics show. i've been doing some cleaning tests on these recovered cents. the piece is right at 5/8 ths of an inch round, and has a straight thick shank that mushrooms out at the bottom. it's covered in a nice...
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