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  1. ironman200081

    Removing Harmful Lead From the River

    The fields are still full of crops, so the river is the place to go for relics. This spot was the site of three skirmishes and a long-term Yankee camp. This hunt was from a few weeks ago when it was hot as Scarlet Johansson eating an ice cream cone on a pony. It was 99 degrees with a heat index...
  2. ironman200081

    More River Lead

    The heat and dry spell have transformed the ground into a concrete-like state, so my only option for finding Civil War relics remains the river. I enjoyed a nice few hours chasing Minie ballsfrom the 78-degree water in defiance of the 98-degree sun. Winning. My pinpointer had not yet arrived...
  3. ironman200081

    First River hunt of the season

    It finally got hot enough to chase me from the land to the water in search of Civil War lead. This spot has been pretty well picked over but it is still good for a handful or so of bullets. My first find wasn't a bullet at all, however. It was an eagle-I coat button! I scored some more lead and...
  4. ironman200081

    Hiking with the Wife

    I finally got around to doing a Civil War relic only hunt. This time of year, most of the fields are not huntable, but I went to the woods with my wife and we found it to be not completely overgrown (other than some bloodthirsty blackberry bushes that were the embodiment of pure evil). We hiked...
  5. ironman200081

    Anderson Travel Shaft for the CTX

    I purchased the Anderson travel shaft for the CTX a few months ago because I wanted to be able to pack my machine into my hiking backpack to get to sites off the beaten path where it would be too cumbersome to hand-carry the machine in on a long hike. I paid full retail price from an authorized...
  6. ironman200081

    My 20 cents worth

    Well friends, I am excited to share this with you all. I went relic hunting for Civil War bullets at a local park and ended up finding a coin type that wasn't even on the bucket list because it is so rare I never thought I would find one. On my last line on my way to the car, I hit on a quarter...
  7. ironman200081

    Return to the battlefield spot - mucho lead!

    My pal Matt and I returned to the battlefield site where we found 150 bullets a few weeks prior. We thought we did a good job at cleaning it out then. After, a friend of the landowner came out and dug about 100 more!! Thinking there couldn't possibly be that many bullets left, we went back. To...
  8. ironman200081

    CTX at Go Minelabbing Day 2017

    My wife and I, along with my pal Matt, decided to drive 4.5 hours to a go Minelabbing and National Metal Detecting Day 2017 event in Galesburg, Illinois sponsored by the Illinois-Iowa Treasure Hunters Club. It was their fifth annual event. Matt and I both swung our CTX's. It rained all night...
  9. ironman200081

    Union Camp Lead

    Back before it fully heated up, my friend Matt and I went back to the Union camp firing range area that we had hit over the winter. It is a cavalry camp along a major supply road. Our wives dropped us off for a hunt while they hit the winery. We found quite a few, but every time we got what...
  10. ironman200081

    Missouri Weather, Sigh.

    This was my last two hunts before the mushrooms hit. The Missouri climate was in full swing, going from 30 with snow to 70 in 5 days. First spot was a battle site about 1/4 mile from the main lines, and you can see the snow falling in the video. Second spot was a field along a well-traveled...
  11. ironman200081

    Raining Lead at a Missouri Battlefield

    My friend Matt and I had one of those hunts that the "old timers" talk about. We knew it would be a good day because we saw two bald eagles flying while on our way to the site. Being two bald guys, we took this as a good omen. We went to a known battle site, and he got a permission at a small...
  12. ironman200081

    Pack of Carbines!

    I was hunting the "toss zone" along a well-traveled Civil War era road, and I started finding a few dropped Union/Cosmopolitan bullets. After 5 or so, I joked that I was on a whole 10-pack of them. Well, turns out I was right! They were issued 10 to a pack without any caps (unlike say, Sharps or...
  13. ironman200081

    US Waist Buckle

    I am super excited to share this. This buckle is # 509 in the O'Donnell and Campbell book. It was dug in my home town by a young man (15 years old) who is a heck of a relic hunter. I was happy to get it from him. This is the first solid brass buckle I have personally seen, and it had been lying...
  14. ironman200081

    Question Regarding Dug Bullets

    Friends, I have only been digging bullets for six years (I consider myself a recovering coinshooter now) and I noticed some of my oldest finds are starting to get powdery. That is, the lead oxide is coming off like a dry powder residue when I touch the bullets. I was wondering if you all take...
  15. ironman200081

    Foot Deep Civil War relics with the CTX

    I took off work a little early to hunt a well-pounded Union campsite in the 29-degree weather and 18-degree wind chill. I decided to use the 17-incher to hit the same ground I have swept over the past 5 years with my 11-inch coil. I wanted to see if I missed any deep targets mixed in with the...
  16. ironman200081

    Yankee Camp Lead

    Hello friends, sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have found some stuff at a Yankee cavalry camp. Wide variety of dropped and shot bullets, and a few brass items. The big brass thingie in the center is actually a pre-prohibition Anheuser-Busch match safe, probably from the early...
  17. ironman200081

    The CTX takes on the hunted out parks

    I got out over the weekend to hunt a few public spots that the local detectorists have declared to be “hunted out.” In fact, I haven’t been to one of the sites in over three years, and the rest in over a year. I grabbed my buddy Matt and we set out to prove that “hunted out” sites were no match...
  18. ironman200081

    Happy Anniversary, CTX!

    I would like to wish a happy four-year anniversary to Chloe, my CTX. She came to me the day after Memorial Day in 2012, shipped from Oklahoma by forum sponsor Big Boy’s Hobbies. After unboxing and assembly (I had previously read the manual thanks to the magic of the Interwebs), I took it out in...
  19. ironman200081

    Viking Treasure Horde found with CTX

    Did you all catch this in the news? One of our fellow CTX users across the pond in Scotland found a 1,000-year-old Viking treasure horde. Treasure Horde Found
  20. ironman200081

    FS - Teknetics T2 SE LTD, black

    Howdy folks, have a NIB Teknetics T2 SE LTD in black for sale. It comes with both the 11" and the 5" search coils. I bought it last week thinking that my first-line detector was dead, but it got fixed. The wife has frowned on me becoming a "detector collector" and "strongly suggested" that I...
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