Confederate Dog River Sword !!!!

[detectordepot.com]

Hey guys,

I found one of those "dream finds" this week. While searching a "hunted out" area, this beautiful thing screamed at me. It was in the middle of 12-15 horse shoes. I found it in Southern Middle Tennessee around the Shelbyville/Tullahoma area. My hunting buddy found eight Confederate Buttons (six Georgia State Seals and two Drooped Wings). It was a find of a lifetime. I was using the ole E-TRAC, but everyone knows it is always the operator anyway.

 

[Jigflipper]

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[detectordepot.com]

Thanks, it was a great New Year's gift. It was a slow day, I found a couple of roller buckles and two fired bullets. I think all the horse shoes discouraged the previous hunters. I like to hunt around trashy areas.

 

[VOL1266X]

Super find Lynn. Was Dwayne jealous? WTG!!!

 

[detectordepot.com]

No, I think Dewayne was happy for us. But I had to aggravate him a little by saying that "I drove all the way from Knoxville to find a broken sword". He gave me the one finger salute, jokingly of course. Nick tore it up the previous day. So Dewayne was ready for us to go home.

 

[TomB]

Very nice find....that should keep your hunting blood flowing. TomB

 

[1859large]

I had a hunt last summer on an old homestead site which was very trashy and pulled a nice large penny out between the trash. It only showed in one direction but showed every time between nails and scrap. It was a 1906 Newfoundland penny.

Nice find.

HH

1859

 

[detectordepot.com]

You know the problem with finding great relics? You just want to find more and more. The sword was about four inches deep. It gave me a strong brass signal, but no iron, even though the blade is iron. There was some modern junk in the field so I had not idea what the object was. The blade was broken with great force. Since I found it around all of those horseshoes, I think the soldier was either using it as a picket pin or was trying to pry off a shoe from his mount. The area I found it in would not be conducive for farming, so a disc or a plow probably did not break it. I did look for both the scabbard and the rest of the blade with no luck. Other hunters could have found both. I have a hunch that maybe the rest of the blade is in the ground vertical, if he used it as a picket pin. As far as the scabbard who knows?

Thanks for all the congrats!!

Lynn

 

[detectordepot.com]

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Check out the days finds at the above link.

Thanks
Lynn

 

[Hugh Pharted]

SWEET!

 

[johnreb1980]

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[gxray]

is there any lettering stamped into the iron part of the handle? D.P. perhaps?

 

[JCJEXPLORER]

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[edwardpresken]

Was this "DOG RIVER" sword made in Mobile at our dog river site?I was watching "American Pickers tonight and the bought a sword that was called a dog river sword from Alabama.

 

[Piperboy]

AWSOME