pascalburns
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better stay with it for a while,unless you have detected that pot of gold.
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Confession is good for the soul.
- Thread starter John 'n' W.Va
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John 'n' W.Va
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ConfCav said:
I live in Fairmont, WV. I met an old man in Grafton WV. that said he owns a farm on the VA. line on rt. 250. He said there was a lot of CW. action there and I could MD his farm If I wanted to. He rents it out and would have to call the renters if I decided to MD it. Right now I just don't have the time to check it out.
Uncle Willy
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Yeah I used to work those 7-12's for weeks on end. Made a helluva lot of money but it turns you into a Zombie eventually and taxes eat you up.
Bill.
Bill.
Uncle Willy
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Everything counts. 
Bill
Bill
Mick in Dubbo
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n/t
Jesse W. McComas
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That is what Treasure Hunters do. I have been doing it for 40 years, since 1968. It has kept me out of trouble and made me a better man for it. All my kids grew up theasure hunting and they are just like me. In fact the are starting to find more than me. And that is great. Treasure hunting has kept us all together these many years, so what the heck!!! Oh yeah, I have been divorced three times, they just did not understand the passion. Oh well, I learned to cook, clean house & and do the laundry, so who needs them. As long as I have my kid's and my health, I will dig till I die. That is the, "Life of a Treasure Hunter!!!." HH...Jesse.
Nice area to hunt in John; have heard about the Grafton area during history research but never made it that way. I'm originally from Petersburg in Grant Co. There's an old fort built in 1863 (Fort Mulligan) that I used to hunt with permission when I first got started. Found a decent box plate, some buttons, couple of bayonet scabbards, lead poker chips, a real nice brass cannon-barrelled boot pistol barrel, plus a large amount of bullets of all types. History states up to 15,000 troops were stationed there at one time, and was actually attacked by by southern troops lead by Gen. Jubal Early, although the north got word they were coming and skedattled out of the area, which explains the couple of Gardner bullets I found. Early's troops took what they could as it was a foraging mission and later blew up the bombproof so as not to leave any ordnance they couldn't haul away. Found out later a teen-ager in the 70s was one of the first to hunt it and just cleaned up; even found an entire camp stove.
The fort is now under the protection of the CWPS, which is good because it wasn't being managed and the locals were starting to wear down the earthworks with 4-wheelers. If you ever make it up that way you need to check it out; it is considered the best preserved earthworks in the state, free of charge and worth the visit. The local society did a great job clearing out the underbrush and scrub trees, so you get a real good look at how it originally appeared. It's located next to the hospital and overlooks the town, and have heard stories of the locals in the early part of the century finding unexploded shells that were used for arty practice around the outskirts of town when improving the road system.
BTW have you ever hunted in the vacinity of the Phillipi bridge area. Supposedly that was one of the first battles/skirmishes of the CW.
HH and maybe I'll see ya in the field one day.
The fort is now under the protection of the CWPS, which is good because it wasn't being managed and the locals were starting to wear down the earthworks with 4-wheelers. If you ever make it up that way you need to check it out; it is considered the best preserved earthworks in the state, free of charge and worth the visit. The local society did a great job clearing out the underbrush and scrub trees, so you get a real good look at how it originally appeared. It's located next to the hospital and overlooks the town, and have heard stories of the locals in the early part of the century finding unexploded shells that were used for arty practice around the outskirts of town when improving the road system.
BTW have you ever hunted in the vacinity of the Phillipi bridge area. Supposedly that was one of the first battles/skirmishes of the CW.
HH and maybe I'll see ya in the field one day.
John 'n' W.Va
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It is 12 miles from where I live. Webster is a hot spot 5 miles from Grafton. Big union encampment.
I have MD'ed Phillipi, but not at the bridge. I MD'ed the hill that the south camped on. I'm doing a search for a little known spot 5 miles from Phillipi. Always, getting permission is the big hurdle.
Got a new detector I am trying to learn and trying to find time to hunt.
I have MD'ed Phillipi, but not at the bridge. I MD'ed the hill that the south camped on. I'm doing a search for a little known spot 5 miles from Phillipi. Always, getting permission is the big hurdle.
Got a new detector I am trying to learn and trying to find time to hunt.
Bless me Father for I have sinned....... I can relate to the preccupation with detecting.I live in a paradise for upland bird,waterfowl and deer hunters and don't hunt anymore.I have to walk all the way across the street to bird or deer hunt.I'm seriously considering selling my house this summer and moving south so I can detect year round.I contacted 11 places and got 9 firm job offers in the area I want to move to.I'm going to head down there and find a place to live.Bill
John 'n' W.Va said:It is 12 miles from where I live. Webster is a hot spot 5 miles from Grafton. Big union encampment.
I have MD'ed Phillipi, but not at the bridge. I MD'ed the hill that the south camped on. I'm doing a search for a little known spot 5 miles from Phillipi. Always, getting permission is the big hurdle.
Got a new detector I am trying to learn and trying to find time to hunt.
Ever head over to Pocohantas Co. for the Southern Camp there? Heard it was pretty big, and since early war probably had a lotta stuff dropped.
What's the new machine? Just got a GTI 2500 and working on learning it.
John 'n' W.Va
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Ever head over to Pocohantas Co. for the Southern Camp there? Heard it was pretty big, and since early war probably had a lotta stuff dropped.
What's the new machine? Just got a GTI 2500 and working on learning it.[/quote]
No, never been there.
I bought a F-70. I hated digging such deep holes to retrieve targets. So, I bought me a predator relic shovel and life is so much easier.
Ever head over to Pocohantas Co. for the Southern Camp there? Heard it was pretty big, and since early war probably had a lotta stuff dropped.
What's the new machine? Just got a GTI 2500 and working on learning it.[/quote]
No, never been there.
I bought a F-70. I hated digging such deep holes to retrieve targets. So, I bought me a predator relic shovel and life is so much easier.
Uncle Willy
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You been at it a good long while oldtimer. I've got about four years on you. Can't believe where all those years whizzed off to. I started out with an old Metrotech way back when. Hard to fathom how far detectors have come. When I think of it I've got some pics of many of the old tectors from back then when there were about a 100 places selling detectors of all kinds.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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Looks like Charles' first one. I should have saved some of my old clubs but didn't. I had one of the first Bounty Hunter BFO's that wouldn't find a cannon ball in a tub of oatmeal. 
Bill
Bill